AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, ADOPTING AND ENACTING A CURRENT CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE AMENDMENT OF SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bastrop, Texas currently 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 City passed on or before August 23, 2005.
SECTION 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before December 11, 2007, that are not recognized by the Council, if any, are repealed. All others are continued in force by reference therein.
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repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.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 City 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 violations 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 City may pursue all other legally available remedies, including but not limited to 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 City 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.
SECTION 6. Ordinances adopted after December 11, 2007, 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 updated Code adopted hereby shall become effective upon final pass of this ordinance.
READ AND ACKNOWLEDGED by the City Council of the City of Bastrop Texas, on this the 11th day of December 2007.
READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, on this the 8th day of January 2008.
APPROVED:
By: Tom Scott
Mayor
ATTEST:
Teresa Valdez
City Secretary
