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ORDINANCE N0. 84-2579
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 82-2497, PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE FIRE CODE AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PASSAGE OF SUCH ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, VERNON`S TEX. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 1011 and art. 1195
have been amended by the Texas Legislature authorizing municipal-
ities to assess a fine of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
upon conviction of violating certain designated city ordinances;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in
the best interest and to the benefit of the citizens of Plainview,
Texas that the penalty for violating said fire code should be
increased in accordance with said statute,
NOW, T~iEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLAI~VIEW, TEXAS THAT SECTION 3 of ORDINANCE N0. 82-2497 BE
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 8. PENALTIES:
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for each and every day or portion
thereof during which any violation of any of the pro-
visions of this Code is committed, combined, or permit-
ted, and upon the conviction of any such violation such
person shall be punishable by a fine of not mare than One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
The necessity to amend Section 8 of Ordinance No. 82-2497
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.
PASSED this the day
vote of the City Council, City
ST:
Walter S. Dodson, City Clerk
of ~Q,P~, 1984 , by unanimous
of Plainvie .
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