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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1997-2201 e . 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. . OR'GINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97- 2201 PAGE 2 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 ~7/4, ~~/~ 'Norman L. Malone Mayor ATTEST: 1[Juh.a. JiJl1t11 M tha A. Gillett City Secretary APPROVED: / ~'oJ~ knox w. Askins ' City Attorney