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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 07-038 ORDINANCE NO. 07-038 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE II, SECTION 14-34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REPEALING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE I, SECTION 14-1 AND ARTICLE V, SECTIONS 14-72 AND 14-79 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont endeavors to maintain a clear, comprehensible, and cohesive Code of Ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the City is therefore revising its Code to comport with current law and court interpretation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Chapter 14, Article I, Section 14-1, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 2. That Chapter 14, Article II, Section 14-34, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-34. Same--Exemptions and exclusions. There shall be exempted from the application of section 14-33: (1) Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner: Provided, that such private individual owner does not own more than three (3) single-family houses, wherever located, at any one time; provided further, that in the case of the sale of any such single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in such house at the time of such sale or who was not the most recent resident of such house prior to such sale, the exemption granted by this subsection shall apply only with respect to one such sale within any twenty-four- month period; provided further, that such bona fide private individual owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on such owners behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than three (3) such single-family houses at any one time; provided further, the sale or rental of any such single-family house shall be excepted from the application of section 14-33 only if such house is sold or rented: a. Without the use in any manner of the sale or rental facilities or services of any real estate broker, agent or salesman, or of such facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any such broker, agent, salesman or person; and b. Without the publication, posting or mailing of any advertisement or written notice in violation of section 14-33 (3); but nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies and other such professional assistance as necessary to perfect the transfer of title. (2) The rental of rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four (4) families living independently of each other if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as the owners residence. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or familial status. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which, as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes, provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members. Section 3. That Chapter 14, Article V, Sections14-72 and 14-79, be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 4. 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 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 6. 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 B aumont on this the 3rd day of April, 2007. i �Ep.UMp ,�,��11,, - Mayor Guy N. Goodson - gnu W /