HomeMy WebLinkAbout690 11-24-1981ORDINANCE NO. 690
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V OF THE
EULESS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR
INCLUSION THEREIN OF DEALERS IN CRAFTED
PRECIOUS METALS AND PROVIDING TIME LIM-
ITATIONS UPON CERTAIN DISPOSITIONS OF
SUCH METALS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLA-
TION THEREOF; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
ARTICLE V. Entitled "PAWNBROKERS" of the Code of Ordi-
nances of the City of Euless, Texas, is herewith amended to
hereafter be and read "ARTICLE V. PAWNBROKERS AND METALS
DEALERS ".
II.
Sec. 10 -80. Entitled "Definitions." of the Euless Code of
Ordinances is herewith amended to include the following addi-
tional definitions:
Dealer: One who engages in the business of purchasing and
selling crafted precious metals.
Crafted precious metals: includes jewelry, silverware,
art objects, or any other thing or object made, in whole
or in part, in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium,
rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, or their alloyp, excluding
coins and commemorative medallions.
III.
ARTICLE V of the Euless Code of Ordinances is herewith
amended by the addition of a new Sec. 10 -94 to hereafter be and
read as follows:
Sec.10 -94. Dealer Retention of Certain Crafted Precious
Metals.
A dealer may not melt, alter, deface, or dispose of an item
before the tenth (10th) day after the day on which the item
was purchased if the item:
1) Is a crafted precious metal, and
2) Was purchased by the dealer in the course of
business, and if purchased from other than a manu-
facturer of or a regular dealer in crafted precious
metals.
A dealer shall hold an item that is the subject of the
immediately preceeding paragraph within the corporate
limits of the City of Euless, Texas, for the period
prescribed.
The above provided for retention period is designed to
extend the retention period provided by Article 9009a,
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas
under the authority of Section 9 of such statute.
IV.
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 sec-
tion.
V.
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.
VI.
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.
VII.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided
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by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the
24th day of November , 1981, at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of 4
ayes, p nayes and p abstentions.
ATTEST:
v
Kay Rai ey,'City Secre -tary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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McFarl nd, ty Attorney
APPROVED:
Harold Samuels, Mayor
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