48-74 ORDINANCE NO. 48-74
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 17-28
"STATE FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS" OF CHAPTER 17
"OFFENSES" OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
INCLUDE ALL STATE LAWS ENACTED BY THE 1974 FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAV-
ING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City Administration has recommended that Subsection
17-28 be updated to include the laws of 1974 of the State of Florida;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida
has determined that such changes should be made;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
as amended, be further amended by amending Section 17-28 "State felonies
and misdemeanors" to read as follows:
"Sec. 17-28 State felonies and misdemeanors
a. It shall be unlawful to commit, within the city, any
act which is or shall be recognized by the laws of the state as a
misdemeanor, including all legislative acts adopted through and in-
cluding the ~ 1974 session of the Florida Legislature, and the com-
mission of such acts is hereby forbidden.
b. It shall be unlawful to commit, within the city, any
act which is or shall be recognized by the laws of the state as a felony,
including all legislative acts adopted through and including the ~9~
1974 session of the Florida Legislature, and the commission of such acts
is hereby forbidden.
c. Whosoever shall violate the provisions of this section,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by the same penalty as is
therefor provided by the laws of the state, but in no case shall such
penalty exceed a fine of five hundred dollars, nor an imprisonment for
more than ninety days in the municipal jail, or both such fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the municipal judge."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same. are hereby ~repealed.
SECTION 3. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be de-
clared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or
part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 23rd day of ~eptember , 1974.
V I C E-M A Y 0 R
ATTEST:
First Reading August. 26,. 1974
Second Reading jSeptember 23,_ 1974
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Ord. No. 48-74