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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 11/11 Amending Code of Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 11/11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK BY ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE 2011 UNIVERSITY PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of University Park, Texas, consisting of Chapters 1 through 14, each inclusive, and Appendices, is hereby amended by the adoption and enactment of the 2011 University Park Code of Ordinances, incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" hereto, and includes all general and permanent ordinances of the City amending the Code of Ordinances and passed on or before December 7, 2010. SECTION 2. All ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, are repealed. SECTION 3. Penalties; other remedies (a) Unless a different penalty is expressly provided for within this Code, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each violation of a provision of this Code of Ordinances that governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, and not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for all other violations, except traffic laws and ordinances which shall be subject to a penalty of fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense. (b) Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. (c) In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits. SECTION 4. Additions or amendments to the Code of Ordinances when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments. SECTION 5. Ordinances adopted after December 7, 2010, and that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in this Code of Ordinances shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of this Code. This amendment of the Code of Ordinances is not intended to and does not affect any of the ordinances described in Section 3 (1 )-(14), Ordinance Number 95/28 SECTION 6. This ordinance and the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby shall become effective upon final passage of this ordinance its publication, as the law and Charter in such cases provide. Duly passed and approved by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 21 sl day of June 2011. APPROVED: ?-/p~ W. RICHARD DA VIS, MAYOR ATTEST: P OVED ~~an CITY ATTORNEY (rld/5-16-11149340)