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Ordinance No. 1,115ORDINANCE NO. 1115 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 17; THEREBY CREATING A NEW SECTION PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF MOBILE SERVICE UNITS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE, 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, TEXAS: Section 1: That Article 17 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Baytown shall be amended by the addition of a new section which shall read as follows: Section 17 -12.1 Mobile Service Units Prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other association to operate a mobile service unit within the City of Baytown. As used in this Section, the term 'mobile service unit' means any vehicle, tank truck, or other mobile device from which flammable liquids used as motor fuels may, as an act of retail sale, be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle parked on an off - street parking facility. (b) Any person who shall violate the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200,00) for such offense, and each day that paragraph (a) is violated shall constitute a separate offense and be punished separately; and any person, engaged in such violation shall, on conviction, be so punished therefor. 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 appli- cation to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 3: 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 (10) days after its passage. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 2 "6 day of August, 1971. ,X�y C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor ATTEST: EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk APPROVED: I