1-1--1-10
(Reserved)
1-11
Bylaws to be termed ordinances -- Style of enactment.
1-12
Effect of repeal.
1-13
Employers and other persons liable to penalty.
1-14
Acts prohibited without license may be licensed.
1-15
City seal.
1-16
Financial year designated.
1-17
Penalty.
1-18
Alternative Non-Criminal Proceedings for Violation of these Ordinances
1-19
City Flag
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1-1--1-10
(Reserved)
1-11
Bylaws to be termed ordinances--Style of enactment.
All
bylaws of the City shall be denominated ordinances and the enacting style shall
1-1 be:
"Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Woburn, as
follow:--." (Prior
Ch. 1
sec. 2).
1-12
Effect of repeal.
The
repeal of any ordinance shall not have the effect of reviving any ordinance
theretofore
repealed or superseded. (Prior Ch. 1 sec. 3).
1-13
Employers and other persons liable to penalty.
When
anything is prohibited in any ordinance, not only the persons actually doing
the
prohibited thing, but also their employers and all other persons concerned
therein,
shall be liable for the penalty prescribed therefor. (Prior Ch. 1 sec. 4).
1-14
Acts prohibited without license may be licensed.
When in
an ordinance anything is prohibited from being done except in accordance
with a
license or permit from a board or officer, such board or officer shall have the
power
to license or permit such thing to be done. (Prior Ch. 1 sec. 5).
1-15
City Seal.
The
following shall be the device of the seal of the City of Woburn:
The
seal is round and two inches in diameter. In the outer circle, over the top, is
the
word
Woburn." In the lower circle, "Located, 1640: Incorporated 1642: A
City, 1889."
In the
center a coat of arms. On a chief gules, a currier's knife argent. In base, a
view of
the public library, ppr.; crest, a mural coronet, ppr., and the crest of
Massachusetts,
an arm vested brandishing a long sword, ppr. Motto: "Industria et
virtute."
Supporters on the dexter and sinister sides of the arms, sprigs of sumac,
ppr.
(Prior Ch. 1 sec. 7).
1-2
1-16
Financial year designated.
The
financial year of the City shall begin with the first day of July and end with
the
last
day of June. (Prior Ch.1 sec. 6).
1-17
Penalty.
Except
as herein otherwise provided, whoever violates the provision of any
ordinance
or the Charter of the City shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three
hundred
dollars. (Prior Ch. 1 sec. 9).
1-18
Alternative Non-Criminal Proceedings for Violation of these Ordinances.
Any
Ordinance of the City of Woburn herein contained, or rule or regulation of any
of
its
Boards, Commissions or Committees, the violation of which is subject to a
penalty,
may, in the discretion of the City Official who is the appropriate enforcing
person,
be enforced in the method for which provision is made and a procedure is
set
forth in M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 21D, that is, Non-Criminal Disposition. For
purposes
of this section, "City Official" shall mean "Enforcing
Person" and by the
term
"Enforcing Person" is meant any Police Officer of the City of Woburn,
and any
other
individual in charge of a department, board or commission of the City of
Woburn
which has the responsibility for the administration or enforcement of the
given
Ordinance alleged to been violated. (Ord. dated 07/23/87).
The
official city flag of the City of Woburn shall be a white background. In the
center in a gold circle shall be a coat of arms. On a chef gules, a In the center a coat of arms.
On a
chief gules, a currier's knife argent. In base, a view of the public library,
ppr.; crest, a mural coronet, ppr., and the crest of Massachusetts, an arm vested brandishing a long sword, ppr. Motto: ‘Industria et virtute.’ Supporters on the dexter and sinister sides of the arms, sprigs of sumac, ppr. Above the gold circle the words ‘City of Woburn’ in gold lettering. Below the gold circle the numerals ‘1642’ in gold numbers.
(Added June 26, 2000)