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Ordinance No. 1,199ORDINANCE NO. 1199 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, SECTION 4 -17, ANNUAL FEE; TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SECTION AS PRESENTLY CON- STITUTED AND TO SUBMIT IN ITS PLACE A NEW SECTION 4 -17; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section l: That the Code of Ordinance of the City of Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, by re- pealing Section 4 -17, Annual Fee, thereof and the same shall cease to have force and effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance. Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 4 -17, Annual Fee, which shall read as follows, to -wit: Sec. 4 -17. Annual Fee. (a) The fee required to be paid by Section 4 -16 shall be the maximum fee permitted to be levied and collected by a city or town pursuant to the provisions of Article 666 -15al VAPC. (b) These fees shall be payable on the initial application for a license and each year thereafter on the anniversary of the is- suance of that license. Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordi- nances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 4: 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 circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 21st day of March 1972. ATTEST: EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk APPROVED: 1014/ NEEL RICHARD N, City Attorney C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor -2-