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ORDINANCE NO. 95-36
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY
CODE, SAID APPENDIX C BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY, BY DELETING THE DEFINITION OF "CHILD CARE CENTER"
CONTAINED IN SECTION 20 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR
A NEW DEFINITION FOR "CHILD CARE CENTER"; PROVIDING THAT
A "CHILD CARE CENTER" INCLUDES USES AND FACILITIES WHICH
COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME CARE
FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN (16)
YEARS; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2000 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF
ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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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 by deleting from Section 20
of said Appendix C the definition of "Child Care Center, " set forth
in said Section 20 as definition "G, " which provides as follows:
[G. Child care center. Any place, home, or institution
which cares for four or more children under the age of 16
years apart from their parents, guardians, or custodians
for regular periods of time for compensation; provided,
however, that the term "child care center" shall not
include or apply to bona fide schools, custody fixed by
a court, children related by blood or marriage within the
third degree of the custodial person, or churches and
other religious or public institutions caring for
children within an institutional building. ]
and substituting therefor the following:
G. Child care center. Any place, home or institution
which complies with State rules, regulations, and
mandates pertaining to Home Care Facilities in reaard to
children under the aqe of sixteen (16) years, apart from
their ,parents, quardian, or custodian for reqular periods
of time for compensation; provided, however, that the
term "child care center" shall not include or applv to
bona fide schools, custody fixed by a court, children
related by blood or marriage within the third dectree of
the custodial person or churches and other religious or
public institutions caring for children within an
institutional buildinct.
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Section 2. 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 $2000. Each
day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. 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 18th day of
December , 1995.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on second and f inal reading this
8th day of January , 1995.
Evely B. N an
Mayor
ATTEST:
D loris McKenzie, C
City Secretary
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