HomeMy WebLinkAbout09634 ORD - 02/04/1970AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED,
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE IV, BY ADDING THERETO A
NEW SECTION, TO BE NLBERED 9 -142A, FORBIDDING THE DEPOSITING
OF REFUSE OR DEBRIS IN BAY AREAS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED,
BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY, AMENDED BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE IV, BY
ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION, TO BE NUMBERED 9 -42A, READING AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 9- 42A. FORBIDDING THE DEPOSITING OF REFUSE OR DEBRIS
IN BAY AREAS.
NO PERSON SHALL SWEEP, THROW OR DEPOSIT IN ANY WATERS OF CORPUS
CHRISTI BAY, NUECES BAY, DSO BAY, OR ANY OF THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE CITY,
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ANY GARBAGE, TRASH, RUBBISH OR WASTE MATERIAL IN ANY MANNER. SUCH ARTICLES
FORBIDDEN TO BE PLACED OR PERMITTED TO GET INTO THE SAID WATER AREAS INCLUDE:
WASTE FOODS, FISH, BRUSH, GARBAGE, WOOD, BOXES, CRATES, CARTONS, PIECES OF
PAPER, WASTE PAPER, NEWSPAPERS OR ANY PAPER MATERIAL, OR ANY DISCARDED
ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE MATERIAL. IT SHALL ALSO BE AN OFFENSE TO DEPOSIT OR
LEAVE ON THE LAND AREA ANY OF THE ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THE PRECEDING POR-
TION OF THIS SECTION, IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE CARRIED INTO THE WATERS OF
SAID WATER AREAS OF THE CITY BY TIDES, DRAINAGE WATERS OR OTHER ELEMENT."
SECTION 2. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE,OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, IT
SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CON-
TAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS HEREINABOVE
SET FORTH IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF
THE CITIZENS CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE
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CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAYING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY
TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT
THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER
ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE 4&
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970-
ATTEST:
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APPROVED: aiANURAy Z/ TA ` C /I �✓ 1 Cx c��9n .1 /
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
,
DAY OF 4ZRQWff , 1970:
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CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
IlViU day of
TO THE tJEbIBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or
resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore,
request that you suspend laid Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
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IAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick "Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the fol owing vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. ,
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. ','Wrangler" Roberts
• Ronnie Sizemore
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS. ss:
,% County of Nuem. I
Before me, the undersigned. a Notary Public. this day personally came
......... . ....... _ who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
. ..... of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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Louise Vick
Nueces County, Texas
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