HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 716 CITY OF THE COLONY~ TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 7/&
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY~ TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY BY
AMENDING CHAPTER l) RELATING TO PEBDLERS AND
SOLICITORS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 15-{~ 15-? AND
15-8; PROVIDING d SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUN OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) AND A SEPARATE
OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY
DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR
CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY~ TEXAS:
Section ]. That Chapter 15 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
of Ordinances are not amended by shall remain intact and are hereby
ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That Section 15-] is amended by adding the following:
Sec. ]5-1 Definitions.
City Based Organization - any group maintaining an
organizational structure within the city~ and which may be either
registered with the State as a certified non-profit organization or
nationally chartered as a service or professional organization and
which is working for the betterment of the entire city.
Non-profit Organization - any organization which is either
registered with the State as a certified non-profit organization or
nationally chartered as a service or professional organization and
which is working for the betterment of the entire city.
A. That Section ]5-7 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. ]5-7 Investigation; term; fee; denial.
"...Such permit, if granted, shall be issued as follows:
Daily Permit $]0.00
Weekly Permit $25.00
Yearly Permit $100.00
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City based and/or non-profit organizations shall be exempt
from permit fees. The chief of police may refuse to issue
such permit if it is found that the applicant has been
convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral
turpitude, if any of the information furnished on the
application blank is found to be false, if the applicant fails
or refuses to furnish the information required, or if the type
of business or goods to be sold will violate some law of this
state or ordinance of the city. Any applicant who has been
refused issuance of a permit or license under this section
shall have the right of appeal to the City Nanager. The City
Manager's decision regarding an appeal shall be final .... "
B. That Section 15-8 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-8 Carrying license, permit and photographic
identification.
"...A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for every
photographic identification badge issued."
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in his ordinance, or application thereto any
persons 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 3. 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 or continues.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City of the Colony, Texas, are inadequate to
properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general
welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, 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 accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by mt~e City Council of the City of
The Colony, Texas on this the /~/ day of ~TZ~ , 1991.
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ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks~ CMC
City Secretary
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