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Home My WebLink AboutO-1966-744 ".1'\ r , .-, 'jA 1'..::. . r. . . ORDINANCE NO. 744 --l AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROMOTE THE PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE CITY,OF LA PORTE" TEXAS" BY PROHIBITING THE THROW- ING" PLACING" ETC." OF GARBAGE AND TRASH ON STREETS, OR HIGHWAYS" SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF SUCH MATERIAL FROM HIGHWAYS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO THROW PAPER OR TRASH ON ANY STREET, OR .sIDEWALK; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO THROW MANURE" HULLS" PEELINGS" HANDBILLS" ETC." ON SIDEWALKS". STREETS OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR" AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY StJ1V.l NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH DAY. OF VIOLATION SHiALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; DEFINING TERMS; PROVIDING A REPEALING. AND SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE" TEXAS" THAT: Section 1. Definitions As used in this Ordinance" unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) Vehicle means every device in or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a publiC highway. (2) Garbage means all animal or vegetable matter" such as waste material and refuse from kitchens" resi- dences" grocery stores" butcher shops" restaurants" hotels" rooming and boarding houses" and other deleterious substances and any other matter commonly understood to be garbage. (3) Trash means rubbish" such as feathers" coffee grounds" ashes" tin cans" paper" boxes" glass" grass" shrubs" yard cleanings" grass clippings" leaves and tree trimmings" and any other matter commonly under- stood to be trash. Street or Highway means the entire width between the boundary'lines of every way publiCly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel" (4) 7 I (5) Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curb lines" or the lateral lines of a roadway" and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. Se:ction 2.' Putting glass" etc." on highways prohibited No' person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle" glass" nails" tacks" wire" cans" or any other substance likely to injure any person" animal or vehicle upon such highway. '.,.,' e' '~ e. ,...~., ',.' !>' . . -2- Section 3. Removing materials from highway (a) Any person who dropsl or permits to be dropped or thrownl upon any highway any destructive or injurious materiall or other material such as dirtl shelll oill etc.1 which would be detrimental to the use or appearance of said highwaYI shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (b) Any p~rson removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall.remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Section 4.. Dumping at designated grounds only It shall be unlawful for any person to dumpl unloadl discharge I or in any manner 'place thereon or cause to be placed thereonl any garbagel trash or other waste materials on any lotI tract or parcel of land located within the city limitsl except at garbage dumps or dumping grounds which are ownedl maintained or operated by the ci tY'1 or at such places as are designated for garbage disposal by the director of health of the city. Section 5. Throwing paper or trash on streets or sidewalks It.shall be unlawful for any person to cast or throw any paper or other trash into or upon any public street or side- walk or any part thereof of the city. Section 6. Ma,nurel peelings or other litter on streets It shall be unlawful for any person to throw~ dispose or place any,stable manure~ hullsl peelingsl handbills or other I deposits or litter upon sidewalksl streets or other public places in the city. Section 7. Penalty Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanorl and upon con- viction shall be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)1 and each day of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense. Section 8. Repealing of conflicting ordinances All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. '.. . " . . -3- Section 9. Saving clause If any section~ paragraph~ clause or sentence shall be declared void and unenforceable or unconstitutional~ 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 10. Effective date This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval and publication as required by law. PASSED ANn APPROVED this the !ath day of Apri1~ ~ A.D. 1966. .~ ~.-- ATTEST: ~.., .A~fr.-J," ~../P'1)( '.... City Clerk 0 the City of La Porte~ Texas ~dcLJ .' , J ------ City Attorney of the City of La Porte~ Texas