Ordinance No. 2,397id
ORDINANCE NO. 2397
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 34,
"WASTE DISPOSAL," BY PROHIBITING WASTE DISCHARGE FROM
TANK TRUCKS INTO THE SEWERS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND
BY ABOLISHING TANK TRUCK PERMITS; REPEALING ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM FINE OF
TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH
VIOLATION; 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 34, "Waste Disposal," of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby
amended by the repeal of Article I, In General, as presently
constituted and by substituting in its place a new Article
I, which shall read as follows, to -wit:
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 34 -1. Tank truck waste discharge.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any
industrial or domestic waste or wastewater from any tank
truck or vehicle into any sewer, manway, manhole, street or
public sewage treatment plant within the City of Baytown.
Sec. 34- 2-- 34 -10. Reserved.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the
are hereby repealed; provided howev,
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
ar, that such repeal
inconsistency and in all
be cumulative of other
the subject matter
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, exception,
section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance or the application of same to any person
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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 this end, all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Penalty Clause: A person adjudged guilty
of an offense as defined in this chapter shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred and No /100 ($200.00)
Dollars. Each day an offense is committed shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take
effect from and after thirty (30) days from 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 the passage of
this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown this 26th day of
January , 1978.
ATTEST:
LEEN P. HALL, City Cle
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
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