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. ed'" .,.- ~- --~- . . ORDINANCE NO. 860 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY ADDING AN ARTICLE V, REGULATING THROUGH GARBAGE TRUCKS~ PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MIS- DEMEANOR AND SHALL UPON CONVICTION BE FINED NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) ~ AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended by adding to Chapter 12 thereof, Article V, "Through Garbage and Trash Trucks," with sections to be numbered Section 12 - 70, et. seq., which said sections shall read as follows: "Article V. Through Ga:+bage and Trash Trucks "Sec. 12-70. Vehicles to be covered. "It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on the streets of the City of La Porte, a vehicle carrying garb~ge or trash, without providi~g an adequate cover for the garbage and trash, which shall be kept in place except when loading and unloading. "Sec. 12-71. Routes for Through Garbage Trucks. "All vehicles carrying garbage or trash from outside the corporate limits of the City, for unloading at the sanitary landfill operated by Harris County, or _ through the city, shall travel only on the following designated ~Truck Routes for Through Garbage Trucks,' both before and after unloadi~g: (1) South Broadway Street (Old State Highway 146), from the South city limits to South Avenue J; (2) South Avenue J, from South Broadway Street to New State H~ghway l46~ (3) New State Highway 146, from the South city limits, to the North city limits; (4) Crestlane, from New State H~ghway 146, to North Broadway Street~