HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 785 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 785
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 10; AMENDING ARTICLE V RELATING TO
WEEDS, TRASH AND RUBBISH; 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 10, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony
shall be amended in the following particulars:
A. Section 10-85 shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 10-85 City may case necessary work to be done; expense incurred
assessed on the real estate.1
"....by State statute, from the date of such payment. A minimum expense filed as a
lien on any real estate or lot shall be $100.00; following the failure of the person
owning, leasing, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any real
property within the city to pay an invoice incurred for such expense. For the
collection of any such ......... "
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 December , 1992.
William W. Manning, Mayor <~X,x
ATI'EST:
Patti A. Hicks, CMC/AAE, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Pete Eckert, City Attorney