HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-2268 CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING CODE. •
ORDINANCE NO. 2268
AN ORDINANCE relating to zoning; providing for a civil penalty
for violations of the zoning code; and amending
Sections 12.88.030, 12.88.040 and 12.88.050, all
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
III/ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 12.88.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"12.88.030 Civil and criminal prosecution of
violators. For the purpose of civil and criminal pro-
- secution hereunder, 'persons' means and includes natural
persons, firms, copartnerships and corporations, and
other associations of natural persons, whether acting
by themselves or by servants, agents or employees. Every
person concerned in the commission of a misdemeanor
in violation of this title, whether he directly commits
the act or effects the commission constituting the
offense, or aids and abets the same, and whether pre-
sent or absent, and every person whp directly or indirectly
counsels, encourages, hires, commands, induces or other-
wise procures another to commit such misdemeanor, is
and shall be a principal under the terms of this title,
and shall be proceeded against and prosecuted as such."
Section 2. Section 12.88.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"12.88.040 Penalty for violations. It is unlaw-
ful for any person to violate or fail to comply with
any provision of this chapter. As an additional and
concurrent remedy, the City may bring a civil action
in the appropriate district justice court against any
person for violation or failure to comply with any
provision of this chapter. In the event criminal
proceedings are instituted against the violator, the
maximum penalty upon conviction shall be a fine not
to exceed $250.00 or imprisonment in the city jail
facility for not more than ninety days for each con-
viction, In the event of civil proceedings, the penalty
upon judgment for the city shall be $500,00."
Section 3. Section 12.88.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"12.88.050 Each day as separate. Each day that
any person continues to violate or fails to comply
with any provision of this chapter shall be considered
a separate criminal and civil offense."
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
4W- thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro-
,
vided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 20th d
of February , 1979.
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/ Mayor
ATTEST:
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