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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10567J .S .: ~} !r, Y ORDINANCE /f,~5~ ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 3011, AS AMENDED, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 27 THEREOF BY PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM FINE OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2000 00) FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAM- PHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, is hereby amended by revising Section 27 thereof to read as follows: "Section 27. Enforcement, legal procedure, penalties. "It shall be the duty of the City Manager, through the proper department, to enforce this ordinance " "Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 00) for each offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense " SECTION 2 That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed SECTION 3 That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any Court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and -1- w `~"T .. j ~~ -°° sections of this ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section SECTION 4 That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof that the production thereof, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas SECTION 5 That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying caption, Section I and effective date of same in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City SECTION b That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, and effective date of this ordinance at least twice in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013 of the Local Government Code SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of passage and publication as above specified. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~, (,t~.,,,~-City Attorney DATE a ~~~ ADOPTED: ~_ EFFECTIVE -2-