HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2812-4-09ORDINANCE NO. 28124-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO THE ALLEN LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING THEREOF,
AUTHENTICATION BY THE MAYOR AND ATTESTATION BY THE CITY
SECRETARY; PROVIDING A REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO REPEAL; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR SUCH
VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Allen, Texas, adopted a republication of the Land Development
Code of the City of Allen by Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has enacted additional Ordinances amending the Land Development Code;
and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to supplement the Land Development Code of the City of Allen, Texas, to
include those amendments within the body of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Supplement No. 3 to the Land Development Code of the City of Allen, Texas, heretofore
enacted by Ordinance No. 2639-7-07 be, and the same is hereby, adopted and shall hereafter constitute a
' Supplement to the Land Development Code.
SECTION 2. Copies of Supplement No. 3, duly authenticated and approved by attachment to a certified
copy of this Ordinance, under signature of the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall be printed and
distributed to all holders of the Land Development Code in accordance with the current list kept for that
purpose by the City Secretary.
SECTION 3. Said Code, as supplemented, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof, and the City
Secretary shall record this Supplement adopted as amendments to said Code in the Ordinance records of the
City, and thereafter such Code, as amended and supplemented, shall serve as a record of the Ordinances so
codified, and it shall not be necessary in establishing the content of any particular Ordinance so codified to go
beyond said record.
SECTION 4. It is the intention of the City Council to make this Supplement and the amendments incorporated
within it part of the Land Development Code when printed or reprinted in page form, distributed to and
incorporated within the original Land Development Code books distributed by the City Secretary. A copy of
such Code, as supplemented hereby, shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same in the office
of the City Secretary during regular business hours. Ordinances passed subsequent to the enactment of this
Supplement shall be added to the body of the Land Development Code and incorporated within it by reference so
that reference to the Land Development Code of the City of Allen shall be understood and intended to include
such additions and amendments.
SECTION 5. Whenever in the Land Development Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be
' unlawful, or an offense, or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required, or the
failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of such provision of the Code by any person, firm or
corporation shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of
Allen, such person, firm or corporation shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500) for each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for
Hundred Dollars ($500) for each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for
' such offense, in which case the penalty shall be that fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a violation of
any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation or dumping refuse, the penalty shall be
a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) for each offense, and each and every day such
offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance and the Supplement adopted hereby shall become effective upon passage as
required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2009.
APPROVED:
Stephen termll, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
' Peter G. Smith, CIVI ATTORNEY Shelley B. Georg , C, CITY SECRETARY
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