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. . ORDINANCE NO. 97-1637-B AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION V OF THE ELECTRIC CODE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION THEREOF SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUK NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY 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. Section 5.02 of the Electric Code of the City of La Porte, which reads as follows, to-wit: "5.02 Conduit in Commercial Buildinas. Wiring in all commercial or combination commercial and residential buildings shall be enclosed in rigid conduit or metallic tubing. For the purpose of this Section 5.02, hotels and motels shall be considered commercial buildings." is hereby repealed. Section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of the ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of the 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. Section 3. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the ci ty for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Codej and that this meeting has been open to the public as required