HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 797 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 797
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING SECTION 6-115(B) RELATING TO LICENSE AND
INSPECTIONS FEES; 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 Section 6-115 of the Code of Ordinances be amended by adding the
following:
Section 6-115 License and Inspection Fees
(b) "The fee for the Certificate of Occupancy inspection shall be thirty dollars
($30.00).
Section 2. 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 3. 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 desp:ite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. 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 is so accordingly ordained.
PASSED AND APPvl~VED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE
COLONY, TEXAS, this ./_~__-~'day of ,/~P,a,e/~, 1993.
ATTEST: William W.~Manning, Mayor .~
Patti A. Hicks, CMC/AAE
City Secretary
[SEAL]
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney