HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2006-26 (Title: An ordinance amending Chapter 26 of the Friendswood City Code to revise the
definition of "weeds" so as to ezcept certain agricultural vegetation from nuisance
abatement procedures by the City.)
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-26
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, BY REVISING THE DEFINITION
OF ��WEEDS" CONTAINED IN SECTION 26-105 OF ARTICLE IV OF
CHAPTER 26 THEREOF; PROVIDING THAT AGRICULTURAL
VEGETATION BE EXCEPTED FROM ABATEMENT AS A PUBLIC
NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, is hereby
amended as set forth below. Words being deleted are indicated by strike through, as follows:
"�e�e�e�." Words being added are indicated by underline, as follows: "underline." Additions to
words or phrases underscored in the existing ordinance text are indicated by a double underline,
as follows: "ordinances."
A. The definition of"weeds" contained in Section 26-105 of Article IV of Chapter
26 is hereby amended as follows:
Weeds means and includes all rank and uncultivated vegetable growth or
matter which has grown to more than nine (9) inches in height or which,
regardless of height, is liable to become an unwholesome ar decaying mass or a
breeding place for mosquitoes or vermin. Provided, however, weeds shall not be
deemed to include uncultivated vegetation on pr�erty for which an a�ricultural
exemption has been issued for ad valorem tax pu orp ses b ty he appraisal district of
the countv in which such propertv is located if such uncultivated vegetation (i)
does not exceed twentv four (24) inches in hei�ht and (ii) is not located nearer
than fiftv (50) feet from anv adjacent public street or highwaY or propertv used for
sin�le family residential purposes.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith are,
to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict,hereby repealed.
Section 4. In the event any clause phrase,provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance
or the application of the same to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to
be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares
that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any
such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED and APPROVED on first reading this 25th day of September 2006.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this the 20tb
day of November 2006.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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De oris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
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