HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 577, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH-
McCRACKEN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RESPECTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE
PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE - 1961 BY INCORPORATING THEREIN A PENALTY
PROVISION, AND SO AMENDING SAID ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That a resolution adopted by the Paducah -
McCracken County Planning Commission on July 5, 1961, entitled "A
RESOLUTION:CONSTITUTING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH-McCRACKEN
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE PADUCAH
ZONING ORDINANCE - 1961" shall be, and it is hereby, approved as the
final report of said Commission respecting the matters therein set
forth.
SECTION 2. That the Paducah Zoning Ordinance - 1961 shall
be, and it is hereby, amended by incorporating therein a new section,
as follows:
"S 36. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation,
whether individually or as principal, agent, employee
or otherwise, who breaches or violates any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined i
in any sum not less than ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more
than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each offense so
committed, and any person so offending or so guilty
may, upon conviction, in addition to such fine, be
imprisoned not more than fifty (50) days at the
discretion of the Judge or Jury trying the case, and
in the event the offense or violation is a continuing
one, extending from one day until the next, a separate j
offense or violation shall be deemed to have been II
committed on each day involved and shall be subject
to a separate penalty under the provisions hereof.
"The erection, construction, enlargement, conversion,
moving or maintenance of any building or structure
and the use of any land or building which is continued,
operated or maintained, contrary to any of the provisions
of this ordinance is hereby declared to be a violation
of this ordinance and unlawful. The Commission may,
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for itself or for and in the name of the City, insti-
tute injunction, abatement, or any other appropriate
action to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove such
violation. Such action may be instituted by any
property owner who may be especially damaged by any
violation of this ordinance. The Enforcement Officer
shall, or any member or designated agent of the
Commission, or counsel for the Commission, when
authorized by the Commission, may, swear out warrants
for the arrest of persons who violate the provisions
hereof in all cases where such violations are not
voluntarily abated after reasonable notice.
"The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative
and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any
other remedies provided by law."
SECTION 3. That if any section, paragraph or provision of
this ordinance shall be found to be inoperative, ineffective or in-
valid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section,
paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph
or provision hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this ordi-
nance to make each and every section, paragraph and provision hereof
separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions.
SECTION 4.This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners July 11, 1961
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, July 11, 1961.