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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1.24. OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE ENTITLED PENALTIES
3 FOR VIOLATIONS: TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAXIMUM PENALTY ALLOWED BY STATE LAW FOR
CONVICTION OF AN ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
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5 WHEREAS, the City is authorized by RCW 35A.11.O2O to impose penalties for
6 the violation of any City ordinances; and
7 WHEREAS, the current provisions of the Auburn City Code do not conform to
8 the maximum fine and maximum imprisonment allowed by State law;
9 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO
10 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
11 Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the
12 Auburn City Code to increase the maximum amount of penalties and imprisonment
13 which the City may seek in enforcing violations of its ordinances in a crimi-
14 nal enforcement procedure. The criminal, penalty section applies to any crimi-
1 5 nal enforcement for the violation of any provision of the Auburn City Code.
16 Section 2. Section 1.24.010 of the Auburn City Code, as last amended by
17 Ordinance No. 3618, Section 1, passed by the City Council in 1981, is hereby
18 amended to comply with current State law and RCW 35A.11.O2O as follows:
19 1.24.010 GENERALLY
20 Notwithstanding any present city ordinance to the contrary,
21 and as authorized by RCW 35A.11.O2O of the Optional
22 Municipal Code of the laws of the state, for any conviction
23 of an ordinance violation in the Auburn City Code there
24 shall be imposed a maximum fine of up to five thousand
25 dollars ( (€l ve hr&F,('red dates)), or imprisonment for any
26 term up to and not exceeding one year ((& ,;;;'1 se-tc;f-c
27 c € up ninety or both such fine and imprisonment.
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1 Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administra-
2 tive procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this
3 legislation.
4 Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days
5 from and after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
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7 INTRODUCED: MAY 2, 1988
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9 PASSED: MAY 2, 1988
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11 APPROVED: MAY 2, 1988
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Robin Wohlhueter, City Clerk
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24 Mar u�Schellentra er, City Attorney
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PUBLISHED: MAY 11, 1988
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STATE OF WASHINGTON)
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COUNTY OF KING )
I, Robin Wohlhueter, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Auburn, a Municipal Corporation and Code City, situate in the
County of King, State of Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a full, true and correct copy of ordinance No. 4285 of the ordinances of
the City of Auburn, entitled "AN ORDINANCE."
I certify that said Ordinance No. 4285 was duly passed by the Council
and approved by the Mayor of the said City of Auburn, on the 2nd day of May
A.D., 1988.
I further certify that said Ordinance No. 4285 was published as pro-
vided by law in the Valley News, a daily newspaper published in the City of
Auburn, and of general circulation therein, on the 11th day of May
A.D., 1988.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the City of Auburn, this 24th
day of May A.D., 1988.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF AUBURN