HomeMy WebLinkAbout688 11-10-1981ORDINANCE NO. 688
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING CODE
AND CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS, AND PROHIBITING PARKING
OF CERTAIN VEHICLES, TRACTORS, TRAILER -
RIGS, TRAILERS AND BUSSES UPON CERTAIN
PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, numerous complaints have come to City officials
and members of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas,
relating to the parking of certain large motor vehicles on
certain properties within the City, particularly shopping
center and other parking lots, at times when business is not
being transacted with business establishments served by such
parking lots; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that such
parking of large trucks is unsightly, annoying to adjacent
property owners, tends to devalue both the property upon
which same are parked and adjacent property and otherwise
endangers the health, safety and welfare generally of the
citizenry of such city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
Sec. 14 -112. Entitled "Restricted parking" of Chapter
XIV of the Euless Code of Ordinances is herewith amended by
the addition of the following new subparagraph (e) which
shall hereafter be and read as follows:
(e) No person shall park or allow to
remain standing more than four (4)
continuous hours on any parking lot or
other property within the City of
Euless, Texas, zoned C -1, C -2, or PD
for C -1 or C -2 uses (except a motel or
hotel) purusant to the Zoning Code of
the City of Euless, Texas, any vehicle
with a rated capacity of more than one
and one -half (1 -1/2) tons according to
the manufacturer's classification or
any tractor, trailer -rig, trailer or
bus unless such vehicle is operated by
and carries some external identification
of a business located on such property
or served by such parking lot. It
shall be a defense to prosecution
under this Section that such vehicle,
tractor, trailer -rig, trailer or bus
was involved in a delivery from such
vehicle, tractor, trailer -rig, trailer
or bus to a business located upon such
property or served by such parking
lot.
II.
Sec. 8. Entitled "Minimum Off - Street Parking" of Ordinance
No. 347, as amended, same being the Zoning Code of the City
of Euless, Texas, is herewith amended by the addition of the
following new subsection 8 -503 to be and read as follows:
8 -503 Prohibition of Parking of Certain
Vehicles, Tractors, Trailer -Rigs,
Trailers and Busses in Certain Non -
Residential Districts
No vehicle with a rated capacity of
more than one and one -half (1 -1/2)
tons according to the manufacturer's
classification or any tractor, trailer -
rig, trailer or bus may be parked or
allowed to remain standing for more
than four (4) continuous hours on any
property within the City zoned C -1, C-
2, or PD for C -1 or C -2 uses pursuant
to the provisions of this Zoning Code
except where such vehicle is operated
by or carries some external identification
of a business located upon or served
by such vehicle, tractor, trailer -rig,
trailer or bus, or unless such vehicle,
tractor, trailer -rig, trailer or bus
is in fact then actually involved in a
delivery to or from a business located
upon or served by such property.
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 $200.00.
Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and
shall be punishable as such hereunder.
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IV.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be
the intention of the City Council that the sections, para-
graphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any
of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been
enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
V.
Emergency Clause. By the affirmative vote of four or
more of its members, the City Council declares that this is
an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, property, health, and safety, and is an emergency
measure within the meaning of Article II, Section 11 of the
City Charter; and the requirement that it be read at two
meetings, as specified in Section 11, is hereby dispensed
with.
VI.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and publication as
provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the
State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the
10th day of November , 1981, at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of
5 ayes, 0 nayes and 0 abstentions.
ATTEST:
0
y RAney," City Seery
AP,PR'0VEW7k$ TO
Bob McFarland, Cify Attbsney
APPROVED:
; V\.V1J4 k.
Harold Samuels, mayor
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