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ORDINANCE N0. 84-25i~4
Alf ORDINANCE AMENDING GRDIt3ANCE N0. 82-2478 , PFLOVTDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE ZONING CODE AND
P~.OVIDING FOR THE PASSAGE OF SUCH ORDINANCE AS AN EMER-
GE:NCY .
~~[EREAS, VERNON'S TEX. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 1011 and art. 1195
have been amended by the .Texas Legislature authorizing
municipalities to assess a fine of u.p to One Thousand Dollars
($1,00C-.00) upon conviction of violating certain designated city
ordinances; and
Tnl~[EREAS, 'the City Council has detE:rmined that i t would be in
the bey>t interest and to the benefit of the citizens of Plainview,
Texas ~~that the penalty for violating said zoning code should be
increased in accordance with said statute,
NC)W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY 7'HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS THAT SECTION 36 OF ORDINANCE N0. 82-2478 BE
AMENDEL) AS FOLLOF.S
Section 36
VIGLATIONS ARID PENALTIES
Ardy person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this Ordinance or who shall failt:o comply therewith or
with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect
ox- alter any building or who shal:L commence to erect or
a]_ter any building in violation of any detailed statement
of: plan submitted or approved thereunder, shall for each
and every violation or noncompliance be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and each day such violation
shall be permitted to exist shall be construed to
constitute a separate offense. The owners of that
building or premises or part thereof where anything in
violation of this Ordinance shall be placed or shall
e~;ist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, or
cc>rpo-ration employed in connection therewith who may have
a:~sisted ire the commission of any such violation shall
each be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction
shall be subject to the penalties herein provided.
The necessity to amend Section 36 of Ordinance No. 82-2478
creates an emergency and it is an imperative public necessity that
more than one reading thereof be, and the same is hereby suspended;
this ordinance shall be passed and take effect as an emergency
measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage as provided by law, and it is so ordained.
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PASSED this the ~ day of December, 1984, by unanimous vote
of the City Council, City of Plainview.
AF'PR®VED this the ~ day of D centbe 1 8
. V. ~~idlehuber, Mayor
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alter S. Do son, City C er