HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2003-003 ,. . ORD!'NANCE NO. 2003-03
4H � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 20 STREETS,
SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS, SECTION
20-13.1 SIGNS ON RIGHTS-OF-WAY; AND APPENDIX E
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE
OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
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 Chapter 20 Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Ways, Section
20-13.1 Signs on rights-of-ways is amended by amending subsection 20-13.1(c)(3) to
read as follows:
"(3) Fines for noncompliance. Violators of any provision of this subsection
20-13.1(c) shall be subject to the fines set forth in this Code and, in
addition, signs in violation of subsection 20-13.1(c) may be removed by any
agent or employee of the city and destroyed without liability to the City or to
its agents or employees."
Section 2. That Appendix E Construction Standards, Article I Standards of
Design, Section 1.5.2 Inspection overtime reimbursement be amended to read as follows:
"1.5.2. Inspection overtime reimbursement: The contractor may undertake work
during working hours established in Section 12.87, Noise--Character, Intensity,
and Duration Detrimental to Health or Life, of the City Code of Ordinances, as
amended. Any work prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. on Monday through
Friday and between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holidays
may only be undertaken if the contractor signs the necessary forms committing
to reimburse the City of Grapevine for overtime costs of $45.00 per hour due to
the inspection activities required by the work underway with a guaranteed
° minimum of four hours overtime on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays to justify
the inspection activities on these days. By signing the forms, the contractor
�°� commits to reimburse the city on a monthly basis upon receipt of a monthly
invoice from the city."
Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of
.,�, this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect
provided, however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed
and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas shall be deemed
repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances
have been disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal
Court, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day
during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
Section 5. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereto 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 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 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an
emergency and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this
ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 21 st day of January, 2003.
APPROVED:
1�Villiam D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
` Linda Huff
City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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