HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-962ORDINANCE NO.�,�
AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE ISSUANCE FEE AND AMOUNT OF PENALTY
ON BUSINESS LICENSES, FAIRHOPE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTIONS
8-10 AND 8-26.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 8-10, Fairhope Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 8-10. Payment of license tax; issuance fee.
Before any person shall engage in or carry on any business
or do any act within the corporate limits or within the
police jurisdiction of the city for which a license is re-
quired by this Code, such person shall pay to the city the
amount required herein for such license, plus a fee of
Five Dollars ($5.00) for the issuance thereof. "
SECTION 2. Section 8-26, Fairhope Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 8-26. Penalties.'
Any person violating any provision of this acticle or doing
any act made unlawful by the terms of this article, or declared
by this article to be an offense against the city, shall upon
conviction in any case be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00)
nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and may be also
sentenced to imprisonment for a time not exceeding six (6)
months, either or both, at the discretion of the Court trying
the case. "
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its due adoption
and publication as required by law.
SECTION 4. If any part or parts of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional
by a Court of proper jurisdiction, all other parts shall remain in effect.
SECTION 5. Any part or parts of any prior ordinances in conflict herewith
is hereby declared null and void.
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