Ordinance No. 8,193Published in the Baytown Sun
Tuesday, February 17, 1998, and
Wednesday, February 18,1998
ORDINANCE NO. 8193
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® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 25 '/2 "STANDARD SIGN CODE," SECTION 251/,-5 "SIGN PERMITS
AND FEES," SUBSECTION (N) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
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 25 '/2 "Standard Sign Code," Section 25 % -5 "Sign Permits and
Fees," Subsection (N) "Removal bond" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
See. 25'/2 -5. Sign permits and fees.
(N) Removal bond. Each person applying for an operating permit for an off - premise sign
shall furnish a bond with a surety licensed to do business in the State of Texas in the
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) in a form determined by the city
attorney, or post a deposit in such amount, as a guaranty of compliance with this
chapter and other applicable laws, including the removal of signs when required. One
removal bond shall be required for each operating permit issued. The city may draw
against this bond to recover its cost of removing a sign as allowed by this chapter.
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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 provision, 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 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 12" day of February, 1998.
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ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, S . ity Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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