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ORDINANCE NO. 1100-B
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1100, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
GAME ROOMS, PROVIDING LICENSING PROCEDURES AND FEES, REGISTERING
OF SKILL OR PLEASURE ORIENTED COIN-OPERATED MACHINES AND PAYMENT
OF OCCUPATIONAL TAX THEREON, REGULATING HOURS OF OPERATION,
PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR OPERATION, 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 SEVERA-
BILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING LAW;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Section 4 1/2-18 of Ordinance No. 1100, numbered
as Chapter 4 1/2, Section 4 1/2-18, of the Code of Ordinances
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of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read
as follows, to-wit:
"Section 4 1/2-18. Hours of operation
"The doors of any game hall shall remain
closed to minors, and no minors shall be on the
premises, except during the following hours:
SCHOOL YEAR*
Mondays through Thursdays
Fridays
saturdays
Sundays
2:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
2:30 P.M. to 12:00 P.M.
9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
1:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
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SUMMER*
Mondays through Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
1:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
*('School Year' shall be defined hereunder as
the period of time from the commencement of
regular classes in the La Porte Independent
School District in August, through the last
day of regular classes the following May.
'Summer' shall be the period from the end
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of classes in May until the commencement of
classes in August)."
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Ordinance No. 1100-B, page 2.
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Section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or
any part of any sectio~, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this
ordinance 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 Council
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.
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Section 3. The City Council officially finds, deter-
mines, recites and declares that a sufficient wri tten notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the
City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at
the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding
this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article
6252-17, Texas Revised Civil statutes Annotated~ and that this
meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all
times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof
has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The
City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such
written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 4. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27),
Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the
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).
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary
. shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing
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Ordinance No. 1100-B, page 3.
the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper
in the City of La Porte at least twice wi thin ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 21st day of July, 1982.
ATTEST:
CITY OF LA PORTE
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V g1n1a 1ne, Mayor
APPROVED:
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