HomeMy WebLinkAbout247 04-13-1965ORDINANCE NO. 247
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 37 CREATING
THE OFFICE OF FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE CITY OF EULESS
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A FIRE
MARSHAL BY THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDING FOR AN
EX OFFICIO FIRE MARSHAL; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE
CLAUSE A SEVERANCE CLAUSES A PENALTY CLAUSE AND
AN EFFACTIVE DATE,
NOWg THRRUMS9 W IT ORDAINED BY THB CITY COM CIL OF ZM CITY OF
BUL ESS 9 TAXASt
I.
That Section I of Ordinance 37 adopted an the 16th day of My*
1955 iv shall be amended to road as fol log es
'"!he office of Fire Marshal is hereby crost«d. Such office shall
be iaginI at other city departsentsi tb* Mx* Marshal reporting
directly to the City Manager. 9rtcb office shall be filled by the appoint -
ment of the, City Manager and the Fire Marsh" .ball be properly gealilisd
for the datiss of his office, and shall be rse,trm only by the City Mama -
ger and shall be removed only for cause. The Fire Marshal shall receive,
such salary as way be fixed by the City Commil of the City of Hiles
from time to time as fall compensation four his services."
IX.
The Mare Marshal# with the advUm and consent of the City Manager,
may designate in writing the AtMileWM Inepeatse of the City of Buless
or any full tine employee of the Rules Fitt Department as Ex Officio
Pine Marshal and assistant to this Fire Mrshal for the purpose of adore -
ing this Ordinance. 9ach RmOffiefo designation may be torainated at will
by the Fire Marshal with the consent of the City Manager.
III.
This Ordinance is cumrtlativ* of all otbe,r provisions, duties and
obligations as sot forth in Ordinance No. 37.
IV.
Should any section# article,, provision or pact of this Ordinance, be,
declared to be unconstitutional and void by a court od coepentent ,ju ris-
dictiaa. scab decision shall in no way affect the validity of any of the,
remaining parts of this Ordinance unless the part held unconstitutional
and void is inseparable from and indispensable to the operation of the
remaining parts. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
those parts which may be valid and witted aaF parts which may be, unconstit-
utional if it had known that such parts wars unconstitutional at the, time
of the passage of this Ordinance.
V.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions
of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sua not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) and not more than one Hundred Dollars ($100.00); each day that
such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
But in the case of any willful violation of any of the terms and pro-
visions of this Ordinance, the City of $ulnas, Texas, in addition to impos-
ing the penalties above provided, may institute any appropriate action or
proceedings in any court having proper jurisdiction, to restrain, correct
or abate suab violation; and the definition of any violation of the terms
of this Ordinan" as a misdemeanor, shall not preclue the City of Euless
from invoking the civil remedies given it by the 10m of the State of
Texas, but same shall be cumulative and subject to prosecution as herein -
above prescribed for wch violation.
Vi.
WHEREAS, public safety demands the immediate passage of this
Ordinance, creatingthe office of Fire Marshal and empowering the said
officer to discharge the duties herein set out, cxejktes an emergency and
an imperative public necessity, requiring that all rules be suspended
and that this Ordinance be gassed as an emergency measure and be and
become effective on and as of the date of itssiintroduction, passage and
publication as by law provided.
AWPTRD this 13th day of April, 1965.
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