HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 Ordinance No. 010CIUlINAIO: NO. /0
SERIES OE' 1~90--
BY AlJl'HORIT'i
CXlUNCII, BILL NO. 10
mrRCXXUil BY CXXINCIL
MEMBER lltJLLOCK
AN CIUlINl'.NCE l\MENlIOO TITJ.E 12 , OiAPTER 2 , SEX:.TIOO 6 , E2G.EJ«lOO MUNICIPAL
COOE 1985, BY IMl'OSIOO A 'i'INE OF $1,000 FCll VIOLA!IOOS OE' SANITARY mEl
PRETREA1MENI' REmJLATIOOS.
10 (b)
WHEREAS, the united States Environnental Protection >qercy ("EPA") is
requiring all p.iblicly operated wastewater treatnent plants to have the
authority to i.npose a minirc11Jm penalty of $1, 000 per day for each day that an
industrial user is in violation of pretreatnent program requirements; and
WHEREAS, such a minimJm fine is reiisonable given the risk of harm to the
public which would result fran pretreatrn,,,1t regulation violations; and
\·IHEREAS, cr.iminal penalties and fines are matters of local concern and
are within th3 a·.ithority of hane rule cities to establish by v i rtue of Article
lO(, Section Ii, C'.olorado Constitution ; and
~IIIEREI.S , Council deems it to be in t.>ie best interest of the p.iblic
health, safety and welfare to c:arply with this federal mandate.
NCM, T'r!EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CIT'i CXlUNCIL OF 'l'IIE CITY OF
ENGLEW:lOD, COLC1WlO, AS FOLLa-1S:
5ec':ion l. Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 6J, Englewood ihlrlicipal Code
1985, Is'hereby anended to read as follows:
12-2-6 J. Criminal Penalty and Fines. Any person who violates the
provisions r ' this Chapter shall be SUbject to a fine of not
ll'Ore than ~"'91m!e! ileUae 1$300 OOI ~ .ill(,Ae ~
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-4ay&, •~.1191;1> ""8h HM afNI illlp1.,l,=zuil, ONE TIKXJSAND
[XlLL.Z\RS ($1 ,000 .00) FOR EAO! VIOLATICN. IN J\DOITIOO TO Stx:11
FINE , THE JUDGE M!\Y Il·1POSE I\ Jl\IL SENTENCE 00 ANY l\DULT
OFFENDER EIGHTEEN ( 18) YEAAS OF AGE CR OLDER FOR A PERICD OF
TIME NOi' EXCEEDTilG ONE HUNDRED EIGIIT.( (180) Dl\YS FOR F.llCII
VIOL!\TICN. EACH D!\Y rn WIIICJ! ANY VIOL!\TIOO SIW..L CXN!'INUE,
SHALL BE DEEMED I\ SEPARl\TE OFFENSE.
section 2. Severability. If any part, section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of the
ordinance, City Council hereby declares that it '-Ould have passed the
ordinance, including each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or ll'Ore parts, sections,
subsections, sentence, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances or resolutions, or parts
thereof-;-Iii"'ooiillict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided tht
IIUCh repealer shall not ropeal the repealer clauses of IIUCh ordinance no1 ·
revive any ordinance thereby.
Introdllced, re.id in full, and passed on first reading ai the 5th dry of
March, 1930,
Publillhed as a Bill for an Ordinance ai the 8th day of March, 199(,
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 19th day of Marci'.,
1990.
Published by title as Ordinance No. 10, Series of 1990, on the 2::nd day
of March, 1990. -·
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San Van Dyke, Mayor
I, Patricia H. crow, City Clerk of the City of E)lglewood, ColoradJ,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinanc:e passe ! on
final reading and published by title as Ordinance No, /0, Series of 199 h
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~H. Crow