Ordinance No. 6,352920924 -7
ORDINANCE N0. 6352
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, "HEALTH AND
SANITATION ", ARTICLE IV, "PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES ",
SECTION 15 -23 "CHARGES FOR CITY REMOVAL OF OFFENDING
CONDITIONS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY INCREASING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE
FOR MOWING OR CLEANUP WORK REGARDLESS OF THE ACTUAL
CHARGES FOR PERFORMING THE WORK; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 15 "Health and Sanitation ", Article
IV "Public Health Nuisances ", Section 15 -23 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 15 -23. Charges for City Removal of Offending
Conditions.
On failure to comply with the notice as set out in
section 15 -22 within ten (10) days, the City shall enter
onto such premises and shall remove and eliminate such
offending conditions, in addition to the filing of any
applicable charges. The owner of such premises will be
charged the actual costs of such removal and
elimination, plus an administrative charge of ONE
HUNDRED AND NO 1100 ($100.00) DOLLARS.
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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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.
Section 3: If any provisions, 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 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
• INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 24th day of
September, 1992.
BCFBgy J. 5PDILLE, Mayor