1988-0102147L
NO 'O
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-5 OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS 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 the Code of 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 a violation
of a provision of this code or any ordinance, rule,
or regulation of the city, the violation is punishable
by a fine
(1) not to exceed $500 00,
(2) not to exceed $2,000 00 if the provision violated
governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and
sanitation, excluding vegetation and litter
violations, or
(3) fixed by state law if the violation is one for
which the state has fixed a fine
(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 o fenses committed on or after the effective date of this
ordinance
SECTION III 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 IV That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen (14 days from the date of its passage, and the City
secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this
ordinance to be published twice in the 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 S day of r 1988
RAY S EP 'NS, AYOR
ATTEST
JE ZFER ALTERS, C TY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY