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OR~GINAL
ORDINANCE NO. 97-2201
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ARTICLE II,
LICENSE OR PERMIT, SECTION 6-36, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS 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.
Chapter 6, Alcoholic Beverages, Article II,
License or permit, Section 6-36, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of La Porte, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter read as
follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 6-36. Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture,
brew, distill, sell or distribute any alcoholic beverage
within the city, or to engage in any other activity for
which a license or permi t is required by the state
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, without first paying the
fee levied in section 6-37 to the city. No license or
permit shall be issued or renewed by the City Secretary
unless all City of La Porte and La Porte Independent
School District ad valorem taxes have been paid by the
applicant and by the owner of the real property covered
by the application, and the applicant and the property
owner are current on their real and personal property
taxes located or to be operated within the City of La
Porte."
section 2. 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 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, Chapter 551, Texas Government
Code; 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. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after
its passage and approval, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 10th day of November, 1997.
By:
CITY OF LA PORTE
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'Norman L. Malone
Mayor
ATTEST:
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M tha A. Gillett
City Secretary
APPROVED: /
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knox w. Askins '
City Attorney