HomeMy WebLinkAbout745 06-28-1983ORDINANCE NO. 745
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (c) OF
SECTION 5 -21 OF ARTICLE III OF THE
EULESS CODE PROVIDING FOR A HOTEL OCCU-
PANCY TAX TO REDEFINE THE TERM OCCUPANCY
BY CORRECTING A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN
ORDINANCE 731; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVER -
ABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, that the hereinafter cited section of
Article III of Chapter V of the Euless Code shall be and the same
is amended to herewith and hereafter be and read as follows:
I.
Subsection (c) of Section 5 -21. entitled "Definitions."
of Article III of the Euless Code of Ordinances is herewith and
hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
(c) Occupancy: The use of possession,
or the right to the use or possession of
any room or rooms in a hotel if the room
is one ordinarily used for sleeping and
if such use, possession or right of use
or possession, at the time same is pro-
vided under lease, concession, permit,
right of access, licensd, contract or
agreement is for a period of less than
thirty (30) consecutive days.
II.
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.
III.
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.
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.
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.
PRESENTED AND PASSED on first and final reading on the 28th
day of June, 1983, at a regular meeting of th City Council of
the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of ayes, O
nayes and abstentions.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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APPROVED A,S�TO FOR
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Harold Samuels, Mayor
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