HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 87-2 ORDINANCE NO. /--
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
BY DELETING SECTION 13-71 (B) AND ADDING NEW
SECTIONS 13-71(B) AND (C) ; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 13, Section 13-71(b) , of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby,
repealed and new Sections 13-71(b) and (c) are hereby added to read
as follows:
Section 13-71(b) :
A person who owns or occupies any lot or premises
commits an offense if that person allows litter on
that portion of rights-of-way which abut such lot
or premises between the center line of such rights-
of-way and the property line of such lot or premises.
Section 13-71(c) :
A person commits an offense if that person fails to
retrieve and properly store litter that is on
private or public property adjacent to that person' s
own property if such litter is attributable to that
person's place of business or business activity or if
such litter is a result of that person's failure to
properly dispose, store or containerize such
litter. It shall be a defense to a prosecution for
violation of this subsection that the defendant's
retrieval of litter would constitute a trespass in
violation of the Texas Penal Code.
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
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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 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the day of _ , 1987.
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