HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 03/15/1955 - RELATING TO AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN ACTS AS OFFENSES AGAINST THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY SETTING FORTH T ORDINANCE NO. 3 1955
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN ACTS AS OFFENSES AGAINST THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, SPECIFICALLY SETTING FORTH THOSE OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY,
FIXING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
AND DECLARING AN FUERGENCY THEREFOR.
VIHEREAS in the opinion of the City Council of the City of Fort Collins,
it is necessary for the protection of public and private property to enact an
ordinance relating to said matters,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORD4.1M BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS
Section 1 That it shall be unlawful for any person to either willfully,
maliciously, wantonly, negligently or in any other manner injure or destroy real
property or improvements thereto, or moveable or personal property, belonging to
the City of Fort Collins whether said property is located within the City limits
or outside of the City limits.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to either willfully,
maliciously, or wantonly injure or destroy real property or improvements thereto,
or moveable or personal property, belonging to any person,, persons, corporation,
partnership, or association.
Section 3. It sha11 be unlawful for any person to either willfully.
maliciously, wantonly, negligently, or in any other manner tear down, deface, or
cover up any posted advertisement or bill of any person, firm, or corporation,
when the same is posted or put in harmony with the provisions of this ordinance
and ordinances of the City of Fort Collins. Any handb1115, poster, placard, or
painted or printed matter which shall be stuck, posted or pasted upon any public
or private house, store, or other buildings, or upon any fence, power pole,
telephone pole, or other structure without the permission of the owner, agent,
or occupant of the house, shall be deemed a nuisance.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to steal,
take, or carry away, or attempt to steal, take, or carry away, the personal goods
or chattels of another -athout the consent of the owner or possessor thereof.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to insert or attempt
to insert into the coin box or money receptacle of any coin operated machine or
device, any slug, button, or other article or substance, or to manipulate or operate
in any manner whatever, any mechanism or device connected or commonly used therewith,
with attempt to obtain goods or service therefrom without proper payment therefor.
Section 6. Any person or persons and parties found guilty of violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance or any amendments or additions thereto
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300,00 for each offense or may be
punished by confinement in the City ,jail for a term of not more than 90 days.
Section 7. Ordinance No 11, 1893 and all other ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with or inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or
punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance
hereby repealed prior to the taking of effect of this Ordinance.
Section 8. In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for
the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this Ordinance shall
take effect upon its passage and publication under and by virtue of the authority
contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter.
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all
members of the City Council at a regular meeting held this 11th day of March, A. D.
1955.
Commissioner of Safety and fficio May r
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City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF LARMR )
I, MTr F. HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do
hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance, consisting of eight
sections, was duly proposed ana read at length at a regular meeting of the
City Council, held on the llth day of March, A. D 1955, and was duly adopted
and ordered published an the Fort Collins Colorado, a daily newspaper and official
newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of
the City Council, as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on,
to—wit the 15th day of March , A. D. 1955, said Ordinance No 3
was duly published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
IN 6VITNESS THEPZOF, I have hereunto set my hand and af£axed the seal
of said City, this 15th day of March, A. D. 1955.
City Clerk
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