HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 829-98 01-27-1998 ORDINANCE NO. $ 2 9 - 9 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 828-97, AND
THE NEW CHAPTER 6 "NUISANCES" OF THE RICHLAND
HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES ENACTED THEREBY, BY THE
ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SECTION 5 "PARKING ON
UNAPPROVED SURFACES' ; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR
PARKING VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL
EQUIPMENT ON LOTS WITHIN THE CITY; AND BY THE
ADDITION TO SECTION 2 THEREOF OF PROVISIONS
PROHIBITING TALL WEEDS AND GRASS UNDERNEATH
VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills City Council has heretofore adopted a new
Chapter 6 of the Richland Hills Code of Ordinances, substantially revising and
restating ordinance provisions concerning nuisances within the City; and
WHEREAS, after study, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the
following provisions regulating the parking of vehicles, trailers and recreational
equipment on lots within the City will best serve the health, safety and welfare of
the residents of the City of Richland Hills, Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Ordinance No. 828-97, and the new Chapter 6 "NUISANCES" adopted
thereby, be hereby amended by the addition of the following new paragraphs (8) and
(9) to Subsection A "High Weeds and Grass Prohibited" of Section 2 "HIGH WEEDS
AND GRASS" of said Chapter 6:
(8) A person commits an offense if the person owns, occupies or controls any
developed real property upon which weeds or grass exceed eight (8) inches
in height underneath any vehicle, trailer or recreational equipment parked
or stored on said property.
(9) A person commits an offense if the person owns, occupies or controls any
undeveloped real property upon which weeds or grass exceed twelve (12)
inches in height underneath any vehicle, trailer or recreational equipment
parked or stored on the property.
II.
That Ordinance No. 828-97, and the new Chapter 6 "NUISANCES" adopted
thereby, be hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Section 5 "Parking on
Unapproved Surfaces", which new section shall hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 5: PARKING ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES
A. Parking on Unapproved Surfaces Prohibited.
(1) No vehicles, trailers or recreational equipment shall be parked or
stored on any lot within the City of Richland Hills except in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) on non-residential property when parked upon an approved
surface: or
(b) on residential property when parked on any side or front yard
when such vehicle is parked on an approved surface; or
(c) on residential property when parked on any rear yard.
(d) Items parked or stored in side yards shall maintain a minimum
three (3) foot clearance to the property lines.
(2) Any vehicle, trailer or recreational equipment that is parked or
stored in violation of paragraph (1) above, is hereby declared to be a
nuisance.
(3) A person commits an offense if the person, on property under that
person's control, parks or stores or allows to be parked or stored, in
violation of paragraph (1) above, any vehicle, trailer or recreational
• equipment.
B. Maintenance:
(1) Any vehicle, trailer or recreational equipment parked or stored on
any lot shall be maintained in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Grass, weeds, shrubbery and other vegetation must be
maintained in a manner not to exceed eight (8) inches in height
under or around vehicles, trailers, or recreational equipment
stored anywhere on the lot.
(b) Accumulation or storage of any items or equipment is not
permitted under or around any vehicle, trailer or recreational
equipment stored anywhere on the lot.
III.
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 judgment 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.
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IV.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 6 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.
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 2.7th day of .Tanvarv 1998, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and abstentions. y
•'~G~~,~$~ ~ '~~~~,~~~,e APPROVED:
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; ~ ~ C. F. Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST: ' ' • • '
illis ity Secretary
A D AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
aul F. Wieneskie, ty Attorney
rhlib347/012298
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