HomeMy WebLinkAbout030 - 03/29/1977 - AMENDING SECTIONS 1-23 AND 114-166(B) OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION O ORDINANCE NO 30 , 1977
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTIONS 1-23 AND 114-166 B
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF CODE PROVISIONS AND
PROVIDING THAT SAID PENALTIES MAY
CONSIST OF BOTH A FINE AND IMPRISONMENT,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Section 1-23 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins be and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows
1-23 General penalty for violations
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any
provision of the Code, or any provision of any code or
other regulation adooted by reference by this Code, by
doing any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful there-
by, or who shall engage in or exercise any business or
occupation or do anything for which a license or permit
is required, without having a valid license or permit
therefor as required, or who shall fail to do any act
required by any such provision, or who shall fail to do
any act when such provision declares such failure to be
unlawful or to be an offense or misdemeanor, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars
($300 ) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, in addition to
the collection of any costs which may be provided for,
unless a specific penalty is provided for a particular
misdemeanor Each day upon which any violation shall
continue shall constitute a separate misdemeanor unless
some other specific time period is provided for any '
particular violation "
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Section 2 That Section 114-166 B of the Code of the City
of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows.
"a Unless another penalty is expressly provided herein,
every person found guilty of a violation of any pro-
vision of this chapter may be punished by a fine of
not more than three hundred dollars ($300 ) or by
imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, and if in the
opinion of the Municipal Judge it is deemed advisable,
the right to drive a vehicle upon the streets of the
City of Fort Collins may be revoked for a period not
to exceed six (6) months "
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and
ordered published this 15th day of March , A D 1977, and
to be presented for final passage on the 29th day of March
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 29th day of March,
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