HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2018-13 (Title: An ordinance adopting new code for recodification Friends Friendswood City Code)
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-1
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW
CODE FOR THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING
FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND
PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Friendswood, Texas,"
published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 94, each inclusive, is
adopted.
Se °on 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before
December 4,2017, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference
therein, are repealed.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive
any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by
this ordinance.
Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a
violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in
pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ve hundred dollars ($500.00), except R
for:
(1) Violations of municipal ordinances that govern fire, safety, zoning,
public health and sanitation, other than the dumping of refuse, in which the
maximum fine shall be $29000.00 for each offense;
(2) Violations of municipal ordinances that govern dumping of refuse
shall have a maximum fine of$4,000.00; and
(3) Violations of traffic laws which are punishable as a Class C
misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred
dollars ($200.00).
However, no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or
similar offense under the laws of the state.
Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall continue or occur
shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is
expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section,whether or not such penalty
is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above,the City may
pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses
or permits.
Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to
indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to
be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 6. Ordinances adopted after December 49 2017, that amend or refer to
ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like
provisions of the Code.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be published in the official publication of the
municipality, as provided by Texas Local Government Code Section 53.002(a).
Section S. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 4th day of June,2015.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on the second reading this 21d day of Jam,
2015.
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