HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 99-001 ORDINANCE NO. �9-
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, SECTION
26-41(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS PROHIBITING
STORAGE OF VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS AND PUBLIC
PLACES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 26, Section 26-41(a), be and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 26-41. Same--Vehicles unattended for forty-eight
hours; redemption and sale.
"(a) The streets, alleys, or other public places of the
city are not intended for storage of vehicles; therefore, any
vehicle standing, parked or remaining unattended within the
same two blocks of any public street, alley, sidewalk, parkway
or upon any property of the city for forty-eight (48) or more
continuous hours, even though the vehicle is moved from one
place to another within such blocks or City property, is hereby
declared to be illegally parked. If the vehicle remains within
the same two blocks of any public street, alley, sidewalk,
parkway or upon any property of the city for forty-eight (48)
additional hours, it is hereby declared to be a nuisance per se,
and any such vehicle when so found shall be removed
summarily by any police officer of the city to any storage area
designated or maintained by the police department and shall
be kept there until redeemed or sold as provided in this
section. For purposes of this Section, "vehicle" means a
device in or by which a person or property is or may be
transported or drawn on a public highway, other than a device
used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
Section 4.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the .lam day of_
1999.
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