HomeMy WebLinkAbout935 08-11-1987NO. 935
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 347, SAME
BEING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL
USE PERMITS FOR HALF -WAY HOUSES, RESTITUTION
CENTERS AND OTHER FACILITIES UTILIZED FOR THE
HOUSING OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, with greater frequency the State of Texas has
commenced utilization of community based residential
facilities for the housing of criminal offenders; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas,
acknowledges the propriety and need for community based
correctional facilities while also recognizing the needs and
desires of the citizenry to best assure that such facilities,
if any, located within the City of Euless, Texas, are
compatible with the preservation of the public peace,
property, health and safety of its citizenry.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS.
I.
Section 7 -1002 of Ordinance no 347, same being the
Comprehensive Zoning Code of the City of Euless, Texas, is
herewith amended by the addition of the following new
subsection (62) to be and read as follows:
USE
(62) Residential facilities for the
housing of offenders under the
Criminal Justice System of the
State of Texas, including with-
out limitation thereto, persons
under the supervision or custody
of the Texas Department of Cor-
rections, the Texas Youth Com-
mission, the Texas Board of
Pardons and Paroles, the County
Juvenile and Adult Probation De-
partments of the State of Texas.
PERMISSIVE DISTRICT
R -3, R -4, R -5, CUD,
PD, C -1, C -2, L -1,
I -1 and I -2
Kee
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 section.
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.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of
the Euless City Council on the 28th day of July
1987; by a vote of [ ayes, 0 nays and 0
abstentions; GIVEN SECOND READING AND APPROVED at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 11th day
of August , 1987; by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays
and _ 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Harold Samuels, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Kay Raibey, City Sere -tary
AS
Bob McFarland, ."City Attorney
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