HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2012-046-O-12• Effective Date: June 16, 2012 04/23/2012
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Subsection 1-4-1-(A) to
Increase the Minimum General Penalty
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Subsection 1-4-1-(A) of the Evanston City Code of 1979, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
1-4-1: GENERAL PENALTY:
(A): Whenever any provision of this Code or any ordinance of the City: 1) prohibits an
act or makes or declares an act unlawful or an offense; or 2) requires an act to be
performed or declares the failure to perform an act to be unlawful or an offense, and the
• Code is silent with respect to the penalty to be imposed upon a finding of liable, the
penalty shall be a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) but not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and/or compliance with or community service orders as
specified in Subsection 11-1-9(F) of this Code. Where applicable, each day a Code
provision is found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense and when
the Code is silent as to penalty, each separate offense subjects the violator to the
penalty provided for in this Subsection
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of this
Ordinance is severable.
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SECTION 4: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: `�2012
Adopted: TY1(l,,,t 14 , 2012
Attest:
R' ey (feene, City Clerk
Approved:
2012
Eli�)beth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant rarrarCorporation Counsel
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