1-001. NAME OF CODE. The ordinances contained in this code and all ordinances of ageneral nature hereafter adopted and inserted herein and all amendments, additions and changes thereto shall be part of this code and shall be known and cited as the “Revised
Ordinances of FOUNTAIN GREEN CITY.
1-002. REPEAL OF EXISTING ORDINANCES.
A. So far as the provisions of these Revised Ordinances are the same as those of previously existing ordinances, they shall be construed as continuations thereof. All ordinances and resolutions of this city heretofore in force, except such as are of a private, local or temporary nature including franchises, grants, dedications, bond issues, elections and special levies for local assessments, hereby are repealed except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section.
B. Those ordinances of this city which are of a general nature which are not repealed and which the recorder is hereby authorized and directed to insert in the appropriate place in this code and which shall be deemed part of this code are:
- FOUNTAIN GREEN CITY ZONING ORDINANCE
- FOUNTAIN GREEN SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
- FOUNTAIN GREEN CITY SEWER ORDINANCE
- FOUNTAIN GREEN CITY WATER ORDINANCE
C. The fees or charges established by the ordinances repealed by this code of revised ordinances shall remain in effect until subsequently changed by ordinance or resolution, except that the fees and charges established by this code of revised ordinances shall prevail in the event of a conflict.
1-003. EFFECT OF REPEALING ORDINANCES. The repeal of the ordinances as provided in section 1-002, shall not affect any debt or fee which is accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, nor any action or proceeding commenced under or by virtue of the ordinances repealed or the term of office of any person holding office at the time these ordinances take effect; nor shall the repeal of any ordinance have the effect of reviving any ordinance heretofore repealed or superseded.
1-004. EFFECTIVE DATE. These Revised Ordinances shall become effective SEPT. 22 1995
1-005. DEFINITION AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. In the construction of the ordinances of this city, the following· rules and definitions shall be observed and applied unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of these ordinances:
A. General rule. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common use and understanding of the language; the technical words and phrases and such other words and phrases as may have acquired a particular meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such particular meaning.
B. Gender – singular and plural. Unless otherwise indicated from the context of the ordinance, all words used in the singular shall include the plural and all words used in the masculine gender shall extend to and apply to the feminine gender.
C. Person. The term “person” includes all individuals both male and female, any governmental agency, corporation, partnership, association, company, and every other form of organization whether formed voluntarily or involuntarily.
D. Tenses. The use of any verb in the present tense shall include the future and past tense when applicable.
E. Highway – Road. The terms “highway” and “road” include public bridges, and may be equivalent to the words “county way,” “county road,” “common road,” and “state road.”
F. Street. The term “street” includes alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, public ways, public squares, public places, sidewalks, gutters and culverts, crosswalks, and intersections.
G. Business. The term “business” includes any trade, profession, calling, activity, operation or enterprise for which a license is required by any ordinance of this city.
H. License. The term “license” includes any certificate or license issued by this city.
I. Property. The term “property” includes both real and personal property.
J. Owner. The term “owner” applied to a building or land shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or leasee of a whole or part of such building or land.
K. Tenant – Occupant. The term “tenant” or “occupant” applied to a building or land shall apply to any person who occupies all or any pan of such building or land either alone or with others.
L. Reasonable time. In all cases where any ordinance requires that an act be done in a reasonable time or that reasonable notice be given, such reasonable time for such notice shall be deemed to mean such time as may be necessary for the expeditious performance of such duty or compliance with such notice.
M. Time – how computed. The time within which an act is to be done as provided in any ordinance or in any resolution or order of this city, when expressed in days, shall be determined by excluding the first day and including the last day, except if the last day be a Sunday or a holiday, then the last day shall be the day next following such Sunday or holiday which is .not a Sunday or holiday. When time is expressed in hours, Sunday and all holidays shall be excluded.
N. Week. The word “week” shall be construed to mean any seven-day period.
O. Location. Whenever any act, conduct or offense is prohibited or required and no reference is made to location, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the Chief of police, city marshal, town marshal or marshal. The terms “chief of police,” “city marshal,” “town marshal” or “marshal” as used in this code all have the same meaning and may be used interchangeably.
