1997-10-20 Special Called Regular and Workshop Meeting of City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 97 - e e PAGE 7 such expenditures from the date of such payment by the City. For any such expenditures and interest, suit may be instituted by the City Attorney and recovery and foreclosure of the lien may be had in the name of the City, and the statement of expenses made, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended in such work or improvements. Upon payment of the full charges assessed against any property, pursuant to the procedure set forth in this section, the City Manager or his duly designated agents shall be authorized to execute, for and in behalf of the City, a written release of the lien heretofore mentioned, such written release to be on a form prepared and approved in each case, by the City Attorney. The owner of any property in the City shall have the right to contract with the City to remove all such graffiti as may be on such real estate by requesting, in writing, the City Manager or his duly designated agents so do so, and by agreeing to pay, therefore, not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be paid therefor per address, series of two (2) or more adjacent and contiguous buildings, or tract or parcel of acreage, to be charged against such property for each such removal of Graffiti. SECTION 12. TRUST FUND. The City Council hereby creates the City of LaPorte Anti.,Graffiti Trust Fund. Penalties assessed against violators of this Ordinance shall be placed in the fund, along with any monetary donations received from persons wishing to contribute to the fund. The City Manager or his duly designated agents shall' direct the expenditures of moneys in the fund, Such expenditures shall be limited to the payment of the cost of graffiti removal, the payment, and rewards to report violators at the discretion of the City Manager or his duly designated agents, and the costs of administering the Ordinance. The Council may approve such other public purposes as by resolution. The reward shall be in any sum not more than two hundred and fifty dollars for information leading to the capture and conviction of the violator. SECTION 13. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.