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AMENDING SECTION 23-67 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RE-
LATING TO PERMITTING ACCUMULATION OF FILTH ON LOTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA-
TION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 23-67 of the City Code of Ordinances is revised to read as
follows:
"Sec. 23-67
Litter and solid waste prohibited on lots.
"(a) No person who owns or occupies any lot or parcel of land in the City may permit or
allow litter, solid waste, inoperative or abandoned household appliances, furniture, or
any other unsightly, obiectionable, or unsanitary matter to accumulate on the lot or
parcel of land, unless placed for collection by solid waste services or a private solid
waste collection service at a location designated by the director of solid waste services
and in accordance with Chapter 21 of this Code.
"(b} "Household appliance," "litter," and "solid waste" within this section have the
meaninqs defined in Sec. 21-1 of this Code.
"(c) Violations of this ordinance are treated as strict liability offenses. There is no need
to prove that the person had an intent to violate the ordinance.
"(d) Upon conviction of a violation under this section, the person must be fined an
amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00} and not more than two thousand
dollars ($2,000.00) per violation; provided, however, in the event a person has once
previously been convicted under Sec. 23-67 of this article, the person must be fined an
amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and must be fined not less than
three hundred dollars ($300.00) for a third conviction and for each conviction thereafter."
SECTION 2. If, for any reason, any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction, it will not affect any other section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite
intent of the City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, phrase, word, and
provision of this Ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication of this ordinance is to be made in the official publication of the
City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas.
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Corpus Christi, Texas
The foregoina ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on
day of ?l~..~/~, ,2004, by the following vote:
this
the
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garret[
('~ Bill Kelly
~.~'- Rex A. Kinnison
Mark Scott
The fareaoing ordinance
the ]~1~ day of
Samuel L, Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
was rea, Id far,the second time and passed finally on this
_~'~'-~ / ,2004, by the following vote:
Bil, Kelly
PASSED AND APPROVED on the [ ~"~"* day of
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
~~ ,2004.
ATTEST:
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
E~zab/et~ R. Hundley '
fAoSr'~ i hr~e (~ itC~t,~tt~ at r°r~ ~7 (---/
Mayor
2004
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of~er~as ~''
} CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
County of Nueces } ss: Ad # 4868062
PO #
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana
Hinoiosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit
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-~'mes Interactive on the 19TH day(s) of APRIL, 2004.
$56.25
TWO {2 ) Time(s)
Credit Manager
Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
APRIL 20, 2004.
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
ROSA MARIA FLORES
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 04/23/05.
Corp, m, Chrt~J Caller-Times, Monday, Ap?l
NOTICE OF PASSAGE
OF ORDINANCE NO.
025706
Ameodlng SectX)n 23-
67 of the Code of
Ordinance r~ating
permitting
accumu~aUe~ of I1~ on
let~. Th~s ordlnar~e
was passed and
apcmved by ~he C~ r
c.c~ndl ol ihe City ol
Corpus Chri.~i on
second reading on
A,a-~ 13, 2004.
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