HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-1446 - Ordinance - 08/25/1983ORDINANCE NO. 1446
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 5 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, RELATING TO
GENERAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS, that Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 5: GENERAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF CODE
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 or not exceeding One
Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars for violations of Municipal
Ordinances that govern fire safety, sanitation (not including
vegetation and litter violations) public health, and zoning. For
traffic related offenses and other violations not included in the
classes enumerated above, the maximum permissible fine will be
Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars· 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.
II.
This section shall be and become effective from and after its
passage in accordance with the City Charter of the City of
College Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 25th day of
August , 1983.
ATTEST
CITY SECRETLY
APPROVED: . /
GARY M. '7{~R', h~A'YOR '
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