03-03-02-Ordinance-Adopting a New Code of Ordinances-03/04/2002ORDINANCE NO. 03-03-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, ADOPTING
AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED
THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SUCH CODE;
AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanger, Texas, consisting of
Chapters 1 through 14, each inclusive, and Appendices, is hereby adopted and enacted
which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the Town passed on
or before October 15, 2001.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before
October 15, 2001, 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reference therein, are repealed.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any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is
repealed by this ordinance.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 a differing penalty is expressly provided for within the Code, every
person convicted of a general violation of any provision of the Code or any rule,
ordinance, or police regulation of the Town shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$2,000.00 for violations of all such rules, ordinances and police regulations that govern
fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, and not
exceeding $500.00 for all other violations. Each act of violation and each day upon
which any such violation shall 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 Town 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 Town Council to make same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be
incorporated into the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and
amendments.
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Section 6. Ordinances adopted after October 15, 2001, 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 and the Code adopted hereby shall become effective upon final
passage of this ordinance.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 1t ' DAY OF A,+e cd, , 2002.
Mayor
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