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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the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, are repealed.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:
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W. RICHARD DA VIS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY ATTORNEY (rld/5-16-11149340)