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ORDINANCE NO. 1319~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELECTRIC CODE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
ALLOWING THE USE OF TEMPORARY UNDERGROUND ALUMINUM SERVICE
CONDUCTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY UPON ISSUANCE OF A TEM-
PORARY PERMIT: ALLOWING THE USE OF ALUMINUM WIRING WITHIN A
TEMPORARY POLE AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY UPON THE ISSUANCE OF
A TEMPORARY PERMIT: FINDING CONPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS
LAW: PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: 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
SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00): AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. The Electric Code, Ordinance NO. 1254, Part 1,
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Section 4.02(c), of the Code of Ordinance, City of La Porte,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) If it is found that the installation as described
will, in general, conform to the requirements of this
Code, and if the applicant has complied with all provisions
of the ordinances of the City, a permit for such instal-
lation shall be issued.
The issuance of a permit will
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not be taken as permission or as a license to violate
any of the requirements of this Code or any other ordinance
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of the City, provided that the issuance of a permit pur-
suant to Section 5.01 shall be specifically limited to a
period not to exceed
180
days.
However, the said
temporary permits shall be renewed wi thin the sole dis-
cretion of the Chief Inspector, upon a showing of continued
need for said temporary permit."
Section 2. The Electric Code, Ordinance No. 1254, Part 2,
Section 5.01, of the Code of Ordinance, City of La Porte, Texas,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.01 Aluminum Conductors. Aluminumn conductors may
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not be used in any wiring wi thin buil,dings, nor in any
underground service conductors, except for temporary under-
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ground service conductors at construction sites upon issu-
ance of a temporary permit, as provided in Section 4.02(c).
Aluminum conductors may only be used (in addition to the
use contemplated above) as outside aerial conductors from
a weather head to a pole; from a pole to a pole; from a
weather head to a weather head; and wiring within a tem-
porary pole at construction sites, upon the issuance of a
permit as provided in Section 4.02(c)."
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 City for the time required by law preceding
this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article
6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this
meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all
times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof
has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The
City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such
written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 4. 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.
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Section 5. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27),
Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the
ordinance, shall be deemed guil ty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
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(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary
shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing
the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper
in the Ci ty of La Porte at least twice wi thin ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th day of May, 1982.
CITY OF LA PORTE
By
Mayor
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