Q. Municipality or city. The words “municipality” or “city” as used throughout this code means FOUNTAIN GREEN CITY.
R. Governing Body. The word “governing body” as used throughout this code means the city council of this city
S. Offense. Offense means any act, action, or conduct prohibited by this code or the failure to perform any acts required in this code.
T. Officer or Officials. The terms “officer” or “official” as used in this code mean any elected or appointed person employed by the city unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
U. Recorder. The term “recorder” means the individual appointed to act as the recorder of the city.
1-006. CAPTIONS. The captions in this code immediately preceding each section are intended as mere captions to indicate the content of the section and shall not be deemed or taken to be part of the sections.
1-007. SEVERABILITY. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this code shall be declared unconstitutional or without effect by any final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment or decree shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this code.
1-008. NUMBERING ORDINANCES.
A. The recorder shall, in so far as possible, assign all ordinances of a general nature adopted after these revised ordinances a number which shall conform to the numbering system used in this code and shall indicate upon the face of the ordinance the date adopted.
B. The recorder shall keep all ordinances of a local, private or temporary nature, including franchises, grants, dedications, bond issues and tax levies, in a separate book of “Special Ordinances” properly indexed and organized according to date adopted. The first number of such an ordinance shall be the last two digits of the year the ordinance is adopted, followed by a dash which is followed by a number which shall be a sequential, ascending number indicating the order in which such special ordinance was adopted during the year.
C. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect or render invalid any ordinance of this city.
1-009. STATUTES OR CODES INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED. Any reference or citation to any statute shall not be interpreted or construed to include, incorporate or make the citation or statute part of this code unless the provisions of this code specifically include, incorporate, or make the citation or statute part of this code by reference or incorporation, and any such reference or citation not specifically included or incorporated may be changed, amended or deleted without publication on an order of the city council.
CHAPTER 1-100. CONSTRUCTION OF PENALTIES.
PART 1-110. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS TO CONSTRUCTION OF CRIMES UNDER THIS CODE.
1-111. APPLICATION OF CODE – OFFENSE PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.
A. The provision of this code shall govern the construction of, the punishment for, and the defense against any offense defined in this code or, except where otherwise specifically provided or the context otherwise requires, any offense defined outside this code; if the offense was committed after the effective date of this code.
B. Any offense committed prior to the effective date of this code shall be governed by the ordinances of this city existing at the time of commission thereof, except that a defense or limitation on punishment available under this code shall be available to any defendant tried or retried after the effective date. An offense under this code shall be deemed to have any committed prior to the effective date of this code if any of the elements of the offense occured prior to the effective date.
1-112. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION. The provisions of this code shall be construed in accordance with these general purposes to:
A. Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses.
B. Define adequately the conduct and mental state which constitute each offense and safeguard conduct that which without fault from condemnation as criminal.
C. Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of offenses and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual offenders.
D. Prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons accused or convicted of offenses.
1-113. CRIMES ABOLISHED. No conduct is a crime or an offense unless made so by this code, or other ordinances or other applicable statute.
1-114. STRICT CONSTRUCTION RULE NOT APPLICABLE. The rule that a penal ordinance is to be strictly construed shall not apply to this code, or any of its provisions, or other ordinances of this city. All provisions of this code and offenses defined by it shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms to promote justice and to affect the objects of the law and general purposes of Section 1 -112.
1-115. PROCEDURE – GOVERNED BY STATE AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS LIABILITY FOR CIVIL DAMAGES NOT AFFECTED.
A. Except as otherwise provided, the procedure governing the accusation, prosecution, conviction, and punishment of offenders and offenses is not regulated by this code, but shall be in conformity with the laws of Utah and the Constitution of the United States.
B. This code does not bar, suspend, or otherwise affect any rights to or liability for damages, penalty, forfeiture, impeachment, or other remedy authorized by law to be covered or enforced in a civil action, administrative proceeding, or otherwise, regardless of whether the conduct involved in the proceeding constitutes an offense defined in this code.
PART 1-120. JURISDICTION AND VENUE.
1-121. JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES.
