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Ordinance No. 1,315f ORDINANCE NO. 1315 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 17 112, "MOBILE HOME PARKS ", BY AMENDING SECTION 17 1/2 -3, MOBILE HOME PARK OPERATOR'S LICENSE REQUIRED, SUBSECTION 5, THEREOF, SO AS TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SUBSECTION 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. WHEREAS, Section 17 1/2 -3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown provides for the requirement of Mobile Home Park licenses; and WHEREAS, Section 17 1/2 -3 (5) provides for a license and annual license renewal fee for Mobile Home Park operators; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the license renewal fee is to offset costs to the City of Baytown for inspection of Mobile Home Parks by the Inspection Department; and WHEREAS, in order that the fee schedule may fairly reflect the costs to the City of Baytown for the inspection; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section l: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by adding to Section 17 1/2 -3 a new Subsection (5) which shall read as follows, to -wit: Section 17 1/2 -3. Mobile home park operator's license required. (5) License shall be valid for a period of one year beginning on July 1 of each year and shall be renewable annually during the month of June. A nonrefundable license application investigation fee of $25 shall accompany each application for a license, provided, such investigation fee will be allowed as a credit upon the license if it is granted. The license fee shall be determined by the following fee schedule: 2 through 15 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -- $25.00 16 through 40 mobile home stands------------- - - - - -- 50.00 41 through 60 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -- 75.00 61 through 80 mobile home stands ------------------ 100.00 Each stand in excess of 80, each------------ - - - - -- 1.00 The annual renewal license shall be determined by the following fee schedule: 2 through 15 mobile home stands ------------------ $10.00 16 through 40 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -- 15.00 41 through 60 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -- 20.00 61 through 80 mobile home stands------------ - - - - -- 25.00 With the $25.00 being the maximum renewal fee required by the City of Baytown. r 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. t C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor ` ATTEST: EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk APPROVED: NEEL RICA SON, City Attorney -2-