Ord 2301 - Class I Civil Infrac
COUNCIL BILL NO. 2352
ORDINANCE NO. 2301
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1998 (THE CIVIL INFRACTION
ORDINANCE) TO PROVIDE THAT AN UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL INFRACTION
CONSTITUTES A CLASS I CIVIL INFRACTION AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1998 (the Civil Infraction Ordinance) provides a legal
mechanism to enforce city ordinances in Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Infraction Ordinance contains a schedule of forfeiture assessments
and five different classifications of civil infractions; and
WHEREAS, certain city ordinances provide that enforcement be in accordance with the
Civil Infraction Ordinance but do not specify the classification of the civil infraction or amount
of the forfeiture assessment; NOW, THEREFORE
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 1998 is hereby amended to add a new subsection
"D" to read as follows:
Where an ordinance of the City of Woodburn provides that an ordinance violation may
be processed in accordance with the Civil Infraction Ordinance but does not classify the
civil infraction, this unclassified civil infraction shall constitute a class I civil infraction
under this ordinance.
Section 2. Emer2ency Clause. This ordinance being necessary for the immediate
preservation ofthe public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist and this
ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor.
Approved as to form:~' ~ ~ If) - 'I - z 0 () I
N. Robert Shields, City Attorney Date
Approved: ~- J->. ~i.~ r--
I ~ar~~n~s, Jayo~ \
Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
ATTEST: ;1l~~
Mary T ant, CIty Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
October 8, 2001
October 9, 2001
October 9, 2001
October 9, 2001
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COUNCIL BILL N0.2352
ORDINANCE NO. 2301