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ORDINANCE NO. 1146-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
CONCERNING DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; PROVIDING
THAT THE PER~IT FEE SHALL BE TEN DOLLARS ($10.00); PROVIDING THAT
EACH APPLICANT SHALL FILE A CASH BONDi PROVIDING THAT PERMITS
AUTOMATICALLY TERJl.UNATE AT SIXTY (60) DAYS FROf\1 ISSUANCE; PROVIDING
TF~T ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED
IN A SUM NOT ~IJ.ORE THAN TllIJO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Section 8-146 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8-146. Fee.
"Each applicant shall pay a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
for each permit issued under this Division."
Section 2. Section 8-147 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8-147. Applicant's bond.
"At the time of making an application for a permit under
this Division, the applicant shall file with the building
inspector a five hundred dollar ($500.00) cash bond, where
the applicant is a contractor, or a two hundred fifty dollar
($250.00) cash bond, where the applicant is the owner of the
property. The bond shall be conditioned that the principal,
if granted a permit, will accomplish such demolition in strict
accordance with the terms of this article, and will pay to the
City any expense incurred by it in eliminating fire hazards or
other conditions created by such demolition which are detrimental
to the public welfare. Such bond shall be made payable to the
City and shall inure to the benefit of any person damaged or
injured, in any manner, by the principal obligor by reason of
such demolition, excePt the agents, servants or employees of
the principal ob1igor.~
Section 3. Section 8-151 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8-151. Expiration.
"Any permit issued under this Division shall automatically
terminate sixty (60) calendar days, froM and after its
issuance, unless extended or renewed by further applica-
tion to the building inspector."
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Ordinance No. 1146-A, Page 2.
Section 4. Section 8-149 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of La Porte, Texas, is hereby expressly repealed.
Section 5. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any
part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordi-
nance 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 Commission 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.
Section 6. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict
-~ herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict only.
Section 7. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas
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Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordinance,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Each day any violation of this ordinance shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
Section 8. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
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CITY OF LA PORTE
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
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COUNTY OF HARRIS
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
La Porte, Texas, do hereby certify that the attached and
following is a true and correct copy of the Ordinance
described below, as adopted by the City Commission of said
City at a meeting thereof held on the date specified, to-
gether with an excerpt from the minutes of said meeting
showing the adoption of said C?rdinance" as same appears of
record in the official minutes of said City Commission on file
in my office, to-wit:
ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING
~SULTS OF BOND ELECTION .
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY, this the 24 day of February, 1979.
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La Porte, Texas
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