Ordinance No. 7,161Published in Baytown Sun:
Wednesday, November 16, 1994
Thursday, November 17, 1994.
ORDINANCE NO. 7161
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• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND
TRAFFIC," ARTICLE IX "ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL OF JUNKED
VEHICLES," SECTION 18 -86(a) "PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ABATE
OR ALLOW ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE," OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"
Article IX "Abatement and Removal of Junked Vehicles," Section
18 -86(a) "Penalty for Failure to Abate or Allow Abatement of
Nuisance," of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX. ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL OF JUNKED VEHICLES.
Sec. 18 -86. Penalty for Failure to Abate or Allow
Abatement of Nuisance.
(a) Whenever a junked vehicle is a public nuisance as
defined in Section 18 -81 of this title, any owner
or occupier of the premises upon which such
nuisance is located who shall fail, refuse, or
neglect to remove or abate such nuisance or refuse
notice as herein set out, or refuse to abide by any
order requiring the removal of said vehicle or part
thereof commits an offense and upon conviction
shall be subject to a fine of not less than ONE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($100.00) nor more than
TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 DOLLARS ($200.00) and each
day such violation continues to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
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with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided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.
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Section 4: 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 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 November,
1994.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACID RAMIRtZ, S City Attorney
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