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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-2443 - Ordinance - 04/13/2000ORDINANCE NO. 2 4 4 3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, "GENERAL PROVISIONS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That Chapter 1, "General Provisions," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes. PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. PART 3: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 13th ATTEST: CONNIE HOOKS, City Secretary APPROVED: __day of April ,A.D., 2000. APPROVED: LYNI~MclLHANEY, Mayor Ordinance No. 2 4 4 3 Page 2 EXHIBIT "A" That Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is amended by adding a sentence to the end of the section, amending Section 5 to read as follows: "SECTION 5: GENERAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the City an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or Ordinance the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for violations of municipal ordinances that govern fire safety, sanita- tion (not including vegetation and litter violations), public health, and rezoning or as the Legislature may amend from time to time. For traffic related offenses and other violations not included in the classes enumerated above, the maximum permissible fine will be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or as the Legislature may amend from time to time. Further, that the above mentioned violations shall be subject to a minimum fine of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), except for parking violations. PROVIDED, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. A culpable mental state is not required for the commission of an offense under this Code of Ordinances, unless the provision defining the conduct expressly requires a culpable mental state." CERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE We. the undersigned Mayor and City Secretary of the City of College Station, Texas (the "City"), hereby certify as follows: 1.The City Council of the City (the "Council") convened in regular session, open to the public, on April 13, 2000, at the meeting place designated in the notice (the "Meeting'), and the roll was called of the members, to wit: Lynn Mcllhaney, Mayor, and the following City Councilmembers: James Massey, Ron Silvia, Winnie Garner, Larry Mariott, Dennis Maloney. and Anne Hazen All members of the Council were present, except all present , constituting a quorum. Whereupon among other business, the following was transacted at the Meeting: a written ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $4,050,000 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2000 AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO, INCLUDING IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS (the "Ordinance") was duly introduced for the consideration of the Council and read in full. It was then duly moved and seconded that the Ordinance be finally passed and adopted; and after due discussion, such motion, carrying with it the adoption of the Ordinance prevailed and carried by the following vote: YES: 7 NOES: 0 ABSTENTIONS: 0 2. A true, full, and correct copy of the Ordinance adopted at the Meeting is attached to and follows this Certificate; the Ordinance has been duly recorded in the Council's minutes of the Meeting; the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full, and correct excerpt from the Council's minutes of the Meeting pertaining to the adoption of the Ordinance; the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph are duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and members of the Council as indicated therein; each of the officers and members of the Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting, and that the Ordinance would be introduced and considered for adoption at the Meeting and each of such officers and members consented, in advance, to the holding of the Meeting for such purpose; and the Meeting was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551. Texas Government Code. 3. Connie Hooks is the duly appointed and acting City Secretary of the City. SIGNED AND SEALED this April 13, 2000. City Secretary City of College Station, Texas Mayo~ t City of College Station, Texas (CITY SEAL)