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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1934 Amends AMC Title 17 & 18ORDINANCE NO. 1934 AN ORDINANCE P~MENDING SECTION 18.68.100 OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH RELA'rES TO THE PENALTY FOR ZONING VIOLATIONS AMENDING SECTION 17.32.050 1~mICH RELATES TO THE PENALTY OF VIOLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS; AND ADDING A SECTION TO TITLE ONE OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR INFRACTIONS AND THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. There is hereby added to the Ashland Municipal Code a new Section to be numbered 1.08.020, and to read as follows: "1.08.020 Infractions. A person who commits an infraction by violating designated provisions of the Ashland Municipal Code shall not suffer any disability or legal disadvantage based upon conviction of crime. The penalty for committing an infraction shall be a fine not to exceed $100; however, each and every day during any portion of which any infraction is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, is a separate violation subject to a separate fine of $100, and such person shall be punished accordingly. The trial of any infraction shall be by the Court without a jury. The City of Ashland shall have the burden of proving the infraction by a preponderance of the evidence and the Defendant may not be required to be a witness in the trial of such infraction. At any trial involving an infraction, the City Attorney shall not appear unless the Defendant is represented by an attorney. Further, at any such trial, defense counsel shall not be provided at public expense." SECTION 2. Section 17.32.050 of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: "Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provisions under this title is, upon conviction thereof, subject to the penalties described in Section 1.08.020 of the Ashland Municipal Code relative to infractions." SECTION 3. Section 18.68.100 of the Ashland Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "18.68.100 Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violating of any of the provisions of this title has committed an infraction, and upon conviction thereof is punishable as prescribed in Section 1.08.020. Such person, firm, or corporation is guilty of a separate violation for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation." 'The foregoing was read on the /9/if day of *4 ' 1977, and passed to its second reading and duly passed this de, ~ day 094 , 1977, the vote being as follows: RONALD L. SALTER ATTORNEY AT LAW -1- Ordinance No. /93~ 70 NORTH PIONEER STREET P.O.BOX727 ASHLAND. OREGON 97520 ~)tH'Glr "A" r~~ " ~ ;a.. Ayes: 1/ DATED this~9~ay of Nays: Q \I 4 (,.) 1977. ~ I APPR~'!f: ~. ~>ii d-/fi" ~---~ ~ OR ATTEST: j ad4<-' rt' ~1-4~~ ' f. TY JRECORD R -- RONALD L. SALTER ATTORNEY AT LAW 70 NORTH PIONEER STREET P.O.BOX727 ASHLAND. OREGON 97520 E~~\'\T ..," ~... ~ O~ 1. -2- Ordinance No.