HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1983-033 CITY OP GRAPEVINE
ORDINANCE NO. g 3-3 3
AN ORDINANCE �NIENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE CHAPTER 7 ARTICLE I RELATING TO BUSINESS
AND CONSTRUCTION BY ADDING A NE�11 SECTION 7.6 RE-
LATING TO THE NECESSITY TO HAVE PROPERTY DULY
PLATTED AS A CONDITION FOR OBTAINING A BUILDING
PERR�IT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY IN A SUNI NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH
SEPARATE OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEERZED CONIMITTED UPON EACH DAY DUR,ING OR ON WHICH
A VIOLATION OCCURS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
EFFECTNE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE:
Section l. That Chapter 7, Article I of the Grapevine City Code is
amended by adding a new Section 7-6 as follows:
A. Section 7.6 shall hereby read as follows:
"No building permit shall be issued for the construc-
tion of any new principal improvements on any tract,
lot, or parcel of land unless and until a subdivision
plat encomp�ssing said property has been duly ap-
proved in accordance with all applicable state laws
and city ordinances."
Section 2. Severability. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto to any person or
circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent
jurisdiction such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such
remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining
portions shall reamin in full force and effect.
Section 3. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which
a violation occurs or continues after the notice period provided herein has
expired. The Court shall order removal and abatement of the nuisance.
Section 4. Emergency. The fact that no present ordinances of the City
of Grapevine e�ists amending City of Grapevine Chapter 7, Article I relating to
Business and Construction creates an urgency and an emergency in the
preservation of the public health, safety and welfare requires that this ordinance
shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of
the caption as the lacv and charter in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, this
the 7th day of June , 1983.
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Mayor Pro Terz
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Secretary City Attorney