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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE DECLARING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OR
OWNER TO LEAVE STANDING ANY VEHICLE IN ANY STREET, ALLEY
OR PUBLIC PLACE LONGER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS; ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER FOR ANY PERIOD
OF TIME; DECLARING IT UNLAWFUL TO LEAVE STANDING IN THE
PUBLIC STREETS ANY TRAILER, SEMI-TRAILER, POLE TRAILER OR
HOUSE TRAILER, ATTACHED OR UNATTACHED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE,
LONGER THAN TWO HOURS; DECLARING THE OWNER AND OPERATOR
RESPONSIBLE FOR ILLEGAL PARKING; ESTABLISHING A PRESUMPTION
OF PARKING BY OWNER WHEN VEHICLE ILLEGALLY PARKED; PROVIDING
THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00)
NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH DAY OF
VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; PROVIDING A
REPEALING AND A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or any
owner to knowingly leave ~tanding in any public street, alley or
other public place i'n the City of La Porte, an:y vehicle for a
longer continuous period of time than twenty-four (24) hours.
Section 2~ It shall be unlawful for any person or
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any owner to knowingly abandon or leave standing on private
property, without the consent of the owner of such private property,
any vehicle for any period of time.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to
~ leave, stand or park a trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer, or
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house trailer, either attached or unattached to a motor vehicle,
on the public streets of the City of La Porte, for a period of
time in excess of twp (2() hours.
Section 4.. It shall be unlawful for any person, having
registered in his name or owning or operating or having in charge
any vehicle ,knowingly to allow or suffer or permit same to stop,
stand or be parked in any street in the City of La Porte in viola-
tion of any of the ordinances of the City regulating the stopping,
standing or ,parking Of vehicles.
Section 5. When any person is charged with having
parked or left standing a vehicle on any street in the city at a
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place on said street.wher~ parking of vehicles is prohibited, or
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with parking such vehicle on said ; street in a manner which
violates the manner of parking a vehicle as designated, or with
parking a vehicle on private property without the consent of the
owner of such private property, or with parking such vehicle for
a period of time in excess of that allowed in the space where
said vehicle was parked, proof that said vehicle was, at the
date of the offense alleged, owned by the person charged with
the offense, shall constitute prima facie evidence that said
vehicle was parked or left standing at the place charged by said
owner, but the owner shall have the right to introduce evidence
'~ to show that said vehicle was not parked by him as charged in
the complaint.
Section 6. Any person or any owner who violates any
provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less
than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and each day of such violation shall be deemed a
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separate offense.
Section 7. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 8. If any section, paragraph, clause or
sentence shall be declared void and unenforceable or unconstitu-
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tional, it is hereby declared to be the intention of the Commission
that the remainder of such Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and approval and publication as
required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the, Z.1:A day of r..--~~-1 "<.,..J)IL'
1966.
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