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<br />.' <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />p/ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. qOq <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 310.8 OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD <br />HOUSING CODE BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 3l0.8A ENTITLED "JUNKED <br />MOTOR VEHICLES" AND CONTAINING SUB-SECTIONS (A) THROUGH (M); <br />ADOPTING PART OF THE TEXAS ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE ACT; DECLARING <br />THE PRESENCE OF ANY JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN'" THE CITY OF <br />LA PORTE TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; <br />PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION TO OWNER OR OCCUPANT TO ABATE PUBLIC <br />NUISANCE ON OCCUPIED PREMISES; PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARIES TO <br />HEARING IN MUNICIPAL COURT; PROVIDING FOR HEARING IN MUNICIPAL <br />COURT; PROVIDING FOR REMO~AL OF JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING <br />FOR REMOVAL FROM UNOCCUPIED PREMISES BY ORDER OF MUNICIPAL COURT; <br />PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; <br />PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO OWNER TO ABATE PUBLIC NUISANCE ON <br />UNOCCUBIED PREMISES; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PRO- <br />VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />(A) TITLE <br /> <br />(1) That Section 310.8 of the Southern Standing Housing <br /> <br />Code,is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 3l0.8A includ- <br />ing Sub-sections (A) through (M), which shall be known as the <br /> <br />"Junked Motor Vehicle Ordinance" and shall hereinafter read as <br /> <br />follows: <br /> <br />(B) TEXAS ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE ACT ADOPTEO <br /> <br />(1) All provisions of the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle <br /> <br />Act of 1971, governing junked vehicles, are hereby expressly <br /> <br />incorporated into this ordinance and adopted. <br />(2) All references to the "Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />Act" shall mean the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act of 1971 <br /> <br />as codified in Vernon's Ann. P.C. Art. 1436-3 and any subse- <br /> <br />quent amendments thereto. <br /> <br />(C) JUNKED VEHICLES DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE <br /> <br />(1) Junked vehicles as defined and referred to in the <br /> <br />Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicles Act are hereby declared to be <br /> <br />a public nuisance. <br /> <br />(D) EXCEPTIONS <br /> <br />(1) The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to: <br />(a) Any vehicle or part thereof which is completely <br />enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not <br /> <br />visible from a street or other public or private property; <br />(b) Any vehicle or part thereof which is stored or <br />