19760406 1976-12ORDINANCE NO. 1976-12
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14
OF THE FAIRFAX CITY CODE
TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW SECTION 14-24
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, that Chapter 14 of t~e Code of the City of Fairfax be,
and the same hereby is, amended to provide for a new section 14-
which will read in its entirety as follows:
"Sec. 14-24 . Attempts to commit misdemeanor; how punished."
"(a) Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or resolution
of the City or rule or regulation or order promulgated by an
officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in him
or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or a
misdemeanor, it shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to
commit any act which is so prohibited or declared to be unlawful
or a misdemeanor."
"(b) Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is
prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor as
provided in this Code, or in any ordinance or resolution of the
City or rule or regulation or order promulgated by an officer or
agency of the City under authority duly vested in him or it, shall
be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense
the commission or omission of which was the subject of the attempt."
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
passage.
Introduced: March 16, 1976
Adopted: April 6, 1976
Attest:
City~le~k