HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 442 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. A~ ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
REQUIRING ANY PERSON SUMMONED OR ORDERED TO AP-
PEAR IN THE CITY MUNICIPAL COURT FOR VIOLATION OF A
STATE STATUTE, CITY ORDINANCE OR OTHER LAW OR
REGULATION ON A CERTAIN DATE AND AT A CERTAIN TIME
TO SO APPEAR; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MUNICIPAL COURT
CLERK TO FILE A COMPLAINT CHARGIN~ ANY PERSON WHO
FAILS TO APPEAR AS SUMMONED OR ORDERED WITH THE
OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO APPEAR; PROVIDING A SEVER-
ABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED
COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION
OCCURS OR CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That any person summoned or ordered to appear in the City
of The Colony, Texas (the "City") Municipal Court to fane and answer a charge
brought against that person by the City for a violation of a State statute, City
ordinance or other law or regulation shall appear in Municipal Court at the date
and time specified in the summons or order. For purposes of this ordinance, the
term "person" shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, individual
or any other entity recognized in law.
Section 2. That, in the event a person summoned or ordered to appear
in Municipal Court as outlined in Section 1 of this ordinance fails to appear, the
Municipal Court Clerk shall be authorized and empowered to file a complaint in
Municipal Court charging that person with failure to appear as summoned or
ordered.
Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the
ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine in a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each
offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 5. The faet that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of The Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The
Colony, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the
public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its
passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Couneil of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the ~ day of ~, 1986.
ATTEST:
City Seeretary~ City of The Colony, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney, City of The Colony, Texas