The enacting style of ordinances shall be: "Be
it ordained by the City Council of the City of Bangor as follows."
[Amended 1-9-1989 by Ord. No. 89-47]
No proposed ordinance, order or resolve shall
be in order at any meeting of the City Council unless said ordinance,
order or resolve shall have been filed with the City Clerk on or before
4:00 p.m. of the fourth secular day prior to said meeting of the City
Council, and, previous to the time for calling such meeting to order,
each member of the City Council shall be furnished with a list of
such ordinances, orders and resolves giving descriptive titles of
the same and the name of the member by whom such ordinance, order
or resolve is introduced.
[Amended 6-23-1975; at time of adoption of
Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The procedure for enactment of ordinances, orders and resolves shall be as provided in the Article
II, Section 7, of the City Charter.
[Amended 4-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-102]
The following provisions shall apply to violations
of all ordinances of the City of Bangor for which there is no specific
penalty provision, and all monetary penalties shall be civil penalties.
A. Minimum penalties. The minimum penalty for violation
of any ordinances of the City of Bangor shall be $100.
B. Maximum penalties. The maximum penalty for violation
of any ordinances of the City of Bangor shall be $2,500; provided,
however, that when it can be shown that there has been a previous
conviction of the same party within the last two years for a violation
of the same ordinance, the maximum penalty may exceed $2,500 but shall
not exceed $25,000.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C. Considerations for determining amount of penalty.
In setting a penalty, the Court shall consider, but shall not be limited
to, the following:
(1) Prior violations by the same party;
(2) The degree of environmental damage that cannot be
abated or corrected;
(3) The extent to which the violation continued following
a municipal order to stop; and
(4) The extent to which the municipality contributed to
the violation by providing the violator with incorrect information
or by failing to take timely action.
D. State law applicable. In addition to the standards
established by this article, the requirements of 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452,
when applicable, shall apply to the determination of penalties for
violations of the ordinances of the City of Bangor.
[Amended 3-26-1990 by Ord. No. 90-118]