HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1998-110 ORDINANCE NO. 98-110
'"""° AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES CHAPTER 6 ANIMALS AND FOUL;
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
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 6, Animals and Foul, Section 6-12, Livestock riding or
driving on public and private property, paragraph (a) is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
"Section 6-12 Livestock riding or driving on public and private property.
�s� (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow livestock to be driven or ridden
upon any public property; provided however, horses may be ridden on the
unimproved or unpaved portion of the right-of-way. Provided however, the
City shall maintain the exclusive authority to enter into a contractual
relationship with one or more entities or companies to provide horse-
drawn carriage service within certain defined locations in the City and
pursuant to the terms and conditions of said contract. The Chief of Police
may also authorize horses and other livestock to be ridden or driven on
the right-of-way under the authority of a parade permit"
Section 2. 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this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect;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deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or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 not guilty or nolo
contendere, or dismissal.
Section 3. 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
`MEm`� to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and a separate offense shall be deemed
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committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 4. 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 the ordinance despite such invalidity,
`� which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. 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 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, TEXAS on this the 15th day of September, 1998.
APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John F. Boyle, Jr. �
City Attorney
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