05-11-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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(a) As authorized by Texas Local Government Code Chapter 234 and Harris County Game Room Regulations adopted by Harris County, Harris County and the City of La Porte have entered into an interlocal agreement allowing for Harris County to exclusively regulate and control the operation of game rooms within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte. (b) Any person who desires to operate, use, or maintain a game room in the City of La Porte shall be required to first obtain a Harris County game room permit, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Harris County Game Room Regulations. The City of La Porte hereby adopts and incorporates for all purposes, the Harris County Game Room Regulations. (c) In accordance with the interlocal agreement between Harris County and the City of La Porte, the Director of Planning of the City of La Porte, or his designee, shall serve as the game room permit administrator, on behalf of Harris County, for game rooms located in the City of La Porte. The Director shall supervise, control, and operate the Permit Office and shall issue county permits, in coordination with the county. (d) Game room owners shall obtain a Harris County permit or renewal thereof for each game room in the City, by submitting to the Director of Planning, or his designee, an application and the application fee for a Harris County Game Room Permit. The permit shall be issued in accordance with Harris County Game Room Regulations. Applicants shall refer to Harris County Game Room Regulations for permitting requirements. County permit application forms may be obtained from the city, through the Permit Office. (e) Applications for Harris County game room permits shall follow Harris County Game Room Regulations regarding denial, revocation or suspension of a permit and the appeal thereof. (f) The City of La Porte hereby adopts the Harri Section 4 : All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 5: Should any section or part of this ordinance be held unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, or the application to any person or circumstance for any reasons thereof ineffective or inapplicable, such unconstitutionality, illegality, invalidity, or ineffectiveness of such section or part shall in no way affect, impair or invalidate the remaining portions thereof; but as to such remaining portion or portions, the same shall be and remain in full force and effect and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 6 . Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the 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). Section 7. 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 is posted at a place convenient to the public