HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 321 ORDINANCE N0. �o��
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 8 OF
THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE, RELATING TO THE ABATE-
MENT OF JUNK VEHICLES AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, BY
STRIKING SECTION 8-27 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING
THEREFOR A NEW SECTION 8-27 , AND BY ADDING TO
SECTION 8-31 THEREOF A NEW PARAGRAPH (c) ; PROVID-
ING FOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR ANY
CITY POLICEMAN UNDER HIS DIRECTION TO ADMINISTER THE
PROCEDURES FOR ABATING JUNK VEHICLES UNDER ARTICLE II;
PROVIDING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A COMPLAINT IN
THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE
MUNICIPAL COURT TO ORDER THE REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT
OF SUCH PUBLIC NUISANCE AND TO LEVY A FINE OF UP TO
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200) FOR THE VIOLATION OF
MAINTAINING A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING THAT THE
PROCEDURES FOR ABATING A JUNK VEHICLE AS A PUBLIC
NUISANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANTIQUE AND SPECIAL
INTEREST VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS .
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section 1. Article II of Chapter 8 of the Friendswood
City Code is hereby amended by striking all of Section 8-27
thereof and substituting therefor a new Section 8-27 to pro-
vide as follows :
"Sec. 8-27 Enforcement
(a) The Chief of Police or any City policeman
under his direction, who must be regular salaried
full-time employees of the city, shall administer
the provisions of this Article, except that removal
of vehicles or parts thereof from property may be by
any other person duly authorized by the chief of
police. The chief of police and city policeman under
his direction shall have authority to enter upon pri-
vate property for the purposes specified by this Arti-
cle to examine vehicles or parts thereof, obtain in-
formation as to the identity of vehicles and to remove
or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof
declared to be a public nuisance pursuant to Section
$-28 of this Article.
(b) In addition to the procedure provided for in
paragraph (a) above , the chief of police or city police-
man under his direction may, pursuant to Article 6687-9 ,
the Abandon�d Motor Vehicle Act, Texas Revised Civil
Statutes , file a complaint in the Municipal Court of the
city for the violation of maintaining a public nuisance ,
if the nuisance is not removed and abated and a hearing
is not requested within the ten (10) day period provided
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for in Section 8-28 of this Article. If a person is
found guilty of maintaining a public nuisance as de-
fined in Section 8-26 of this Ordinance, the person
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred
dollars ($200. 00) and the Court shall order removal
and abatement of the nuisance. "
Section 2. Article II of Chapter 8 is further amended
by adding to Section 8-31 thereof a new paragraph (c) to
provide as follows :
" (c) Unlicensed, operable or inoperable antique
and special interest vehicles stored by a collector on
his property, provided that the vehicles and the out-
door storage areas are maintained in such a manner that
they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened
from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidl�
growing trees , shrubbery, or other appropriate means . '
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this �T�day
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PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this �.�.�day
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on third and final reading
this �� day of ��i���c?.�� , 1978 .
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ATTEST:
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City ecretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City ttorney
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