Ordinance No. 4,288Published in: THE 13AY'1'OWN SUN
Monday, October 14, 1985 51010 -6
Tuesday, October 15, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 4288
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 28- 5(6)(3) AND 28 -6 OF
CHAPTER 28, "SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS," OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO CHANGE THE RENEWAL DATES AND FEES FOR
LICENSES; REPEALING INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO
HUNDRED AND NO /100 ($200.00) DOLLARS; 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 Section 28- 5(b)(3) of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 28 -5(b). Public swimming pool license required.
(3) If the inspection of an applicant's public swimming
pool indicates compliance with the water quality
standards contained in this article, such applicant
shall be issued a license which shall be valid for a
period until the following March 1st. If the inspection
determines water quality variances from the
requirements of this article, and the same are
considered by the health department to be dangerous to
life, health and safety of the public, such license
shall be denied. In the event of the denial of a
license, it shall be unlawful to continue the use of a
public swimming pool until the water quality standards
are determined to be in compliance with this article,
and the required license is obtained.
Section 2: That Section 28 -6 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 28 -6. Public swimming pool license terms; fees;
transferability.
(a) Licenses shall be valid
year beginning on March 1
be renewable annually
February. The license
renewal shall be the
($30.00). All lic
nonrefundable.
for a period of one (1)
of each year and shall
during the month of
fee and annual license
sum of thirty dollars
ense fees shall be
(b) Public swimming pool licenses shall be
nontransferable.
Section 3: 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of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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 4: 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 5: Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not more than Two Hundred and No/100 ($200.00) Dollars.
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 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 the 10th day of October, 1985.
eZfT�T0. *UT�TO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
JR�ANDALL B. STRONG, C Attorney