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Home My WebLink About024532 ORD - 07/24/2001AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 6-18, 23-20 AND 23-57 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCREASE THE FOLLOWING ANNUAL FEES: RODEO COMMERCIAL ANIMAL PERMIT FEE FROM $50 TO $200; SEWAGE INSPECTION FEE FROM $60 TO $200; PROPERTY SWIMMING POOL INSPECTION FEE FROM $25 TO $50; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 6-18 (a) of the City Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: Sec. 6-18. Commercial permits. (a) Except for veterinarians or veterinary hospitals; all commercial animal establishments and owners/possessors of dogs defined as "guard dogs" shall be required to maintain a current and valid commercial permit. The commercialpermit shall be renewable annually upon inspection and payment of a fee. Fees for such permits shall be in accordance with the follo~ving schedule: Pet stores ...................................................... $50.00 Department stores (fish, rodents, birds) ........... 25.00 Kennels: Less than 10 animals .... 25.00 10 to 50 animals ............. 50.00 51 or more animals ....... 100.00 Stables: Less than 10 horses ....... 25.00 I0 to 25 horses ............ 50.00 26 or more horses ....... 100.00 Grooming shops ............................................. 50.00 Temporary performing animal ........................ 25.00 Circuses ........................................................... 50.00 Rodeos ............................................................. 50.00 200.00 Petting zoos (temporary) ................................ 50.00 Guard dogs: Single dog/single site ................. 25.00 Multiple dogs/single site ................................. 50.00 Multiple sites with I dog ............................... 100.00 Training center .............................................. 200.00 Animal exhibit ............................................... 200.00 Breeding (for sale) ......................................... 200.00 LOA\ord3.394 July 26, 2001 024532 Rabbits (breeding and sale) .............................. 50.00 Auctions ......................................................... 100.00 Temporary permit (30 day for sale of animals). 15.00 SECTION 2. Section 23-20 of the City Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: Sec. 23-20. On-site sewage disposal systems inspection fee. Every application for inspection by the health department of any on-site sewage disposal system, including any septic tank system, shall be accompanied by payment of a ....-: ..... ~ ..... ~A''A-- t~''~".00)'~'''' tWO hundred dollar ($200.00) fee. SECTION 3. Section 23-57 (3)(b) of the City Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: Sec. 23-57. Swimming pool standards. The following rules pertaining to swimming pools shall be in full force and effect: (1) Definitions. For the interpretation and enforcement of these regulations the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Property swimming pool": Any swimming pool, other than a private pool appurtenant to a single-family, duplex, condominium, or townhouse residence used only by the occupants of the residence and their guests. (b) "Swimming pool": Any structure or excavation more than twenty-four (24) inches in depth, either indoors or outdoors, used or suitable to be used for bathing or swimming purposes, together with buildings, equipment and appurtenances used in connection therewith. (3) Inspections;fee. LOA\ord3.394 July 26, 2001 (b) Inspection fee. An annual inspection fee of twcnty-,qvc dc, llar3 ($25.00) fifty, dollars ($50.00), payable on or before April 1 of each year, shall be paid by-for each property swimming pool. The director of public health shall establish procedures for collecting said fee. No person shall operate a property swimming pool unless the pool's annual inspection fee is currently paid. Each day of operation shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 4. 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 provision 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 5. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 6. This ordinance is effective on August 1,2001. LOA~ord3.394 July 26, 2001 __a he foregoing grdinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the y of )(bT--~'Xr-- . 2001, by the following vote: Samuel L heal, Jr ~ Rex A Kinnison Brent Ch;sney ' I {J3' John I~'ongoria Javier D. Colmenero &(.tt.~. Jesse Noyola ~/~- { !~. Mark Scott Henry Garrett Bill Kelly of ~x~ . 2001, by the following vote: Samuel L. heal, Jr. Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Henry Garrett Bill Kelly PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~_'~Xay of ATTEST: Armando Chapa, City Secretary LEGAL FORM APPROVED ~-~. JAMES R. BRAY, JR. CITY ATTORNEY By: Lisa Aguilar~~r~ Assistant City Attorney Rex A. Kinnison John Longoria Jesse Noyola Mark Scott 2001 LOA\ord3.394 July 26, 2001 024532 State of Texas County of Nueces ; I~ANC£ D~?ARTM[I~UBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT AUG-2 } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI } ss: Ad # 3904825 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 30TH day(s) of JULY, 2001. ~ Ch~, ti Cal~'-'rimes, Mc~, Ju~ 30, 20 ~ 2~57 Cily Code of fees: Rodeo Swimming Pool ~~% Th~ ~inan~ ~ and Cl~ ~[u~tomer Service M~nager Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of JULY 31, 2001. Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas ROSA MARIA FLORES Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 04/23/05.