HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-084 ORDINANCE NO. 87-84
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE GRAPEVINE CITY
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 23-90 RELATING TO
THE DECLARATION OF A NUISANCE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500 . 00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE AND A SEPAR.ATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH
,��. A V I OLAT I ON OCCURS; PROV I D I NG A SEVERAB I L I TY
CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
� NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS :
Section 1 . That Section 23-90 of the Grapevine City
Code is hereby amended to read as follows :
"Section 23-90 . Declaration of nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
allow or cause any property or obstruction
to be placed, left, parked, erected or
maintained for more than forty-eight (48)
hours, in or on any public street, alley,
sidewalk, public park or other public place
of the City, which action is hereby declared
a nuisance. Any such property when so found
shall be immediately removed by a police
officer of the City, and taken to the police
pound or such other place as has been
designated by the City and shall be kept
there until redeemed or sold as provided in
*� A this article. "
� 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 subject to a fine in a sum not
to exceed Five-Hundred Dollars ($500 . 00) for each offense and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day
during or on which a violation occurs .
Section 3 . If any section, article, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or
application thereto any person or circumstances 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 this 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, Texas, are inadequate to
properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and
general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of
the public business, property, health, safety, and general
welfare of the public which requires that this Ordinance become
effective from and after the date of its passage and it is
r�„r accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, this lst day of December _� 1987 .
Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
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ATTEST:
City Secretary, i of Grapevine, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney, City of apevine, Texa
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