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1 q ~ ORDINANCE NO. 2170 N.C.S.
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7 Council Member Torliatt Council Member Healy
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10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AMENDING PETALUMA
11 MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1.04.060(8), AMENDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF
12 PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE CLASSIFIED AS INFRACTIONS
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15 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
16 Section 1 . Amendment. Subsection 1.04.060~B) of the Petaluma Municipal Code
17 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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19 Pursuant to Government Code Section 36900 (or in amounts
20 provided by subsequent amendments to Government Code
21 Section 36900), unless otherwise specified, any person, firm or
22 corporation convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this
23 code shall be punishable by a fine as follows: upon a first
24 conviction, by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars; upon a
25 second conviction of a violation of the same code provision
26 committed within one year, by a fine not to exceed five hundred
27 dollars; and for each additional conviction of a violation of the
28 same code provision committed within one year, by a fine not to
29 exceed one thousand dollars. Unless otherwise specified, any
30 person, firm or corporation convicted of a misdemeanor under the
31 provisions of this code shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
32 one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a
33 period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and
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36 Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or word of this
37 ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, unlawful or otherwise invalid by
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1 a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
2 remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Petaluma hereby
3 declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each and all
4 provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions be
5 declared unconstitutional, unlawful or otherwise invalid.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective the later of thirty (30) days after
the date of its adoption by the Petaluma City Council or January 1, 2004.
Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the period
and in the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED and ordered posted/wed this 1St day of December 2003.
ADOPTED this 15th day of December 2003 by the following vote:
AYES: Canevaro, Mayor Glass, Harris, Healy, Vice Mayor O'Brien,
Moynihan., Torliatt
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ATTEST:
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Ga le Pet rsen, City Clerk
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