HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 98-11
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ORDINANCE NO. 98-11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50 OF THE CITY
OF FRIENDSWOOD CODE OF ORDINANCES BY DELETING
THE PRESENT DEFINITION OF MOBILE HOME AND
REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH A NEW
DEFINITION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A PENALTY NOT
TO EXCEED $2,000 PER DAY; AND PROVIDING FOR
OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
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WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City Council of the City of
Friendswood, Texas (the "City"), that unregulated Manufactured Homes can be
dangerous and constitute a hazard to life and property; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City that the health, safety and general
welfare of the City be promoted by preventing the overcrowding of land through planned
and orderly growth of the City, and an undue concentration of the population be avoided;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood finds it to be in the best
interests of the public safety, health and general welfare to regulate the location of
Manufactured Homes, within the City, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood finds that to regulate in
accordance with state and federal laws, it is necessary to update certain provisions of its
Manufactured Homes regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS:
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Section 1. That Chapter 50, Article II, Section 50-26 is hereby amended by
striking the definition of "Mobile Home" which provides:
[Mobile home means a portable vehicle constructed on a chassis and which
has been designed so that it may be occupied and used without a
permanent foundation. For the purpose of this article, a "mobile home"
shall mean a single-family dwelling unit suitable for year-round
occupancy and which has provision for electrical and water connections
and which provides for waste disposal in compliance with the plumbing
code requirements for dwellings. Such vehicle shall be eligible for
registration and licensing by the state for operation on the public streets
and highways.]
and substituting therefore the following:
Manufactured Home: A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976,
according to the rules of the United States Department of Housin� and
Urban Development transportable in one or more sections, which, in the
traveling mode is eight feet (8') or more in width or forty feet (40') or
more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and
which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a
dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the
required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and
electrical systems. A structure described bv this paragraph shall be
allowed for placement only in a Mobile Home Park or a Mobile Home
Subdivision, zoned MHR in accordance with the Citv's Zonin�
Ordinances. Any structure not described bv this paragraph shall not be
allowed for placement in a Mobile Home Park, nor anvwhere else in the
Citv
Section 2. Except as otherwise herein expressly amended, all other provisions
of Chapter 50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas remain
unchanged and in full force and effect.
Section 3. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not
to exceed $2,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
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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 circumstance 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 6th day of April �
1998.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOTED on second and final reading this 20th
day of April , 1998.
Harold L. Whitaker
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKenzie, T C
City Secretary
Motion: Tom Manison
2nd: Mel Austin
Approved: Unanimously
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