HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07-026 ORDINANCE NO. 07-026
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING FOR A PERIOD
OF SIX (6) MONTHS THE PARKING, USE AND
OCCUPANCY OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES OR TRAVEL
TRAILERS AS TEMPORARY LIVING QUARTERS ON
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DURING THE PERIOD OF
REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY CAUSED BY HURRICANE RITA; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2005, City Council approved Ordinance No. 05-078
allowing for a period of six (6) months the parking, use and occupancy of recreational
vehicles or travel trailers as temporary housing during the period of repair or reconstruction
of hurricane-damaged properties; and,
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2006, and September 26, 2006, City Council approved
Ordinance Nos. 06-021 and 06-064, each granting a six (6) month extension; and,
WHEREAS, a large number of individual property owners still are presently unable
to occupy their residences; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City
of Beaumont to extend the privilege for an additional six (6) month period to allow
recreational vehicles or travel trailers to be occupied on residential property as temporary
housing during the period of repair or reconstruction of hurricane-damaged properties
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
THAT it is hereby permitted for an additional period of six (6) months from the
effective date of this ordinance the parking, use, and occupancy of recreational vehicles
or travel trailers on residential property as temporary living quarters by property owners
while the damage to these properties caused by Hurricane Rita is being repaired.
Section 2.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any such recreational vehicle or travel
trailer used for purposes of occupancy as temporary living quarters on any street, highway,
alley, sidewalk, or other public place in the City of Beaumont.
Section 3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, orthe
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 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 Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 20th day of
March, 2007.
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