HomeMy WebLinkAbout285_Providing Penalties & Fines for Municipal OffensesORDINANCE NO. 285
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 1
SECTION 3 PROVIDING PENALTIES AND FINES FOR ,
CONVICTION OF ANY OFFENSE AGAINST THE
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO; REPEALING
PENALTIES IN ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH AND SUBSTITUTING PENALTIES
THEREFOR AS HEREIN SET OUT; PROVIDING
FOR A FINE OF UP TO $100 AND/OR IMPRISONMENT
UP TO THIRTY (30) DAYS, PROVIDING FURTHER
FOR COMPELLING ANY PERSON FINED FOR VIOLATION
OF A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE WHO IS FINANCIALLY
ABLE BUT REFUSES OR NEGLECTS TO PAY THE FINE
OR COSTS TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OWED BY
WORKING ON THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AVENUES,
AREAS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
AT A RATE NOT LESS THAN $5.00 PER DAY FOR
USEFUL LABOR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA, that Chapter 14, Article 1, Section 3 thereof be
amended to read as follows.
"Offense; Penalty. In all cases where,
by any provision of this Code or any
title or chapter hereof or by other
ordinances of the City of Owasso, a
person commits an offense, he shall
upon conviction be fined any sum not
exceeding $100 or by imprisonment up
to thirty (30) days or by both fine
and imps isonment including the costs.
PROVIDED, that the penalty herein
prescribed shall prevail over any other
penalties prescribed in ordinances in
conflict herewith and any ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby
specifically repealed and the penalties
herein prescribed are hereby substituted
therefor.
Any person, firm or corporation cited
or complained of as violating any provisions
of the Code or Ordinances shall be entitled
to a trial by jury
That an emergency is hereby declared to exist for the
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, by
reason whereof this Ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage, approval and publication.
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PASSED, and the emergency clause -ruled upon se.pa-.,-a-
tely and approved this
may of
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Harold Charneyg
City Attorney
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BOYD' SPENC�P_R, Mayor
Cil'_-y of Owasso, Oklahoma
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Affidavit Of Publication
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss :
Bill R. R.etherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn
and authorized, says that he is publisher of the ......... .
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newspaper printed in the City of
Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a newspaper qualified to
publish legal notices, advertisements and publications as
provided in Section 166 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971
as amended, and thereafter, and complies with all other
requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with reference to
legal publications.
That said notice, a true copy of which is attached
hereto, was published in the regular' edition of said
newspaper during the period and time of publication and
not in a supplement, on the following dates:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this `.... ZI .......
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Notary Public
MY commission expires:
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AN EMERGENCY.