Ordinance No. 11,280ORDINANCE NO. 11.280
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 102 "VEHICLES FOR HIRE." ARTICLE III "TOW
TRUCKS." DIVISION 1 "GENERALLY." SECTION 102 -138 "TOW TRUCK
COMMITTEE: HEARINGS," SUBSECTION (A) TO ADD ONE EX OFFICIO
MEMBER TO THE TOW TRUCK COMMITTEE: CONTAINING A REPEALING
CLAUSE: CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE TI IEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. TEXAS:
Section l: That Chapter 102 "Vehicles for hire." Article III "Tow Trucks," Division I
"Generally," Section 102 -138 "Tow truck committee: hearings," subsection (a) of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Baytown. Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 102. VEHICLES FOR IIIRE
ARTICLE III. TONN' TRUCKS
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 102 -138. Tow truck committee; hearings
(a) There is created a tow truck committee. The term "committee." as used in this article shall
mean the tow truck committee. The committee shall be composed of:
(1) Five citizens not in the tow truck business;
(2) One citizen in the tow truck business, who shall serve as an ex officio member and shall
possess no voting privileges and whose only function shall be to render advice to the
regular members of the committee; and
(3) One youth ex officio member between the ages of 14 and 18, who shall possess no voting
privileges and whose only function shall be to render advice to the regular members of
the committee.
Three of the initial five voting committee members shall be designated by the city council to
serve one -vear terms. The terms of the remaining initial committee members and all subsequent terms of
all voting committee members shall be for two years. The terms of the ex officio member and the youth
ex officio member shall be for one year. Appointments shall be made in April of each year. A majority of
the voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent Nvith 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hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and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 the 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 effect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this cnd
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, e City Council of Baytown.
this the I0`►' day of December, 2009.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I : 7ACIO RAMIREZ, Sr.. City . , ney
NCARLOS. Mayor
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