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HomeMy WebLinkAbout025704 ORD - 04/13/2004AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RE- LATING TO GENERAL PENALTIES;ENACTING SUBSECTION1-6.1 RELATING TO CONTINUING VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE;ANDPROVlDING FOR PUBLICATION. BElT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. Section 1-6 of the City Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows: "Sec. 1-6. General penalty; ~'--*:",," .... :'-'~*;-- "(a) Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city City an act is prohibited, er is made or declared to be unlawful, e¢ an offense~ or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such this Code or in any ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, an offense, or a ' ,A,~, ....... ,,,, ~ misdemeanor, ....... ,, ..... .... i,,, ~ ...... u ~ ..... ~ll U~ *~ ....... ¢:w~ ~,, mm~ I .... the violation of the provision of this Code or the ordinance is punishable by a fine. "(b} Where the offense is one for which a penalty or fine is set by State law, the penalty or fine for the offense is the penalty or fine as set by State law. "(c) Where the maximum fine or penalty authorized by State law is higher than fve hundred dollars ($500.00), the maximum penalty or fine for the offense is the penalty or fine authorized by State law. "(d) The fine for a violation of an ordinance, rule, or police re.qulation that qoverns fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). "(e} The maximum fine for any other offense or violation of the Code of Ordinances or an ordinance of the City is five hundred dollars ($500.00). SECTION 2. Section 1-6.1 of the City Code of Ordinances is enacted to read as follows: "Sec. 1-6.1. Continuing violations. "Unless otherwise provided, each day any violation of this Code or any ordinance of th~. City continues constitutes a separate offense." SECTION 3. If, for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it will not affect any other section, paragraph, sub- division, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of the City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, phrase, word, and provision of this Ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 4. Publication of this ordinance is to be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. H:\LEG-DIR~elizabeth\Dept Files\EH Ordinances\EHordl41.doc Corpus Christi, Texas The foregoing ordinance was read for, the first time and passed to its second reading on this the '~0'ff- day of ~'~)O,,C,~,~~- ,2004, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett /~ L4.~- Bill Kelly ~/"~ Rex A. Kinnison ~ Jesse Noyola  Mark Scott Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett The foreaoing ordinance~vas r~ad for the /-')2~q'- day of Samuel L Neal, Jr. PASSED AND APPROVED on the I~'~ ATTEST: Armando Chapa City Secretary Elizabe/t~ R. Hundley Assist~t City Attorney for the City Attorney the second time and passed finally on this ,2004, by the following vote: Bill Kelly Rex A. Kinnison Jesse Noyola Mark Scott day of /g ,2004. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Mayor 2004 State of Texas County of Nueces PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 4868058 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana Hinoiosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 19TH day(s) of APRIL, 2004. $61.75 TWO (2) Time(s) Credit Manager Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of APRIL 20, 2004. Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas ROSA MARIA FLORES Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 04/23/05. DIO/Coq:N~ Cl'~efl Caller-'l~mes, Monday, NOI~CE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO 025704 ol Ihe Code enacting Subsection 1- 6.1 relating This ordinance wai ps.ad and approved by ~e City Council ~ City of Corpus ~ on A~ofil 13, 2004. /s/Am~o Cha~ C~y CT of Com~.