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e . OR~GINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-2201 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ARTICLE II, LICENSE OR PERMIT, SECTION 6-36, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: section 1. Chapter 6, Alcoholic Beverages, Article II, License or permit, Section 6-36, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 6-36. Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, brew, distill, sell or distribute any alcoholic beverage within the city, or to engage in any other activity for which a license or permi t is required by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, without first paying the fee levied in section 6-37 to the city. No license or permit shall be issued or renewed by the City Secretary unless all City of La Porte and La Porte Independent School District ad valorem taxes have been paid by the applicant and by the owner of the real property covered by the application, and the applicant and the property owner are current on their real and personal property taxes located or to be operated within the City of La Porte." section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.