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(3) The Municipal Court shall have authority to issue all orders necessary
to enforce this Ordinance.
(4) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to affect statutes that
permit immediate removal of a motor vehicle left on public property which con-
stitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(j) Penalty
(1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not
more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00).
(A) Each transaction in violation of any of the provisions hereof shall
be deemed a separate offense.
(B) Each day a public nuisance is allowed to continue after it has
been duly determined to be such, shall constitute a separate violation.
(k) Removal from Unoccupied Premises by Order of Municipal Court.
(1) If there is a junked motor vehicle on premises that are unoccupied and
neither the owner of the premises nor the owner of said vehicle can be found and
notified to remove same, then, upon a showing of such facts to the Judge of the
Municipal Court, the Court may issue an order directing the Building Official
or any duly authorised person to have the same removed, and the Building Official
or any duly authorized person shall take possession of said junked motor vehicle
and remove it from the premises in the procedure provided for by this Ordinance.
(1) Savings Clause
(1) It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the
City of Georgetown that the sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any of them shall be declared
unconstitutional or invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any Court of
common jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
of the remaining sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this
Ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the City Council of the City
of Georgetown without the incorporation of this Ordinance of any unconstitutional
or invalid subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases.
(m) The fact that recent legislation has changed the procedure for enforce-
ment of junked motor vehicle ordinances creates a public emergency requiring that
this Ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction; accordingly
this Ordinance shall be passed finally upon the date of its introduction on
this',the 11th day of September, A. D. 1972, and shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Mayor, and upon compliance with the Charter
of the City of Georgetown, Article 2, Section 11 as amended.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1972, AND PASSED AND
APPROVED ON SECOND READING ON THE 9th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1972.
ATTEST:
CLAUD LADS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED: