HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 776-95 12-12-1995 ORDINANCE NO. 7 7 6- 9 5
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 "PLUMBING
CODE" OF CHAPTER 3 "BUILDING REGULATIONS" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND SUBSECTION
C WHICH ESTABLISHES PLUMBING AND IRRIGATION
CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FEES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE,
EXCEPT THAT THE PENALTY SHALL BE THAT FIXED BY
STATE LAW WHERE A DIFFERENT PENALTY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE AND
EXCEPT THAT FOR ANY OFFENSE WHICH IS A
VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION GOVERNING FIRE
SAFETY, ZONING OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SANITATION, INCLUDING THE DUMPING OF REFUSE AS
THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION 2.09 OF THE TEXAS
LITTER ABATEMENT ACT, ARTICLE 4477-9A, VERNON'S
ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES, AS AMENDED, THE
PENALTY SHALL BE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM
• OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; APPOINTING A BOARD OF APPEALS; AND
PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Subsection C "Registration Fee and Requirements" of Section 5 "Plumbing Code" of
Chapter 3 "Building Regulations" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
C. REGISTRATION FEE AND REQUIREMENTS
All plumbing and irrigation contractors shall register with the City annually, and
shall pay a registration fee therefor of fifty dollars ($50.00) per calendar year.
All plumbers and irrigators who shall desire to perform work within the City shall
hold a valid and current state license and a copy of same shall be presented to the
City of Richland Hills at the time of registration.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that
the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or
unconstitutional by the valid judgement or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Savings Clause. That Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas,
as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
IV.
Penalty Clause. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings adopted by this section, or who shall
in any other manner violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) except
that the penalty shall be that fixed by state law where a different penalty has been established by
state law for such offense and except that for any offense which is a violation of any provision
governing fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including the dumping of refuse as that
term is defined by section 2.09 of the Texas Litter Abatement Act, Article 4477-9A, Vernon's
Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and each day or fraction of a day that an offense hereunder is
committed or permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such
hereunder.
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V.
• Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 12th day of December , 1995, by a vote of 5 ayes,
~ ,nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Terri i is, City Secretary
• AP ROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
t
Paul F. ieneskie, City Attorney
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