HomeMy WebLinkAbout618 03-25-1980ORDINANCE NO. 618
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 147 AND
148, SAME BEING THE SUBDIVISION RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, WITH
RESPECT TO STORM DRAINS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Euless City Council, following
public hearings, to amend certain requirements under the Euless
Subdivision Rules and Regulations for the purpose of clarifying
the requirements for installation of storm drainage in the City of
Euless while maintaining optimum development standards so as to
assure the proper use and enjoyment of real properties within the
City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, THAT THE HEREINAFTER CITED SECTION OF
EULESS' ORDINANCES 147 AND 148, SAME BEING THE EULESS SUBDIVISION
RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE HEREWITH AND HEREAFTER AMENDED TO BE
AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
I.
Article I, Section 13c of the Euless Subdivision Rules and
Regulations heretofore adopted as Ordinances 147 and 148 is here-
with amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
Sec. 13. Same - Storm Sewers
(c) Where, in the opinion of the city engineer, storm sewers
or drainage facilities are required which are in excess
of a forty -eight (48) inch diameter pipe, or its
equivalent, the subdivider or developer shall construct
a concrete lined open channel designed in accordance
with criteria outlined in Section 103c, Article III,
Storm Water Design Standards of this ordinance.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since the same would
have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
III.
Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the terms and provisions of this Ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed two hundred
dollars ($200.00). Each such violation shall be deemed a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by
the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of
the Euless City Council on the 11th day of March, 1980, by a vote
of 3 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions: GIVEN SECOND READING,
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council
on the 25th day of March, 1980, by a vote of —�—/ ayes, p nays,
and -1)_ abstentions.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Harold Samuels, Mayor
Della Houy, City Secretar
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. Robert McFarla'lf-d, City
Attorney
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