Ordinance No. 7,237Published in The Baytown Sun. 950223 -4
Thursday, March 2, 1995
Friday, March 3, 1995. ORDINANCE NO. 7237
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 "HEALTH AND SANITATION," ARTICLE IV "PUBLIC
HEALTH NUISANCE," SECTION 15 -21 "MAINTENANCE OF
PREMISES," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN; 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 l: That Chapter 15 "Health and Sanitation,"
Article IV "Public Health Nuisances," Section 15 -21 "Maintenance of
Premises," of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15 -21. Maintenance of premises.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or
having supervision or control of any real property, occupied
or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city to
permit or allow any stagnant or unwholesome water, sinks,
filth, carrion, weeds, rubbish, brush, refuse, smoke, impure
or unwholesome matter of any kind or objectionable, unsightly
or unsanitary matter of whatever nature to accumulate or
remain thereon, or to be carried by wind currents to nearby
property.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any business or other commercial
venture within the city limits or within five thousand feet
(50001) therefrom, exclusive of property located within an
industrial district, to permit any condition to exist that
would be detrimental to the health and safety of the citizens
of Baytown, including, but not limited to, smoke, wind -borne
contaminants, or runoff.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor and
punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000.00).
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• inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;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
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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 the 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 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
City Council of the City of Baytown,
1995.
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
by the affirmative vote of the
this the 23rd day of February,
e,agACIO RAMIREZ, , City Attorney
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PETE C. AL 0, Mayor