HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 97-967 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 10 -
HEALTH AND SANITATION OF TIlE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY BY
AMENDING SECTION 10-31(b) AS HEREINAFTER SET
FORTH; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT
TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO TIIOUSAND DOLLARS
($2,000); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF TItE CITY OF THE COLONY,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 10 - Health and Sanitation of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of The Colony shall be amended in Sec. 10.31(b) Notice which shall mad in its entirety as
follows:
Sec. 10-31. Abandoned motor vehicles.
(b) Notice. The police department or its designee shall send
notice of abandonment of a vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor
taken into custody to:
(1)The last lmown registered owner of each motor vehicle,
watercraft or outboard motor:
a. Taken into custody; or
b. For which a garagekeeper~s report is received
pursuant to Section 683.031, Texas
Transportation Code.
(2) Each lienholder recorded under Chapter 501, Texas
Transportation Code for the motor vehicle under Chapter
31, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, for the watemraft or
outboard motor.
Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be subject to a fine in accordance with the general
provisions of the Code of Ordinances.
Section 3. If any section or provision of this ordinance or the application of that section
or provision to any person, firm, corporation, situation or circumstance is for any reason judged
invalid, the adjudication shall not affect any other section or provision of this ordinance or the
application of any other section or provision to any other person, firm, corporation, situation or
circumstance, and the City Council declares that it would have adopted the valid portions and
applications of the ordinance without the invalid parts and to this end the provisions of this
ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, this
/7U~ day of c'~F-cAc~- 1997.
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Att e~y~