Ordinance No. 951ORDINANCE NO. 951
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF
CHAPTER 17 1/2 MOBILE HOME PARKS, BY AMENDING
SECTION 17 1/2 -4, SUB - SECTIONS (4) , (5) , (6)
AND (7) THEREOF, SO AS TO REQUIRE MOBILE HOME
PARK LICENSEES TO NOTIFY THE CITY OF SUBSEQUENT
CHANGES CONCERNING THE STATUS OF MOBILE HOMES
WHICH AFFECT HEALTH, SAFETY OR SANITATION CON-
DITIONS; AND REDUCING THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR AN-
NUAL, SEMI - ANNUAL AND TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the
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City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter
17 1/2, Mobile Home Parks, by the amendment of Section 17 1/2 -4,
Sub- sections (4) , (5) , (6) and (7) , thereof, which shall read
as follows, to -wit:
Section 17 1/2 -4. Parking permits, miscellaneous
provisions.
(4) It shall be the responsibility of the
mobile home park licensee, his agents or employees,
to notify the office of the chief inspector of the
City of Baytown when any mobile home or travel
trailer is to be connected to the available uti-
lities in the mobile home park operated by the li-
censee. Park licensees shall also be responsible
for notifying the chief inspector of any subse-
quent change concerning the status of a mobile
home which could reasonably be expected to affect
health, safety or sanitation conditions. Failure
to perform such notification shall constitute a
misdemeanor under the terms of this chapter.
(5) An annual parking permit shall be valid
for the period from January 1 through December 31
of the year of issuance. A semi - annual parking
permit shall be valid for the period from January
1 through June 30, or July 1 through December 31
of the year of issuance. An annual or a semi-
annual parking permit may be issued only by the
city and such permits may not be issued by licensees
or mobile home dealers. Application for an an-
nual parking permit or a semi- annual parking
permit shall be made to the building official. A
cash fee of $12.00 shall be paid for an annual
permit and no proration shall be allowed for any
elapsed period of time in the year of issuance.
A cash fee of $6.00 shall be paid for a semi-
annual parking permit. This fee will be prorated
by allowing a credit of $1.00 for each elapsed
month in the period of issuance. Applications may
be made by mail to the building official.
If the mobile home stays within the City of
Baytown less than one month, a refund may be made
for all but $2.00 of the semi- annual or annual
fees paid. If the periof of time is more than
one month but less than six, the City shall,
upon request, refund $6.00 of any annual fee paid,
but no refund shall be made for a semi - annual
permit.
(6) A temporary parking permit may be used
in lieu of an annual or a semi - annual parking per-
mit and it shall be valid for a period of 30 days
from the date of issuance. A temporary parking
permit may be obtained from the building official
in the same manner as an annual or semi - annual
parking permit upon payment of a $2.00 cash fee.
In addition, a temporary parking permit may be
obtained from any licensee or mobile home dealer
who elects to issue such temporary parking per-
mits and who follows the requirements herein for
such issuance.
(7 ) A licensee or mobile home dealer may
issue temporary parking permits in accordance
with the following procedure and requirements:
1. One or more temporary parking permits
will be delivered to the licensee or
mobile home dealer upon payment of
$2.00 for each permit. Such permit
shall be numbered and receipts in
quadruplicate, similarly numbered
to correspond with each temporary
permit, will be delivered to the li-
censee or mobile home dealer.
2. When a temporary parking permit is
issued by a licensee or mobile home
dealer, such permit shall be legibly
dated in ink on the date of issuance.
In addition, the licensee or mobile
home dealer shall furnish a receipt
therefor to the purchaser, which re-
ceipt shall contain the purchaser's
name, date of issuance, license plate
number, state of issuance of license
plate and year of license of the mo-
bile home or travel trailer, together
with such other information as the
building official may from time to
time require by the form of the tem-
porary parking permit receipts.
Section 2: Savings Clause: If any provision,
section, 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
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
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circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordi-
nance are declared to be severable.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance 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 ordinances regulating and governing the subject
matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after its passage by the City Council.
The parking permit fee schedule provided herein, which by
these presents supersedes the fee schedule provided in
Ordinance No. 919, passed by the City Council on May 9,
1968, and now codified under Chapter 17 1/2 of the Code of
Ordinances, shall be retroactive to the effective date of
the said Ordinance No. 919, to -wit: July 1, 1968. All per-
mit fees accruing since July 1, 1968, shall be in accordance
with the schedule provided herein, and the Director of Finance
is hereby directed to appropriate out of the appropriate fund
a sum of money sufficient to refund the payments of permit
fees in excess of the schedule herein adopted.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
12th day of December, 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney