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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8634, PASSED AND APPROVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 25, 1967, REGULATING AUTO
WRECKERS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BY AMENDING
SECTION 21 OF SAID ORDINANCE SO AS TO HEREAFTER PRO-
VIDE FOR A TOWING CHARGE OF $7.50 FOR TRANSPORTING AN
IMPOUNDED VEHICLE TO THE CITY POUND; AMENDING SECTION
21 -151 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED,
SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A CHARGE OF $7.50 FOR REDEMPTION
OF AN IMPOUNDED VEHICLE AND A STORAGE AND IMPOUNDING
CHARGE OF $1.00 FOR EACH DAY, OR PORTION THEREOF; PRO-
VIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE No. 8634, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 25, 1967, BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY, AMENDED BY
AMENDING SECTION 21 THEREOF TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 21. EACH AUTO WRECKER PERMIT HOLDER MAY CHARGE A FEE NOT
TO EXCEED $7.50 TO TRANSPORT AN IMPOUNDED VEHICLE TO THE CITY POUND. EACH
AUTO WRECKER PERMIT HOLDER MAY CHARGE A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $10.00 TO TRANS-
PORT A DISABLED VEHICLE TO SAID AUTO WRECKER PERMIT HOLDER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS
OR TO SUCH OTHER LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY THE
DRIVER OR OWNER OF A DISABLED VEHICLE AT THE LOCATION OF SAID DISABLED
VEHICLE. IN ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING FEE FOR TRANSPORTING A DISABLED
VEHICLE, AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE MAY BE MADE FOR ADDITIONAL LABOR THAT IS NOT
REQUIRED IN A NORMAL TOW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DISENGAGING OR
REMOVAL OF DRIVE SHAFTS, AND THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRES AND WHEELS;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH ADDITIONAL LABOR SHALL BE REASONABLY ITEMIZED AND
IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH ADDITIONAL CHARGE EXCEED $10.00. EACH HOLDER OF AN
AUTO WRECKER PERMIT MAY CHARGE A TRANSFER FEE NOT TO EXCEED $7.50 FOR TRANS-
PORTING A DISABLED VEHICLE FROM THE PERMIT HOLDERS STORAGE AREA TO SUCH
LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS MAY BE
DIRECTED BY THE OWNER OR DRIVER OF A DISABLED VEHICLE. PERMIT HOLDERS MAY
CHARGE A STORAGE FEE FOR DISABLED VEHICLES NOT TO EXCEED $1.00 PER DAY OR
ANY PORTION THEREOF."
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SECTION 2. THAT SECTION 21 -151 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE,
1958, AS AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME 15 HEREBY AMENDED TO HEREAFTER READ AS
FOLLOWS:
°SECTION 21 -151. SAME -- REDEMPTION OF VEHICLES; FEES FOR IMPOUND-
ING AND STORAGE.
ANY VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN IMPOUNDEO AS PROVIDED IN THE PRECEDING SECTION
MAY BE RECLAIMED BY THE OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF SUCH
VEHICLE UPON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(1) UPON SATISFACTORY PROOF THAT HE IS ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION
OF SUCH VEHICLE.
(2) UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF $7.50, WHICH SUM IS HEREBY
DECLARED TO BE A REASONABLE SERVICE CHARGE FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF SUCH
VEHICLES.
(3) UPON THE PAYMENT OF A STORAGE FEE OF $1.00 FOR THE FIRST
PERIOD OF 24 HOURS OR PORTION THEREOF, OF IMPOUNDMENT, AND A STORAGE FEE OF
$1.00 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF 24 HOURS OR PORTION THEREOF, WHICH SUCH
VEHICLE IS IMPOUNDED, WHICH STORAGE FEE IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE REASONABLE.
(4) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE CHIEF OF POLICE MAY RELEASE VEHICLES
ILLEGALLY OR UNLAWFULLY TOWED IN AND RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES WITHOUT PAY-
' MENT OF IMPOUNDMENT CHARGES AND WITHOUT STORAGE CHARGES EXCEPT OF WHERE
RELEASE OF VEHICLE TO OWNER IS AFTER REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOLLOWING NOTICE
OF VEHICLE BEING IN CITY POUND."
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN
THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY TO IMMEDIATELY AMEND THE ORDINANCE
REGULATING AUTO WRECKERS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS HEREINABOVE SET
FORTH CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIR-
ING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION 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 CITY COUNCIL,
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AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST,
HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT
FROM AND`AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED,
THIS THE //Y OF MARCH, 1970.
ATTEST:
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CITY SECRE'TAR�Y/ l\
APPROVED:
// DAY OF MARCH, 1970:
CITY I'FTORKEY
THE'CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of , 19
TO THE MEMBERS 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 said 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,
a444A Lt.e_eg.)
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 follow' hg 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, :
County of Nueces. 1
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t a nd_ G who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that be is the
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Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that th - lion of
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Subscribed and sworn to before me thisl_._w
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