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Ordinance No. 910ORDINANCE NO. 910 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF NIGHT WATCHMEN; REGULATING AND PROVIDING CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF SAME; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF, WHEREAS, various individuals have operated night watchmen services in the City of Baytown for a number of years; and WHEREAS, such services have never been regulated by such City and the City Council believes that same should be regulated; NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That henceforth no person shall operate a night watchmen service without first having applied for and having received a license or permit from the City of Baytown. Any person desiring to engage in such business shall make application to the City Manager on a form prescribed by the City Clerk. Each applicant and any and all of his employees shall be finger - printed and photographed by the Baytown Police Department. Permits shall not be issued to anyone convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude. All agents and employees of permittee shall likewise be finger- printed and photographed by the Baytown Police Department and they shall be prohibited from working in such capacity if they have been convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude. Such permits, when issued, shall be issued on a calendar year basis so that same shall expire at midnight, December 31 of each year. The fee for such permit shall be $25.00 per year. Such permits shall be cancelled if the permittee violates any of theterms of this ordinance. Section 2: That each permittee shall have liability insurance of a nature and in an amount approved by the City Attorney and the City Council. Section 3: Each permittee shall have the company name of such night watch- man service printed on each side of any and all vehicles used by it in letters b" in height and approved by the Chief of Police. No vehicles used in such night watch- man service shall be equipped with emergency lights or sirens. Section 4: That any and all officers, agents and employees of such permittee, while on duty, shall wear uniforms approved by the City Manager and Chief of Police but they will in no way resemble the uniform of the Baytown Police Department. H Section 5: That such permittee shall inform the Chief of Police by map or in a manner approved by said Chief of Police as to the territory within the City that such permittee shall be patrolling. Section 6: That any officer, agent or employee of such permittee or the permittee himself, if he is so involved, shall have his right to act as a night watchman terminated if he commits any of the following: 1. Fails to make a report to the Police Department of any crime, fire, or open building if the building is under his surveillance, and; 2. Any conviction of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude. Section 7: If any provision, exception, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or act of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 8: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all otherrespects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the sub- ject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 9: Any person who shall violate any provision or provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. Each day of the continuance of such violation shall be considered a separate offense. Section 10: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten. (10) days after its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after its passage. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the th day of Febr A.D., 1968. ATTEST ,.. } Seaborn Cravey, MaOf Edna Oliver, City Clerk APPROVED: George Chandler, City Attorney