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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-1432147L NO 9? di AN ODE OF ORDINANCE OF AMENDING DCITY OF TDENTON,ION S EXASOF HEAPTER 1 OF THE C ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM FINES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That Section 1-5 of Chapter 1 (General Provisions) of tE`­e—c­o­d`­e__o_T Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows Sec 1-5 General Penalty (a) Where no specific penalty is provided for in this Code for a violation of a provision of this Code, or where any provision of this Code or any ordinance provides for a maximum fine in the amount which is in conflict or inconsistent with the maximum fine provided for herein, the maximum fine shall be as follows (1) $2,000 for a violation of any provision governing fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanita- tion, excluding vegetation and litter violations (2) $200 00 for a violation of any provision regulating the parking of motor vehicles, any provision enacted pursuant to Article 6701d, V A C S , or any provision of Chapter 4 of this Code (3) The amount fixed by State law if the provision is one for which State law establishes a fine (4) $500 00 for any other violation not otherwise provided for in this section (b) A person violating a provision of this code or other ordinance, rule or regulation of the city is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted, unless otherwise provided (c) The provisions herein are cumulative of all other remedies, including, but not limited to, injunctions and other extraordinary writs This section shall govern all penalties for any violation of this Code, notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in any other section of this Code SECTION II That the provisions of this ordinance apply only to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this ordinance SECTION III That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, cTause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid on, such affect the validity any court of competent shall not remainingiportions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION IV That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance SECTION V That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretare the caption of this ordinance to be beepublishedreby e twice cted tin then Denton Record -Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage (� PASSED AND APPROVED this the(liday of , 1988 ATTEST i ?PROVED ER , CI Y S ARY AS TO LEGAL FORM DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY WIN