HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.141 ORDINANCE NO. 71-141
AN ORDiNANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
SECTION 3-05.010 OF THE SARATOGA CITY CODE,
RELATING TO MISDEMEANOR AND INFRACTION
VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as
follows:
Section 1. Section 3-05.010 of the Code of the City of
Saratoga is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-05.010. ~olations as misdemeanors or
infractions; public nuisances.
(a.) It shall be unlawful for any person to "
violate any provision or to fail to comply
with any of the requirements of this Code, or
any other ordinance of the City, or any rule,
regulation or order promulgated or issued
pursuant to this Code, or the provisions of
any code adopted by reference by this Code,
or any condition of an approval, permit or
license granted pursuant to this Code. Any
person violating any of such provisions or
failing to comply with any of such
requirements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
or an infraction if so specified. Each such
person shall be guilty of a separate offense
for each and every day during any portion of
which any violation is committed, continued,
or permitted by such person, and shall be
punishable accordingly.
(b.) Notwithstanding subsection (a) heroin or any
other provision_of ~his Code, any violation
constituting a misdemeanor may, in the discretion of
the enforcing authority be charged and prosecuted as an
infraction.
(c.) Where no specific penalty is provided therefor,
any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the
provisions of this Code shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the
County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
(d.) Any person convicted of an infraction under the
provisions of this Code shall be punishable for a first
conviction by a fine of not more than $100.00, for a
second conviction within a period of one year by a fine
of not more than $200.00, and for a third of any
subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a
fine of not more than $500.00.
(e,) In addition to the penalties provided by this
Section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in
violation of any of the provisions of this Code, or any
other ordinance of the City, or any rule, regulation or
order promulgated or issued pursuant to this Code, or
the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this
Code, or in violation of any condition of an approval,
permit or license granted pursuant to this Code, shall
be deemed a public nuisance and may be abated by the
City in a summary action pursuant to Article 3-10~ e~
civil action, and each day such condition continues
shall be a new an separate offense."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly
introduced and after the waiting time required by law, was
thereafter passed and adopted at a regular ~;eti~u~ of the City
Council of Saratoga held on the 20th day Y ,
1994, by the following vote.
AYES: Councilmembers Jacobs, Moran, Tucker, Wolfe and Mayor Burger
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Cit~ Cle7
August 3, 1994
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The above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance "71-1'-I'1 which has been
published according to law.
Deputy Citv Clerk