Ordinance No. 8,839Published in The _Baytown _Sun: 20000210 -11
Tuesday, February 15, 2000 and
Wednesday, February 16, 2000 ORDINANCE NO. 8839
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 18 "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS," ARTICLE
III "ELECTRICAL CODE," DIVISION 5 "LICENSES," SUBDIVISION I "IN
GENERAL," SECTION 18 -298 "MARKING OF VEHICLES "; PRESCRIBING
A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS
.($500.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 18 "Buildings and Building Regulations," Article III
"Electrical Code," Division 5 "Licenses," Subdivision I "In General," Section 18 -298 "Marking
of Vehicles" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 18. BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
ARTICLE III. ELECTRICAL CODE
DIVISION 5. LICENSES
SUBDIVISION I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 18 -298. Marking of vehicles.
All trucks and vehicles used by a master electrician, master sign electrician or any person
operating under a license held by either of them,_ in the performance of electrical work, must
have the business name and license number affixed to each side of such trucks and vehicles with
two -inch letters. The names and numbers required shall be located so that they will be clearly
visible.
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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
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® persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 4: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
_ . FIVE ,HUNDRED .AND ..NO/100 DOLLARS ($500.00). Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the
penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances,
injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5: 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 10`" day of February, 2000.
ATTEST.
Y W City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KAREN HORNER, Assistant City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor