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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1388-C <br /> <br />AN ORDXNANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1388, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE <br />CODE FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE; CONTAINXNG A SAVING AND REPEALXNG <br />CLAUSE; PROVIDXNG THAT ANY PERSON VXOLATING THE TERMS OF THXS <br />ORDINANCE SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED <br />DOLLARS ($200 .()O) AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A <br />SEPARATE OFFENSB; FINDXNG COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETXNGS LAW; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EF~ECTXVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Article 35, Division 1, Section 35.1 of the 1983 <br />edition of the Fire Code of the City of La Porte, as adopted by <br />Ordinance No. 1388, as amended, is hereby amended as set forth on <br />Exhibit "A" attached hereto, incorporated by reference herein, and <br />made a part hereof, as fully as if copied at length herein. <br />Section 2. Except as amended hereby, Ordinances No. 1388, <br />1388-A, and 1388-B, shall remain in full force and effect. <br />Section 3. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas <br />Penal Code, who shall violate any of the provisions of this code or <br />fails to comply 1Nith any order made hereunder, or who shall violate <br />any detai:l:-ed sta"tement of specifications or plans submitted and <br />approved hereunder, or any certificate of permit issued hereunder, <br />or who shall fail to comply with any lawful order of the fire <br />marshall or duly authorized representative within the time <br />specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon being found <br /> <br />guilty shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred <br />Dollars ($200.00). Each and every day a violation is permitted to <br />continue or compliance is not attained, or prohibited conditions are <br />maintained, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. The <br />application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the <br />enforced removal of prohibited conditions. <br />Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any <br />part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance <br />shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not <br />affect the remairling portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby <br />