§ 4-176. Enforcement and penalty.

(a)

The regulatory authority shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

Any person violating any provision of this chapter, upon conviction, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Each day that a provision of this chapter is violated shall constitute a separate offense.

(c)

The remedies provided by this chapter shall be in addition to all other criminal and civil remedies, which the city is entitled under the authority of statutes, ordinances or in equity to pursue.

(d)

Any person, firm, corporation, agent or employee thereof who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

(e)

This chapter shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Copperas Cove, and this chapter shall not operate to repeal or affect any of such other ordinances except insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, in such other ordinance or ordinances are hereby repealed.

(f)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.

(g)

All of the regulations provided in this ordinance are hereby declared to be governmental and for the health, safety and welfare of the general public. Any member of the city council or any city official or employee charged with the enforcement of this chapter, acting for the City of Copperas Cove in the discharge of his/her duties, shall not thereby render himself/herself personally liable; and he/she is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that might accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his/her said duties.

(h)

Any violation of this chapter can be enjoined by a suit filed in the name of the City of Copperas Cove in a court of competent jurisdiction, and this remedy shall be in addition to any penal provision in this chapter or in the Code of the City of Copperas Cove.

(i)

This chapter shall become effective on November 2, 2010.

(Ord. No. 2010-48, § 1(Exh. A), 11-2-10)

Editor's note

At the city's direction, provisions related to publication set forth in Ord. No. 2010-48, § 1(Exh. A), adopted Nov. 2, 2010, and set out herein as subsection 4-176(i), that conflict with language found in § 5 of same ordinance, have been removed. At the editor's discretion, the following subsection (j), pertaining to effective date, has been relettered (i).