HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 768 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 768
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 6, BY AMENDING ARTICLE VIII RELATING
TO REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
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 THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 6, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony
shall be amended in the following particulars:
A. Section 6-133 shall be amended to read as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any contractor for hire, firm or corporation, required to pull
a permit, to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert,
or demolish any building or structure, or to perform any excavation or concrete
flatwork in the City of The Colony, or cause the same to be done, unless such
contractor for hire, firm or corporation is the holder of a valid registration with said
City to perform such work. Such contractor for hire, firm or corporation shall be
herein termed Registrant. In extending the rights and privileges of such registration,
said City makes no statement of the technical competency of those so registered, and
no manner of license is proffered.
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
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 the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the 14th day of September, 1992.
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ATI'EST:
Patti A. Hicks, CMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney