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ORDINANCE NO.
940
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF LA PORTE; REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF GOING IN AND
UPON PRIVATE RESIDENCES IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, BY
VENDORS, WITHOUT THE INVITATION OF THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT;
DECLARING THE SAME TO BE A NUISANCE; 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 SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00);
CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte
is hereby arnended by repealing Chapter 17, Section 17-1 through
17-21, both inclusive, thereof, and substituting therefor the
fOllowing, to-wit:
"Section 17-1. Uninvited peddling at private residences
declared a nuisance.
"The practice of going in and upon private residences,
including rnulti-farnily dwellings, in the City of La Porte,
Texas, by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant rnerchants,
or transient vendors of any goods, wares, merchandise, serv-
ices, photographs, rnagazines or subscriptions to rnagazines,
not having been requested or invited so to do by the owner or
owners, occupant or occupants of said private residences for
the purpose of SOliciting orders for the sale of any goods,
wares, rnerchandise, services, photographs, rnagazines or sub-
scriptions to rnagazines, and disposing of, peddling or hawking
the sarne, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and punishable
as such nuisance as a rnisderneanor.
"Section 17-2. Sarne--Nuisance ordered abated.
"The Chief of Police and police officers of the City of
La Porte, Texas, are hereby required and directed to suppress
the sarne and to abate any such nuisance as is described in
Section 17-1 hereof."
Section 2. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this ordinance shall be deerned guilty of a rnisderneanor and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Clerk shall
give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the
caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper in
the City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
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Ordinance No.
940
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 2nd day of October,
1972.
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Cl.t Clerk
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CITY OF LA PORTE
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E. A. Thornas, Mayor