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 Missouri City
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix A. ZONING

  § 22. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES  

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  • 1.

    Except as set forth in subsection 4 below, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect or alter any building or structure, or who shall commence to erect or alter any building or structure in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted or approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation or noncompliance be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00. Each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner of that building, structure or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of this ordinance shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent or corporation employed in connection therewith who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalties stated above.

    2.

    Offenses under subsections 9.2, relating to accessory buildings or structures in residentially-zoned areas; 9.6, relating to parking, storage, and use of major recreational or utility equipment; 9.15, relating to portable storage unit regulations in suburban and residential districts; 9.17, relating to outside placement, storage, sales and services of materials, merchandise, and equipment in commercial, business park, and industrial districts; 12.2.J, relating to standards for off-street parking; and Sections 11, relating to landscaping, and 14, relating to fence regulations, of the Missouri City Zoning Ordinance, as such sections may be amended, are punishable by a fine of not less than:

    (a)

    $100 for a first conviction;

    (b)

    $250 for a second conviction of the same violation within any 12-month period; and

    (c)

    $500 for a third or subsequent conviction of the same violation within any 12-month period.

    3.

    An offense under subsection 9.14, relating to trash disposal regulations, of the Missouri City Zoning Ordinance is punishable by a fine of not less than:

    (a)

    $50 for a first conviction;

    (b)

    $250 for a second conviction of the same violation within any 12-month period; and

    (c)

    $500 for a third or subsequent conviction of the same violation within any 12-month period.

    4.

    Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect or alter or commence to erect or alter any building or structure, in violation of any section pertaining to a sexually oriented business as regulated pursuant to V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ch. 243, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor as defined in the Texas Penal Code. Each day any violation of this ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. O-03-44, § 10, 12-15-2003; Ord. No. O-05-57, § 3, 12-21-2005; Ord. No. O-18-10 , § 3, 5-7-2018)