Ordinance No. 1,314ORDINANCE NO. 1314
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, PARKING PERMITS, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS,
SUBSECTION 5, THEREOF, SO AS TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SUB-
SECTION AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, AND TO SUBSTITUTE IN ITS PLACE THE
PROVISIONS OF A NEW SUBSECTION (5); 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 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended by adding to Section 17 1/2 -4 a new Subsection (5) which shall
read as follows, to -wit:
Section 17 1/2 -4. Parking permits, miscellaneous provisions.
(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 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 annual parking permit or a semi - annual parking per-
mit shall be made to the building official. The minimum annual fees
shall be as follows:
(a) Mobile Homes 60 feet in length or less 24.00
(b) Mobile Homes over 60 feet in length 36.00
No proration shall be allowed for any elapsed period of time in
the year of issuance. Rate for semi - annual parking permit shall be as
follows:
(a) Mobile Homes 60 feet and below in length 12.00
(b) Mobile Homes over 60 feet in length 18.00
No propration shall be allowed for any elapsed period of time;
however, the amount paid by the mobile home owner for the personal pro-
perty tax upon the mobile home and contents therein shall be a credit
upon the parking permit fee on mobile homes up to the amount of the
taxes. The credit shall be granted upon presentation of a paid tax re-
ceipt for the current year.
If the mobile home stays within the City of Baytown less than one
month, a refund may be made for all but $2.00 or $3.00 according to the
rate initially paid. If the period of time is more than one month, but
less than six, the City shall, upon request, refund $12.00 or $18.00
according to the amount initially paid, but no refund shall be made for
a semi - annual permit.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: 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 other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordi-
nances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: 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 4: 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 14th day of December 1972.
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C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NHI RICITARDSON, City Attorney
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