HomeMy WebLinkAbout956 11-10-1987ORDINANCE NO. 956
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 -75 OF ARTICLE V,
"JUNKED VEHICLES" OF CHAPTER 7, "GARBAGE, TRASH,
WEEDS AND ABANDONED PROPERTY" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; SHORTENING THE
PERIOD OF TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE MUST REMAIN
INOPERATIVE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A "JUNKED
VEHICLE "; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "JUNKED
VEHICLES "; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has recently changed state law to reduce the
period of time a motor vehicle must remain inoperable to be classified as a "junked
vehicle "; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of
the citizens of the City of Euless to reduce the period of time allowed by city
ordinance for a vehicle to remain inoperable as now allowed by state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
That Section 7 -75 of Article V, "Junked Vehicles" of Chapter 7, "GARBAGE,
TRASH, WEEDS AND ABANDONED PROPERTY" of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Euless, Texas, as amended, is amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
Sec. 7-75. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, "junked vehicle" means any motor vehicle as
defined in Section 1 of Article 670ld -11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended,
which:
(a) is inoperative; and
(b) either (1) does not have lawfully affixed to it either an unexpired
license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection
certificate; or
(2) is wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled; or
(3) is discarded; or
(4) remains inoperable for a continuous period of more than
forty —five (45) days.
II.
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.
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Saving Clause. That Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless,
Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
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 27thday of October 1987; by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays
and 0 abstentions; GIVEN SECOND READING AND APPROVED at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 10thday of 1987; by a vote of 5
ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. November
APPROVED:
Harold Samuels, Mayor
ATTEST-.
Kay R ney, City S i etary
APPR D T J
Bob McFarland, City ttorne- y
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