Ordinance No. 3,355Published: The Baytown Sun 20325 -2
Tuesday, AZarch 30, 1982
Wednesday, Mareh 31, 1982
ORDINANCE NO. 3355
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 ENTITLED "AUTO WRECKERS"
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES BY THE AMEND -
MENT OF ARTICLE II, SECTION 6 -16, "PERMISSIBLE FEES AND
CHARGES FOR POLICE INITIATED TOWING SERVICES ", SUBSECTION
(d) & (e) AND BY THE ADDITION TO THAT SECTION OF A NEW
SUBSECTION (g): PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF
$200.00; 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 the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Article II,
Section 6 -16, "Permissible Fees and Charges for Police
Initiated Towing Services ", subsection (d) and (e) which
shall read as follows:
Article II. Police Initiated Towing Service.
Section 6 -16. Permissible fees and charges for police
initiated towing services.
(d) A charge not to exceed Sixty -five ($65.00) Dollars
may be made when it is required to use dolly
wheels, i.e., to completely elevate the wrecked
vehicle from the ground surface by placing the vehicle
on dolly wheels.
(e) The maximum charge for any and all tows from the
scene of an accident in the city limits shall be
Eighty -five ($85.00) Dollars, not including transfer
fees.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the addition to Chapter 6 -16,
"Permissible fees and charges for police initiated towing
services" a new subsection (g) which shall read as follows:
(g) A charge not to exceed Sixty -five ($65.00) Dollars
may be made where it is required to suspend a
motorcycle in order to tow it.
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Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon-
sistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;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.
Section 4: If any provisions, section, exception, subsec-
tion, 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 per-
sons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars, and each violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 6: 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 notice hereof by
causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the
official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least trice
within ten (10) days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, on thi the 25th
day of March
, 1982.
ATTEST: 41METT 0. HUTTO , Iayor
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
RANDALL B. STRONG, City At4orney
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