HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 867 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 867
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY BY AMENDING CHAPTER
10 OF THE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH AND SANITATION;
AMENDING SECTION 10-23 RELATING TO SALE OF PROPERTY AND
SECTION 10-26 RELATING TO CITY PERSONNEL ACQUIRING
PROPERTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY RELATING TO HEALTH AND SANITATION
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) 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 1. That Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances shall be and is hereby
amended in the following particulars:
Section 10-23 - Sale authorized.
..... "may be sold and disposed of at public auction as provided below, or may be
disposed of by donation pursuant to Article 18.17 (c) of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure, subject to prior approval of thc city council."
Section 19-26 - City personnel not to acquire property.
Shall be deleted in it's entirety.
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. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City
affecting health and sanitation and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances
except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 4. 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 Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
Section 5. 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 weffare 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 thi~ 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 ~.~/.ca~- day of '~,~(~c~ . 1994.
William W. ~launin~, Mayor
ATFEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci~ Attorney