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Ordinance No. 8,857Published in The Baytown Sun. Tuesday, Marc , ZUUU, and Wednesday, March 15, 2000. ORDINANCE NO. 8857 20000309 -6 ® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING�CHAPTER 58 "MANUFACTURED HOMES, MOBILE HOMES AND PARKS," ARTICLE I "IN GENERAL," SECTION 58 -6 "SKIRTING REQUIRED," SUBSECTION (A)(1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($500.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. r: ****************************************************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That Chapter 58 "Manufactured Homes, Mobile Homes and Parks," Article I "In General," Section 58 -6 "Skirting required," Subsection (a)(l) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 58. MANUFACTURED HOMES, MOBILE HOMES AND PARKS ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 58 -6. Skirting required. (a) From and after November 7, 1999, whenever a manufactured home is placed or otherwise moved, each tenant and owner thereof shall maintain such home and lot on which the same is located in compliance with the following: Fire - resistant skirting or an equal substitute approved by the building official shall be required around all manufactured homes and shall be installed prior to final inspection of the manufactured home. Such skirting may include any vents, screens and /or openings necessary for utility and mechanical system hookups. Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other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: 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 N01100 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. 20000309 -6a 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 90' day of March, 2000. PETE C. ALFARO, N41ayor ATTEST: f� G Y Y4. SMITH, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: dGKACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Attorney c: k] h23MityCouncihOrdinances lSkirtinglnstal left imingOrdinance