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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 Page 2, ORDINANCE NO. 925 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 (0024a -msl) ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 827 Page 3, ORDINANCE NO. 925