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ORDINANCE N0. �1Jl,,,��
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE BY
STRIKING THE THIRD AND FOURTH SENTENCES OF SECTION
8-39 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR NEW THIRD AND
FOURTH SENTENCES, AND BY STRIKING FROM SECTION 8-45
THEREOF THE WORDS "TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200. 00)" AND
SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR THE WORDS "FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500. Q0)" ; PROVIDING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($75. 00) SHALL BE ASSESSED AS AN
EXPENSE FOR EACH LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL OF LAND UPON
WHICH A NUISANCE IS ABATED; PROVIDING THAT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF FIFTY DOLLARS ($50. 00) SHALL
BE ASSESSED AS AN EXPENSE FOR EACH LOT, TRACT, OR
PARCEL OF LAND UPON WHICH A NUISANCE IS ABATED AND
UPON WHICH A LIEN IS FILED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF
EXPENSES BY THE OWNER; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500. 00)
FOR EACH DAY THAT ANY OWNER, LESSEE, OR OCCUPANT OF
ANY LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL OF LAND FAILS TO ABATE A
NUISANCE THEREON WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER NOTICE TO
SO ABATE SUCH NUISANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT O�tDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section l . The Friendswood City Code is hereby amended by
striking the third and fourth sentences of Sectian 8-39
thereof, �ahich provide as follows :
[The city council hereby finds and declares that
general overhead of administrative expense of
inspection, locating owne.r, �_ssuing notice,
reinspection and ordering work done, together with all
necessary incidents of same, require the reasonable
charge of fifty ($50. 00) for each lot, series of two
(2) or more adjacent and conti�uous lots , or tract or
parcel of acreage, and such minimum charge is hereby
established and declared to be an expense of such work
and improvement. Notwithstanding, therefore, any
tabulation of recorded cost, a minimum charge of fifty
dollars ($50. 00) is hereby expressly stated to be a
minimum charge only and shall have no application when
the tabulated cost of the work done shall exceed such
minimum charge. ]
and substituting therefor the following :
The City Council hereby finds and declares that
general overhead o administrative expenses incurred
r� om inspecting, locatin owner, issuing notice,
reinspecting, ordering wor done, su�mission —�
i ing, toget er wit a necessar inci ents o
same, require tFe reasona e c ar e o sevent - ive
o ars or eac ot, tract, or arce o
an , an suc c arge is . ere y esta is e an
ec are to e an expense o suc wor an
improvement. n a ition, i t e ity i es a ien
against suc ot, tract, or parce o an to secure
payment or suc a atement as erein provi�ec , an
a tiona c ar e o �i_�_t����_ o ars . s a e
added to reim urse i o its expense in causin t�
pre aration an i in o suc ien, suc i ty o ar
expense ere y oun an etermine y it
ounci as representzn t e actua cost to ity in
aving suc service per ormed.
Section 2. The Friendswood City Code is hereby further
amended by striking from Section 8-45 thereof the words
[two hundred dollars ($200. 00) ]
and substituting therefor the words
five hundred dollars ($500. 00)
Section 3. In the event any section, paragraph,
subdivision, 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 her�of other than the part declared to be
invalid or unconstitutional ; and the City Council o£ the City
of Friendswood, Texas, declares that �t would have passed each
and every part of tk�e same notwithstanding the omission of any
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such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional , or
whether there be one or more parts .
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 15th day
of October , 1990.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on second and final reading
this 5th day of November , 1990.
P W. Sc ra er
Mayor
ATTEST:
D oris rc er, CMC
C ty Secretary
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