1988-1432147L
NO 9?
ORDINANCES OF AMENDING SECTION 1-5 OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE OF
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 t e Co e o 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
b any court of affect the validity moft the remaining jurisdiction, of holding 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
be hereby directed t ice t in the cause Record-Chronicle,
Secretar ordinance to is
the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten
(10) days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the(l(~ day of , 1988
RAYS P S, MA~I R
ATTEST
?PROVED ER CI Y S' ARY
AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY &M)
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