HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1757 N.C.S. 05/01/1989 ~~E
~Y $ 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1757 N.C.S.
Introduced by Seconded by
Brian Sobel Lynn Woolsey
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.04.060
OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 1.04.060 of Chapter 1.04 of the Petaluma Municipal
Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"1.04.060 Violations-Penalty.
A. Unless otherwise specified, any person, firm or corporation, whether as
principal, agent, employee or otherwise violating or causing the violation of
any provision of this code shall be guilty of an infraction, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars; upon a second conviction of a violation
committed within one year, the fine shall be not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars; upon a third conviction of
a violation of this code committed within one year, the fine shall be not less
than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Such person, firm
or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and
every day during which said violation is committed or continued.
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B. Unless otherwise specified, upon a fourth or subsequent conviction of a
violation of this code committed within a period of one year, said violation
shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not
more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Whenever a violation of any provision of this code is specified as a
misdemeanor, said violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of
not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or
word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional by a
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this
ordinance and each and all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that
any one or more of said provisions be declared unconstitutional.
Section 3: The City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to
post/publish this ordinance for the period and in the manner required by
the City Charter.
ORDERED posted/published this 17th day of Anril ~ 198.
ADOPTED this 1st day of Mav 198 g, by the following
vote
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AYES: Cavanagh, Tencer, Sobel, Woolsey, Balshaw, Vice Mayor Davis
NOES : 0
ABSENT: 0 ABSTAIN: Mayor Hilli ss
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Approved: ~ ~ ~~,r',~,
City ttorney
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