Ordinance No. 2,81400124 -13
ORDINANCE NO. 2814
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, "AUTO WRECKERS AND
TOWING VEHICLES ", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION
OF AUTO WRECKER OR TOWING VEHICLE PERMITS; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECITVE DATE HEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 6, "Auto Wrecker and Towing
Vehicles ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown
is hereby amended by the repeal of Sec. 6 -13, Revocation or
Suspension of Auto Wrecker or Towing Vehicle Permits, sub-
section (a) as presently constituted, and by the adoption of
a new Sec. 6 -13(a) that shall read as follows:
Sec. 6 -13. Revocation or suspension of auto wrecker or
towing vehicle permits.
(a) Upon a complaint being filed by any person with the
city manager of a violation of any of the terms or provisions
of this chapter, the violation of any of the laws of the
state, federal, or city government, or the violation of any
of the rules and regulations promulgated by the chief of
police of the City of Baytown, or the failure of a permit
holder to provide satisfactory general service or to conduct
his business in a reasonable manner, or upon motion of any
member of the committee, the committee may after ten (10)
days' written notice to the permit holder stating the grounds
of said complaint, conduct a hearing to hear evidence with
reference to such complaint or motion. Should such hearing
reveal a violation of any of the terms of this chapter, the
laws of this state or federal government or other ordinances
of the city, or the rules and regulations promulgated by the
chief of police of the City of Baytown, or should the hearing
reveal that a permit holder has failed to provide satisfactory
general service or has conducted his business in an unreasonable
manner, the committee may suspend, cancel, or revoke the
permit or permits of such permit holder, as the offense may
direct.
Section 2: 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repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only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 ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
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Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, 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 valid-
ity 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: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 24th day of January_ 1980.
MMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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