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UNIVERSITY PARK

CODE OF MARYLAND, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS AND
PROVISIONS OF SAID ARTICLE.

(56) SAVING CLAUSE. — THE ENUMERATION OF
POWERS IN THIS SECTION IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LIMITING
THE POWERS OF THE TOWN TO THE SEVERAL SUBJECTS MENTIONED.

(c) Passage of Ordinances; Publication; Effective
Date

NO ORDINANCE SHALL BE PASSED AT THE MEETING AT WHICH
IT IS INTRODUCED, BUT SHALL BE PASSED, PASSED OR AMENDED,
REJECTED, OR ITS CONSIDERATION DEFERRED TO SOME SPECIFIED
FUTURE DATE AT THE NEXT SPECIAL OR REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING HELD NOT LESS THAN SIX DAYS NOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS
AFTER THE MEETING AT WHICH IT WAS INTRODUCED. IN CASES
OF EMERGENCY ANY PROVISION FOR THE DELAY IN THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF AN ORDINANCE MAY BE SUSPENDED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE
VOTES OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. EVERY ORDINANCE,
UNLESS IT BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THE EXPIRATION OF 20 CALENDAR DAYS
FOLLOWING APPROVAL BY THE MAYOR OR PASSAGE BY THE COUNCIL
OVER HIS VETO. A COMPLETE AND EXACT COPY OF EACH
PROPOSED ORDINANCE SHALL BE POSTED AT A MAIN PUBLIC PLACE
FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 10 DAYS FOLLOWING ITS
ADOPTION AND A FAIR SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSES ORDINANCE
SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COMMUNITY. AN EMERGENCY
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN
THE ORDINANCE, BUT NO ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
UNTIL APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OR PASSED OVER HIS VETO BY
FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

(d) Penalties

THE VIOLATIONS OF ANY ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS
PASSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE, AND ARE,
PUNISHABLE AS MISDEMEANORS, BUT NO PENALTY SHALL EXCEED A
FINE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), PLUS COSTS, AMD/OR
IMPRISONMENT FOR NINETY DAYS (90), OR BOTH, IMPRISONMENT
IN DEFAULT OF FINE AND COSTS SHALL BE REGULATED BY THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE 38 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUCCESSOR STATUTES
THEREOF. ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO ANY FINE, FORFEITURE, OR
PENALTY BY VIRTUE OF ANY ORDINANCE PASSED UNDER THE
AUTHORITY OF THIS CHARTER HAS THE RIGHT OF APPEAL WITHIN
TO DAYS TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
FINE OR PENALTY WAS IMPOSED. IF THE VIOLATION IS OF A
CONTINUING NATURE AND IS PERSISTED IN, A CONVICTION FOR
ONE VIOLATION SHALL NOT BE A BAR TO A CONVICTION FOR A
CONTINUATION OF THE OFFENSE SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST OR
ANY SUCCEEDING VIOLATION. IMPRISONMENT SHALL BE IN THE
TOWN LOCKUP, IF ONE BE PROVIDED, OR IN THE COUNTY JAIL,
AND THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S