A. A person is subject to prosecution in this city for an offense which he commits, while either within or outside the municipality, by his own conduct or that of another for which he is legally accountable, if:
- The offense is committed either wholly or partly within the city; or
- The conduct outside this city constitutes an attempt within this city; or
- The conduct outside this city constitutes a conspiracy to commit an offense within this city and an act in furtherance of the conspiracy occurs in this city; or
- The conduct within the city constitutes an attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit in another jurisdiction an offense under this code and such other jurisdiction.
B. An offense is committed partly within this city if either the conduct which is an element of the offense, or the result which is such an element, occurs within this city.
C. An offense which is based,.on an omission to perform a duty imposed by this code is committed within this city regardless of the location of the offender at the time of the omission.
PART 1-130. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS.
1-131. EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC MONEYS- FALSIFICATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS.
A prosecution for embezzlement of public moneys or the falsification of public records may be commenced at any time.
1-132. MISDEMEANOR -ANY INFRACTION· COMMENCEMENT OF PROSECUTION.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this part, prosecutions for other offenses are subject to the following periods of limitation:
- A prosecution for a misdemeanor must be commenced within two years after it is committed;
- A prosecution for any infraction must be commenced within one year after it is committed;
B. The prosecution is commenced on the filing of a complaint or information.
1-133. FRAUD OR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION – MISCONDUCT BY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. If the period prescribed in Section 1-132-A has expired, a prosecution may nevertheless be commenced for:
A. Any offense, a material element of which is either fraud or a breach of fiduciary obligation, within one year after discovery of the offense by an aggrieved party or by a person who has a legal duty to represent an aggrieved party and who is himself not a party to the offense, but in no case shall this provision extend beyond the period of limitation otherwise applicable by more than three years; and
B. Any offense based on misconduct in office by a public officer or employee at any time during the term of the defendant’s public office or the period of his public employment or within two years thereafter, but in no case shall this provision extend beyond the period of limitation otherwise applicable by more than three years.
1-134. DEFENDANT OUT OF STATE. The period of limitation does not run against any defendant during any period of time he is out of the state following the commission of an offense.
1-135. LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE FOR WHICH PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS HAS RUN. Whenever a defendant is charged with an offense for which the period of limitations has not run and the defendant should be found guilty of a lesser offense for which the period of limitations has run, the finding of the lesser and included offense against which the statute of limitations has run shall not be a bar to punishment for the lesser offense.
PART 1-140. MULTIPLE PROSECUTION AND DOUBLE JEOPARDY – CRIMINAL JOINDER.
1-141. “SINGLE CRIMINAL EPISODE” DEFINED. In this code unless the context requires a different definition, “single criminal episode” means all conduct which is closely related in time and is incident to an attempt or an accomplishment of a single criminal objective. Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit or modify the joinder of offenses and defendants in criminal proceedings.
1-142. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF PROVISIONS OF STATE CRIMINAL CODE. The provision of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Sections 76-1-402 through 76-1-405, are hereby adopted as part of this code and incorporated herein by reference.
1-143. JOINDER OF OFFENSES AND DEFENDANTS.
A. Two or more offenses under this code or the ordinances of this city may be charged in the same citation or complaint in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transgression or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan.
B. Two or more defendants may be charged in the same citation or complaint if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions. Such defendants may be charged in one or more counts together or separately and all of the defendants need not be charged in each count.
PART 1-150. BURDEN OF PROOF.
1-151. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Sections 76-1-501 through 76-1-504, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference.
PART 1-160. DEFINITIONS.
1-161. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Section 76-1-601 is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference.
CHAPTER 1-200. PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
PART 1-210. CULPABILITY GENERALLY.
1-211. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Section 76-2-101 through 76-2-105, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference.
PART 1-220. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER.
1-221. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Sections 76-2-201 through 76-2-205, are hereby adopted as part of this code and incorporated herein by reference.
PART 1-230. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
1-231.· INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Sections 76-2-301 through 76-2-308, hereby are adopted as part of the code and incorporated herein by reference.
PART 1-240. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
1-241. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, Sections 76-2-401 through 76-2-406, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference.
CHAPTER 1-300. PUNISHMENTS.
PART 1-310. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES.
1-311. SENTENCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER.
A. A person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code or the ordinances of this city shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. Ordinances enacted after the effective date of this code which involve an offense should be classified for sentencing purposes in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided.
