ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 829
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF MADISONVILLE, 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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MADISONVILLE, TEXAS:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Madisonville, Texas," published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 46, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before June 10, 2019, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.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repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.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. Penalty.
(a) Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in such officer or agency any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided, the violation of any provision of this Code or of any ordinance, rule, regulation or order that governs or regulates fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, other than dumping of refuse, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000.00. A fine or penalty for the violation of a rule, ordinance, or police regulation that governs the dumping of refuse may not exceed $4,000.00.
(b) The violation of any other provision of this Code or any other ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 unless specifically stated otherwise in the Code.
(c) If the maximum penalty provided by this Code for any offense is greater than the maximum penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state, the maximum penalty for such violation provided by the state statute shall be the maximum penalty under this Code.
(d) Except where otherwise provided in this Code, each day an offense shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(e) Violation of any of the terms or provisions of this Code by any corporation or association shall subject the officers and agents actively in charge of the business of such corporation or association to the penalty for violation of such term or provision.
In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, administrative adjudication, 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 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 June 10, 2019 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 become effective October 15, 2019.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this 15th day of October, 2019. Mayor
Certificate of Adoption
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance passed at the regular meeting of the City Council, held on the 15th day of October, 2019. City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney
ATTEST: City Secretary
1st Reading:
2nd Reading:
Council Action
October 15, 2019