HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1994-010 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
��� ORDINANCE NO. 94-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
"� GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE
II, NUISANCES, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENTS BY ADDING SECTION 12-21(B) , SPECIFIC
NUISANCES, AND RENUMBERING THE EXISTING 12-21
AS 12-21(C) ; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT
TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500 .00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.
Section 1. That Chapter 12, Article II, Nuisances , of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Te$as, is
hereby amended in the following particulars, and all other
sections, subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and
phrases of said Chapter 12, Article II, Nuisances, are not
amended but are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
��, A. That Section 12-21 Specific Nuisances is hereby amended
by the addition of Subsection 12-21{b) , to read as
follows :
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" (1) Depositing Handbills on Uninhabited or Vacant
Premises
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or
noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises
which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or
vacant.
(2) Prohibition of Distribution of Handbills to
Inhabited Posted Premises
(a) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any
commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private
premises which are inhabited and posted with a sign
clearly visible from the front property line or 30 feet
from the sign in the front yard, whichever is the least
distance, which sign shall state "No Handbills -
Prohibited by Grapevine Ordinance No. 94-10 " This
provision does not prohibit the handing or transmitting
of any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or
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other person then present in or upon such premises .
(b� Eaemption for mail and newspapers . The provisions
of this section shall not apply to the distribution of
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mail by the United States, nor to newspapers except, that
newspapers shall be placed on private property in such
� � manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by
the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place or upon private property. "
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�3) Enforcement
This ordinance shall be enforced by citizens of the City
of Grapevine filing complaints in municipal court.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to egceed
Five Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00) and a separate offense shall be
deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
Section 3 . If any section, paragraph or provision of
this ordinance or the application thereto any person or
situation is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such
remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect .
� Section 4 . The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City of Grapevine, Tezas are inadequate to
� properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and
general welfare of the public creates an emergency which
requires that this Ordinance become effective from and after
the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Grapevine, Tezas this the lst day of Februarv , 1994 .
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Ted R. Ware, Mayor Pro Tem
City of Grapevine, Texas
ATTEST:
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in a Huff, City cretary
City of Grapevine, Tezas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, J . , City At orney
City of Grapevine, Tegas
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