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ORDINANCE NO. 7238
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 17 "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND OFFENSES, "
ARTICLE I "IN GENERAL," SECTION 17 -17 "NUISANCES
GENERALLY," SUBSECTION 17 -17.1 "DEFINITIONS," OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 17 "Miscellaneous Provisions and
Offenses," Article I "In General," Section 17 -17 "Nuisances
Generally," Subsection 17 -17.1 "Definitions" of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 17 -17.1. Definitions.
(a) Any Thing or Condition. Any kind of business, mercantile
manufacturing plant, establishment, foundry, slaughterhouse or
other commercial venture which by its operation, maintenance
or existence creates a condition producing or maintaining the
effects or results of a nuisance prescribed herein.
(b) Nuisance. Any Thing or Condition existing within the city
limits or within five thousand feet (5,0001) thereto,
exclusive of property located within an industrial district,
which is per se or by reason of its use, maintenance location,
occupation, operation neglect, or misuse, offensive,
injurious, vexatious, annoying or unwholesome to the
inhabitants of the city or directly to one (1) or more of
them, or detrimental to their health, peace, comfort, and
safety, including the elements constituting a nuisance
prescribed by common law or the statutes of this state.
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inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;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.
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• 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.
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Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED
City Council of the City of Baytown,
1995.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
by the affirmative vote of the
this the 23rd day of February,
ACIO RAMIREZ, R., City Attorney
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PETE C. ALF O, Mayor
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