HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 512 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
OP INANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF TEE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 19 RELATING TO TRAFFIC BY AMENDING
SECTION 19-24 RELATING TO PARKING OF
VEHICLES-PROHIEITED~ PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT
TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOT.T.ARS ($500.00) FOR
EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIOLATION oCCURS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE~ DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 19-24 of Chapter 19 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of The Colony, Texas presently permits the
parking or standing of mobile homes, motor homes, recreational
vehicles, trailers and boats upon public streets and alleys for a
period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours; and
WHEREAS, the parking of such vehicles in the public streets
and alleys causes traffic hazards, creates congestion in the
streets and alleys, and is dangerous to the public health, safety
and welfare of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, there have been continuous abuses of the twenty-
four (24) hour limitation on parking and standing of such
vehicles.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all of the findings contained in the
preamble are found to be true and correct and the City Council
does hereby incorporate said findings into the body of this
Ordinance as if copied in their entirety..
Section 2. That Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of The Colony, Texas is hereby amended in the following
particulars and all other existing sections, subsections,
paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases and words of said
Code are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed;
A. That Section 19-24 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 19-24. Parking of Certain Vehicles-
Prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person, driver, operator
or owner to leave, park or stand any mobile home, motor
home, recreational vehicle, trailer or boat upon any
public street or alley within the city."
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 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 or continues.
Section 4. If any sentence, article, paragraph, clause,
phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a
Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not effect
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 5. The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City are inadequate to properly safeguard the
health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the City 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
shall become effective from and after the date of its final
passage and publication as provided by law, and it so accordingly
so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS, this ~day o~1987.
Don~mick', Mayor
ATTEST:
City Attorney