HomeMy WebLinkAbout064 - 05/05/1987 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO PENALTY PROVISION ORDINANCE NO. 64, 1987
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 1-23 OF THE CODE
RELATING TO PENALTY PROVISION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Section
1-23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is amended as follows:
§1-23. General penalty for violations.
(a) Except as to traffic infractions described in (b) below, any
person who shall violate any provision of this Code, the
Charter of any provision of any code or other regulation
adopted by reference by this Code, by doing any act
prohibited or declared to be unlawful thereby, or who shall
engage in any business, occupation or activity for which a
license or permit is required without having a valid license
or permit therefor, or who shall fail to do any act required
by any 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 the
penalty specifically provided for such violation or, if
none, then by a fine not exceeding three--hundred-4elIars
($300-.00) NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($900.) or by imprisonment
not exceeding ninety--(90)--days ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180)
DAYS, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in addition to
any costs which may be assessed. No person under the age of
eighteen (18) years as of the date of the offense shall be
subject to imprisonment except in the case of failure to
comply with a lawful order of the court, including an order
to pay a fine, and then only in the manner provided in
C.R.S. , 13-10-113 and the Colorado Children's Code C.R.S. ,
19-1-101 et seq. Each day upon which a violation continues
shall constitute a separate misdemeanor offense unless some
other specific time period is provided for any particular
offense.
(b) Any person who shall violate any provision of Chapter 29
Vehicles and Traffic other than those classified by the
Motor Vehicle Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue
as six (6) point or greater offenses shall be guilty of a
traffic infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding three-hundred-dollars-($300:00) NINE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($900. ) . A violation of a provision
classified by such division as a six (6) point or greater
offense shall be considered a misdemeanor, punishable as
described in (a) above.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 21st day of April , A.D. 1987, and to be presented for final
passage on the 5th day of May, A.D. 1987.
May
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of May, A.D. 1987.
May
ATTEST:
City Clerk