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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD517ORDINANCE NO.517 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE,CHAPTER 10 OFFENSES,BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-24 PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFACATION;REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS;PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I IN GENERAL That the Apache Junction City Code,Chapter 10 OFFENSES,be amended by adding Section 10-1-24 PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFACATION,to read as follows: Section 10-1-24 Public Urination and Defacation I t shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defacate in a public or private place open •to the public view. SECTION I I REPEALING ANY CONLICTING PROVISIONS All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference are repealed. SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY I f any section,subsection,sentence,clause,phrase or portion of this ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference is,for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. SECTION IV PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one -thousand dollars or by imprisonment of a period not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.Each day that a violation continues shall be a separate offense punishable as herein above described. SECTION V EMERGENCY CLAUSE I t being necessary for the preservation of the peace,health and safety of th City of Apache Junction,Arizona,that this ordinance become effective immediately,an emergency i s hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,THIS 5 11 DAY OF AL43ucct ,1986. SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 7 -DAY OF A ORDINANCE NO.517 PAGE ONE OF TWO ,1986. (Lid8.8m.a..12J2,a11--Vice M11 r Ire-NORMAN S.HILL Mayor ATTEST: KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: A I DA ID - AND City At orney ORDINANCE NO.517 PAGE TWO OF TWO