HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 832-98 02-24-1998 ORDINANCE NO. 832-98
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 829-98, AND
THE NEW SECTION 5 "PARKING ON UNAPPROVED
SURFACES" ADDED THEREBY TO THE NEW CHAPTER 6
"NUISANCES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; PROVIDING A LIlVITTATION
ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH MAY BE PARKED IN
A RESIDENTIAL REAR YARD; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, after study
and recommendation by the Richland Hills Code Review Committee, heretofore
adopted a new Chapter 6 "NUISANCES" to the Richland Hills Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did thereafter adopt a new Section 5 "PARKING
ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES", to be inserted in said new Chapter 6 "NUISANCES";
and
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills Code Review Committee has investigated and
made recommendations to the City Council for additional provisions to be included in
said new Section 5, regulating and limiting the number of vehicles which may be
parked in a residential rear yard; and
• WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, finds and
determines that the regulations hereby adopted will promote the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the citizens 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 paragraph (1) of Subsection A "PARKING ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES
PROHIBITED" of Section 5 "PARKING ON UNAPPROVED SURFACES" of Chapter 6
"NUISANCES" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
adopted by Ordinance No. 829-98, and as amended, be hereby amended by the
addition thereto of anew item (e) regulating the number of vehicles which may be
parked in a rear yard, which new item (e) shall hereafter be and read as follows:
(e) No more than two (2) vehicles shall at any one time be parked in the rear
yard of a residential lot of less than one-half (1/2) acre, and no more than
three (3) vehicles shall be parked in the rear yard of a residential lot of
one-half (1/2) acre or more in size. On residential lots greater than one
(1) acre in size, farm implements shall be exempted from the requirements
of this sub-paragraph and shall not count as "vehicles" in calculating the
maximum number allowed.
II.
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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.
III.
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.
IV.
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 24th day of February , 1998, by a vote
of 3 ayes, 1 nays, and ~ -0 ' ' ` ~,bs~entions.
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: C. F. elley, Mayor
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Terri W' s, City Secretary
A~P`R~@i~ED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
aul F. Wierieskie, City Attorney
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