Section 8-3-1. Actions on Bonds. The City of Northglenn may institute an action in its own name on any bond given to the municipal court pursuant to rules of court, state statutes or this chapter.

[Source: Ord. 949, 1989]

Section 8-3-2. Limitation of Actions.

No person shall be complained against, tried, punished or fined for any violation of the ordinances of the City of Northglenn unless the action is commenced within one (1) year after the date of the offense.

When an offense is based on a series of acts performed at different times, the period of limitation prescribed by this section starts at the time when the last act is committed.

[Source: Ord. 949, 1989]

Section 8-3-3. Severability Clause.

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision of unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions.

The City Council of the City of Northglenn hereby declares that it would have passed this Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter 8 of the Municipal Code even though one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases might be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

[Source: Ord. 949, 1989]

Section 8-3-4. Saving Clause. The repeal, revision, amendment, and consolidation of Ordinance No. 229, 1973 as amended, by this ordinance shall not have the effect of releasing, extinguishing, altering, modifying, or changing in whole or in part, any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under Ordinance No. 229, Series of 1973, as amended, and shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions, both civil and criminal, for the enforcement of any such penalty, forfeiture, or liability as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.

[Source: Ord. 949, 1989]