HomeMy WebLinkAbout925 03-10-1987ORDINANCE NO. 925
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 347,
SAME BEING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE OF
THE CITY OF EULESS TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSION
TO THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
LIMITATIONS ON THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF
CERTAIN SATELLITE TELEVISION RECEPTION
DISHES AS PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 827;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Euless City Council through the adoption of
Ordinance No. 827 established certain limitations upon the type
and location of satellite television reception dishes within
the City of Euless, Texas; and
WHEREAS, by such Ordinance the City Council required that
all satellite television reception dishes located within the
corporate limits of the City of Euless, Texas, on the effective
date of such Ordinance, same being March 22, 1985, be in
compliance with the requirements of such Ordinance or a special
exception obtained with respect thereto by two (2) years from
the effective date of such Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to extend the date that
pre- existing satellite television reception dishes be brought
into compliance with such Ordinance to October 1, 1987, so as
to allow review of such requirements concurrent with
consideration of a proposed comprehensive revision of the City
of Euless Zoning Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
Article V of Euless Ordinance No. 827 is herewith amended
to hereafter be and read as follows:
"Unless a special use permit be earlier granted, all
satellite television receptions dishes currently located within
the City of Euless, Texas, upon the effective date hereof shall
be required to be brought into conformity with the provisions
hereof on or before October 1, 1987. All such satellite
television reception dishes located within the corporate limits
of the City of Euless, Texas, therefor, unless otherwise
permitted by a specific use permit, shall be in compliance
herewith on or before October 1, 1987."
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 $1,000.00.
Each such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and
shall be punishable as such hereunder.
III.
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.
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 section.
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
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 827
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the 10th day of March , 1987, 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.
APPROVED:
Harold Samuels, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kay Rai ey, City cretary
AP OVE AS O FORM:
Bob McFarland, City A for ey
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ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 827
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