HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1977-001 Creating Uniform Maximum Penalty for Violation of CodeORDINANCE NO. 1-77
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, CREATING A UNIFORM MAXIMUM PENALTY WHICH MAY BE
IMPOSED FOR ANY VIOLATION OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, EXCEPT WHERE
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW, BY MAKING THE PENALTY FOR
ALL OFFENSES AGAINST THE ORDINANCES A FINE NOT TO EXCEED
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS,
OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 8 of Ordinance 215-70 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 8. That whenever in this ordinance or
in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or
declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor,
or whenever in this ordinance or in such Code the
doing of any act is required or the failure to do
any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation
of such provision of this ordinance or of such Code
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the judge trying
the case. Each day any violation of such Code
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect
January 2, 1977.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 21 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1976.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 13 DAY OF
JANUARY, 1977.
/s/ M. C. Love, Jr.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk