Ordinance No. 931r
ORDINANCE NO. 931
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF
CHAPTER 19, NOISE CONTROL, BY AMENDING SECTION
19 -2 THEREOF, SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR THE
OWNER, LESSEE OR PROPRIETOR OF ANY HOUSE TO MAKE
OR CAUSE TO BE MADE THEREIN ANY UNREASONABLY LOUD
OR DISTURBING NOISE, OR TO PERMIT TO BE COLLECTED
THEREIN ANY DRUNKEN, NOISY OR DISORDERLY PERSONS;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED
($200.00) DOLLARS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSIS-
TENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 19,
Noise Control, by the amendment of Section 19 -2 thereof, which
shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 19 -2. Loud noise in general; loud noises created or
allowed to be created in dwellings.
The creation of any unreasonably loud, dis-
turbing and unnecessary noise in the City shall
be unlawful. It shall also be unlawful for the
owner, lessee or proprietor of any house, apart-
ment, or other dwelling unit, to make, cause,
permit or suffer to be made therein any such loud,
disturbing or unnecessary noises, or to collect
or permit to be collected therein any drunken,
noisy or disorderly persons, to the annoyance or
disturbance of neighboring residents. Noises of
such character, intensity, and duration as are
reasonably calculated to be detrimental to the
life or health of an ordinary, reasonable person
are hereby prohibited.
Section 2: Penalty Clause: Any person who vio-
lates any provision or provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00)
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Dollars, and each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, sec-
tion, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set 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 ordi-
nance or their application to other persons or sets of circum-
stances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordi-
nance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal
shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all
other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other or-
dinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this ordinance.
Section 5: Effective Date: 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 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 day of , 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
E-dna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney
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