1-312. DESIGNATION OF OFFENSES. Offenses are designated as misdemeanors or infractions.
1-313. MISDEMEANORS CLASSIFIED.
A. Misdemeanors are classified into two categories:
- Class B misdemeanors.
- Class C misdemeanors.
B. An offense designated as a misdemeanor or any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful in this code or in an ordinance of this city when no other specification as to punishment or category is made, is a class B misdemeanor.
1-314. INFRACTIONS.
A. Infractions are not classified.
B. Any offense which is made an infraction in this code or other ordinances of this city or which is expressly designated an infraction and any offense designated by this code or other ordinances of this city which is not designated as a misdemeanor and for which no penalty is specified is an infraction.
1-315. CONTINUING VIOLAJlON. In all instances where the violation of these ordinances or any ordinance hereinafter enacted is a continuing violation, a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which the violation occurs or continues to occur.
PART 1-320. SENTENCING.
1-321. SENTENCES OR COMBINATION OF SENTENCES ALLOWED CIVIL PENALTIES. Within ·the limits prescribed by this code, a court may sentence a person adjudged guilty of an offense to any one of the following sentences or a combination of such sentences:
A. To pay a fine; or
B. Reserved.
C. To probation; or
D. To imprisonment.
1-322. MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.
A. In the case of a class B misdemeanor, for a term not exceeding six months;
B. In the case of a class C misdemeanor, for a term not exceeding 90 days.
1-323. INFRACTION CONVICTION – FINE, FORFEITURE, AND DISQUALIFICATION.
A. A person convicted of an infraction may not be imprisoned but may be subject to a fine, forfeiture or both.
B. Whenever a person is convicted of an infraction and no punishment is specified, the person may be fined as for a class C misdemeanor.
PART 1-330. FINES AND SPECIAL SANCTIONS.
1-331. FINES OF PERSONS. A person who has been convicted of an offense may, in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $299.00 when the conviction is of a class B or C misdemeanor or infraction.
1-332. FINES OF CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, PARTERSHIPS, OR GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITIES. The sentence to pay a fine, when imposed upon a corporation, association, partnership, or governmental instrumentality for an offense defined in this code or the ordinances of the city or for any offense defined outside of this code over which this city has jurisdiction, for which no special corporate fine is specified, shall be sentenced to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding $299.00 when the conviction is for a class B or C misdemeanor or infraction.
PART 1-340. LIMITATIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON SENTENCES.
1-341. INCORPORATION OF STATE CODE. The provisions of Utah Code Annotated 1953, 76-3-401 through 76-3..405, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, as such limitations and special provisions on sentences apply to misdemeanors.
CHAPTER 1 -400. ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.
PART 1-410. HEARINGS.
1-411. REQUEST. Unless otherwise specifically provided in any ordinance of the city or any code adopted by reference, a hearing before the city council may be requested by any person:
A. Who is denied or refused a permit or license by any officer, agent or employee of this city.
B. Whose permit or license is revoked, restricted, qualified, or limited from that for which it was first issued.
1-412. FORM OF REQUEST. The request for hearing must be made in writing to the mayor or recorder and made within 30 days following the date notice denying, refusing, revoking, qualifying, restricting or revoking the license or permit is mailed by the city to the applicant or license holder at his address as it appears on the application or license.
1-413. PROCEDURE.
A. Following receipt of a request for hearing, the city council shall inform the person requesting a hearing of the time and place the hearing is to be held.
B. At the hearing, the aggrieved party shall ‘have the right to hear and examine any witnesses the city may produce to support its decision and to present his own evidence in support of his contention.
C. The city council shall, within ten days following the conclusion of the hearing, in writing, inform the person who requested the hearing of the decision of the city council.
1-414. NOT ADDITIONAL REMEDY. This part shall not be constructed so as to afford any aggrieved party more than one hearing before the city council nor shall the hearing provided in this part apply to any criminal complaint or proceeding.
CHAPTER 1-500. NO CIVIL LIABILITY.
1-501. NO LIABILITY ON CITY. None of the provisions of this code shall create any civil liability on the city, its officers or employees whether or not the code imposes mandatory or directional duties and whether or not the city, its officers or employees perform or do not perform such duties.