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ORDINANCE NO. 2003- ~ & 3'1 PAGE 3 (2) having ownership, care, custody or control of the unauthorized location where the vehicle for sale is parked. In a prosecution under this section, it is presumed that the registered owner of the vehicle for sale is the person who parked the vehicle for sale at the time and place the offense occurred Sec. 70-301 Exemptions The provisions of this ordinance do not apply to a vehicle for sale parked in a lawful manner in the course of its normal use as a means of transportation: (1) Upon the premises of or immediately adjacent to a single-family residence if the vehicle is registered to, owned or operated by the owner or legal occupant of the single-family residence; or (2) In a permitted parking space at a multi-family housing facility if the vehicle is registered to, owned by or operated by the owner or legal occupant of a unit in the multi-family housing facility; or (3) In the parking area of a commercial establishment or place of b!Jsiness when the driver is then and there employed and working or is then and there transacting business at the establishment or business. Sec 70-302 Impoundment of vehicles by City permitted Any vehicle found to be in violation of this section shall be deemed unlawful and may immediately be removed to a state-approved licensed storage facility." SECTION 4. Any person, as defined in Section 1.02(27) Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day a violation of this ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate violation. SECTION 5. 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, it is hereby declared to