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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07-082 ORDINANCE NO. 07-082 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, City Council approved Ordinance No. 06-021 granting a six (6) month extension; and, WHEREAS, on September 25, 2006, City Council approved Ordinance No. 06-064 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 sixty- (60) day 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 I 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 sixty- (60) days 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, 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 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 21st day of August, 2007. INN to - M y Becky Ames - 1�11 ��