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ORDINANCE NO. 2273
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 171, "MOBILE HOME PARKS" BY
AMENDING SECTION 171 -18, PARKING OF MOBILE HOME OUTSIDE
OF LICENSED MOBILE HOME PARK BY ALTERING SET BACK
REQUIREMENTS, DEFINING CORNER LOT, AND REDUCING MINIMUM
LOT SIZE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; REPEALING ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 17J, "Mobile Home Parks," of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas is
hereby amended by the amendment of Section 17A -18, Parking
of Mobile Home Outside of Licensed Mobile Home Park, by the
repeal of subsections (2), (3), and (4), as presently
constituted, and the addition of new subsections (2), (2a),
(3), and (4) which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Sec. 174_-18. Parking of mobile home outside of licensed
mobile home park.
(2) A mobile home may be parked on a vacant lot, or plot,
outside a mobile home subdivision as defined in Sec.
171 -1 (Mobile home lot), provided the lot or plot has
4,000 square feet of land. The mobile home shall set
back from the front property line no closer than
established building lines; no mobile home, however,
shall set within 15 feet of the front property line
or within 5 feet of any side or back lot line.
(2a) If a lot is adjacent to two or more streets, the
owner may designate any one side adjacent to a
street to be the lot front; that portion of the lot
opposite the designated front shall be considered the
back lot line.
(3) Not more than one mobile home shall be parked on a
vacant lot or plot without first obtaining a mobile
home park license. Such lot or plot shall contain a
minimum of 4,000 square feet. Any mobile home placed
on such a lot, or plot, shall meet the minimum standards
for plumbing, heating, and electrical systems outlined
or referred to in this chapter.
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(4) A mobile home may be parked adjacent to a residence,
or place of business, provided a spacing of ten feet
(101) from the nearest building, on the same property,
is maintained and five feet (51) from any interior
property lines, or not less than 15 feet set back
from a street. Not more than one mobile home shall
be parked on the same lot, or plot, with a residence,
or commercial building without first obtaining a
mobile home park license. No mobile home shall be
parked adjacent to a residence, or place of buisiness,
where such placement would create a hazard to life,
safety or health.
Section 2: Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred ($200) Dollars, and each violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the
are hereby repealed; provided, howe,
shall be only to the extent of such
other respects this ordinance shall
ordinances regulating and governing
covered by this ordinance.
terms of this ordinance
ver, that such repeal
inconsistency and in all
be cumulative of other
the subject matter
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 uncon-
stitutional, 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 the end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take
effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by the
City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give
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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 the passage of
this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this the 28th
day of July , 1977.
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Tom GENTRY , Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. ALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL R CH RDSON, City Attor hey
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