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HomeMy WebLinkAbout987 09-27-1988ORDINANCE NO. 987 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1988 REVISED CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DALLAS —FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; REGULATING TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL WITHIN THE DALLAS —FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; PROHIBITING OR OTHERWISE REGULATING CERTAIN PERSONAL CONDUCT RELATING TO RESTRICTED AREAS, ANIMALS, FUND SOLICITATION AND DISTRIBUTION, LITTER, OBSTRUCTION TO AVGATION, DEMONSTRATIONS, CAMPING, SWIMMING OR PICNICKING, NOISE, TABLES, CHAIRS AND OTHER SUCH OBSTRUCTIONS, FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, UNAUTHORIZED USE AND TRANSFER OF AUTHORIZATION, AND TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE; REGULATING TAXIS, BUSES, LIMOUSINES, AND COURTESY VEHICLES OPERATING ON AIRPORT PROPERTY; REGULATING INTRODUCTION OF POLLUTANTS, REGULATING CONTRACT FUNDING; REGULATING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO SOLICITATION, SIGNS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND NEWSRACK DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL RULES, REGULATIONS AND ORDERS, AND THE ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A FINE OF NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR ANY VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Articles 46d -7 and 46d -14, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, and Paragraph 8.F of the Contract and Agreement Between the City of Dallas, Texas, and the City of Fort Worth, Texas, dated and effective as of April 15, 1968, authorize and empower the Board of Directors of the Dallas —Fort Worth International Airport, by a duly adopted Order, to adopt and enforce Rules and Regulations for the orderly, safe, efficient and sanitary operation of the Airport, and to prescribe reasonable penalties for the breach of any rule or regulation not exceeding more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) fine; and WHEREAS, the Board has deemed it necessary, under the authority and for the health, safety, and general welfare of users of the Airport, and for the public convenience and necessity, to regulate commercial activities at the Airport; and WHEREAS, the City Councils of the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have approved the 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas —Fort Worth International Airport Board in order that the provisions thereof shall have the same force and effect within the boundaries of the Dallas —Fort Worth International Airport as such Order would have in the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board to recodify the existing Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board and thereby repeal and replace all prior existing Code provisions; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board that the City Council of the City of Euless adopt the 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations insofar as the same addresses conduct within those portions of the Airport within the corporate city limits of the City of Euless; and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council desires to adopt such 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations so as to effect a uniform Code of Rules and Regulations applicable throughout the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: I. That the 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board is hereby adopted as part of the ordinances of the City of Euless, and the attached copy thereof, and one (1) additional copy thereof marked "Exhibit A" and filed in the official records of the Board for permanent record and inspection, are incorporated herein by reference. II. That the previous Rules and Regulations of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board adopted by the City of Euless are hereby repealed and replaced by the 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board. III. That the violation of any provision of the 1988 Revised Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport Board where an act or a failure is made to act is made an offense or otherwise prohibited, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and each day a violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, where the offense is one for which a penalty if fixed by state law, the latter penalty shall govern. IV. 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, ORDINANCE REGULATIONS BOARD ORDINANCE NO. PAGE 2 OF 3 ADOPTING THE 1988 REVISED CODE OF RULES AND OF THE DALLAS -FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Page 2 and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or 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 invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. V. 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. VI. 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 97rh day of SPnrpmhpr, 1988, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, by a vote of 5 ayes, n nayes and n abstentions. APPROVED: Mayor Harold Samuels, _ ATTES Kay Aainey, City cretary U 7Ma AS TO F M: -1- and, City Attorney MRM:0104a:msl:9788 ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1988 REVISED CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DALLAS -FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD Page 3 ORDINANCE NO. 987 PAGE 3 OF 3