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ORDINANCE NO 71-7-493
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIZE ZONING REGULATIONS
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDMENTS THEREOF,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE IENTUCKY REVISED STATUTES,
CHAPTER 100, ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY, AND FOR THE REPEAL
OF ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH", WHICH ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON NNE 8, 1971, BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 74
"PENALTIES"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Ordinance bearing the title quoted above
be, and the same is hereby, amended and reordained by adding thereto
the following section:
"Section 74. 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 misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than
Ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) 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 offense or violation shall be
deemed to have been 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 are hereby declared to be a
violation of this ordinance and unlawful. The Commission may, for
itself or for and in the name of the City, institute 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
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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 remedy provided for herein shall be cumulative and not
exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies provided by
law. "
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption and publication as required by law.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners July 2, 1971
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, July 2, 1971.