Ordinance 1406ORDINANCE NO. / yQ
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASH-
INGTON AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 984, OF SAID
CITY, SECTION 5.12.170 OF THE EDMONDS CITY
CODE, PROVIDING UNIFORM MAXIMUM PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
EDMONDS AND THE EDMONDS CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the authority of cities in the State of
Washington to assess fines, penalties, forfeitures and
impose jail sentences for violations of its duly enacted
ordinances and code codifications has been amended and
altered from time to time by the Washington State Legis-
lature, and
WHEREAS, such amendments create a problem of amending
and updating various ordinances regarding penalty pro-
visions on a case by case basis, and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the various ordin-
ances of said city should have uniformity in maximum
allowable penalties regardless of the date of enactment
without piecemeal amendment for purposes of uniformity,
now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 5.12.170 of the Edmonds City Code, Ordin-
ance No. 984, be and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"5.12.170 Penalties. Not withstanding any other
city ordinance or provision of the Edmonds City
Code regarding violations and penalties therefore,
any person or persons who shall violate or fail
to comply with any of the provisions of the
ordinances of said city, including the Edmonds
City Code, or any part thereof, shall upon con-
viction of said violation be punished by a fine
in any sum not exceeding the sum of five hun-
dred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail
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"for a term of not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each
separate day during which any said violation
occurs or continues shall be deemed to consti-
tute a separate violation thereof and a sep-
arate offense thereunder, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished as herein provided.
This section is intended to supersede the pen-
alty provisions of any and all previously
adopted city ordinances in conflict herewith
and in the event of conflict herewith said
previously adopted ordinances shall be deemed
amended to conform with the penalty provisions
of this section."
APPROVED:
H.H. HARRISON
MAYOR
ATTEST:
IRENE VARNEY MOAN
CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: January 7, 1969
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: January 7, 1969
PUBLISHED: January 15, 1969
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