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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 That Chapter 13, Section 13-71(b) , of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, repealed and new Sections 13-71(b) and (c) are hereby added to read as follows: Section 13-71(b) : A person who owns or occupies any lot or premises commits an offense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 D--�7- JR, /-G -t'7 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 That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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. - Mayor - - 2 -