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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11610 ORD - 08/08/1973JRR:HG:e:7 /24/93 r 1st «•�-'�AN, ORDINANCE ►Y. .f MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; AMENDING THE CORPUS ��. CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 9601,,_ PASSED AND APPROVED JUNE 6, 1970, BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, SECTION 9 -49, SUBSECTION (2), IN "RATES AND RENTAL FEES FOR USE OF SLIPS AND DOCK SPACE ", FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESCRIBING CURRENT AND APPROPRIATE RATES IN SAME; REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PRO- VIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. al n WHEREAS, in March, 1969, Peat, Marwick and Mitchell studied the average slip rental rates of the Texas Gulf Coast marinas and found the average to be 28% higher than the rates authorized in this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, recent telephone survey indicates the Texas average rate of marina slip rentals has increased 10% over the aforementioned 1969 study; and WHEREAS, the cost to provide the marina slip services has increased since the rates were last set in 1970; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an increase in such slip rental rates is necessary to cope with the rising cost of such service, to make such service more nearly self - supportive and thereby avoid a tax increase: NOW, THEREFORE, 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, and particularly as amended by Ordinance No. 9601, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Article IV, Section 9 -49, Subsection (2), "Rates and Rental Fees for use of Slip and Dock Space ", to hereafter read as follows: "Article IV Section 9 -49 Rates arid:,Rental Fees for Use of Slips and Dock Space. Subsection (2) The rates and rental fees to be charged for the use of boat slips and boat space in the Corpus Christi Marina shall be as follows: I 11610 sh- (A) There shall be a minimum charge of Fourteen Dollars ($14) per month for each slip or dock space in the Marina. a (B) Dock space or boat slip shall be payable at the .tea. rate of three cents (3¢) per square foot per month.�� This rate °'shall be applicable to all slips except the twenty -two (22) slips located on the south side of the L -head, the rate for which is fixed in subsection (C) hereof, and for charter boats for rent or hire, the rate which is fixed in subsection (D))hereof. (C) The rental for each of the boat slips located on the south side of the L -head shall be two cents (2¢) per square foot per month as long as no electricity is provided. (D) Boat slips used by charter boats shall be charged at the rate of three cents (3¢) per square foot per month with a maximum rate of Eighty Dollars ($80) per month unless more than one owner request to lease the same slip. No electricity will be provided. If more than one charter boat owner desires to rent a particular slip, written notice of such request shall be submitted to the Marina Superintendent who will set a date at least thirty (30) days thereafter to receive sealed bids for the monthly rental of the slip. Such bids will be required to be in excess of the amount which would otherwise be charged for the slip. The Cbidder submitting; the highest bid must agree to sign a one -year lease for the slip and pay three (3) months of the lease in advance so that at all times, except during the final ninety (90) days of the lease period, the tenant in any slip obtained will have paid in advance at least ninety (90) days rent. Such higher rate shall continue after the end of the one -year le sa period unless the owner wishes to be released from the additional payment. At such time bids will again be taken for the slip to determine the tenant rate which will apply thereafter. (E) Transient pleasure craft seeking overnight dockage at the Marina shall pay Two and 50 /100 Dollars ($2.50) per night, plus fifty cents (50¢) per night for the use of electricity. -2- 3 (F) Transient commercial craft seeking overnight dockage at the Marina shall pay Ten Dollars ($10) per night with or without electric service. All berths and slips shall be assigned by the Marina Supervisor. No person, specifically including the owner, master, or operator of any watercraft, shall allow such watercraft to occupy any berth or slip after the period for which the rents have been paid has expired. All fees are payable in advance at the Supervisor's office or at the Collection Section of the Finance Department. SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of conflict herewith. SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or pro- vision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be effective September 1, 1973, so that this change is not prohibited by the provisions of Phase III, economic stabilization program as announced in Presidential Executive Order No. 11723. SECTION 5. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi one time which publica- tion shall contain the caption, stating in substance the purpose of the Ordinance. That the foregoing ordinance was read for t e first time and passed to its second reading on this the o75 day of by the following vote: r Jason Luby ` +�{ "•t James T. Acuff e/ •r Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its third reading on this the -f ../-day of , 19 73 by the following vote: Jason Luby ,James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzales Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed finally on this the day of 19 , by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzales Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 11 of �, 19 7� ATTEST: City Secretar 'MrrnROVED: vZ `f DAY 1YZ5 C�� MAYQR p[O-TeM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS d'