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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTION 1-11(b) <br />THEREOF, PERTAINING TO CLASSIFICATION OF AND PENALTIES FOR <br />CODE VIOLATIONS. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That Section 1-1t(b) of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 1-11. <br /> <br />Classification of and penalties for <br />violations; continuing violations. <br /> <br /> (b) Whenever in any provision of this Code or in <br />any other ordinance Of the city any act is prohibited or <br />is made o~ declared to be unlawful or an offense or <br />misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required, or the <br />failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an <br />offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is <br />provided for the violation of such provision and such <br />violation is not described as being of a particular class <br />of misdemeanor, such violation shall be punishable upon <br />conviction by confinement in jail for not more than <br />twelve (12) months and a fine of not more than One <br />Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), either or both. <br /> <br />2. That this ordinance shall take effect on the date of its <br />adoption. ~ ~ <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held on February 12, 1991. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />