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REVISING SECTIONS 23-$7(3)(b), 6-23{j), and 19-33(b), CODE OF
ORDINANCES, TO INCREASE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FEES
RELATING TO POOL INSPECTIONS, RABIES TESTING, AND
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT HEALTH PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 23-57(3)(b), Code of Ordinances, is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 23-57. Swimming pool standards.
"The following rules pertaining to swimming pools sha~be are in full force and effect:
"(3) Inspections; fee.
"(b) Inspection fee. An annual inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)
one hundred dollars ($100.00), payable on or before April 1 of each
year, sh=!! must be paid for each property swimming pool. The direc-
tor of public health shall establish procedures for collecting .... the
fee. No person sh2!! may operate a property swimming pool unless
the pool's annual inspection fee is currently has been paid. Each day
of operation in violation of this section shall constitute constitutes a
separate offense."
SECTION 2. Section 6-23(i), Code of Ordinances, is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-23. Animals biting =nd!ct o~r exhibiting symptoms of rabies.
"(i) Ownorto pay costs. Payment of costs. The owner of an animal quarantined under
this section shall pay to the animal control supervisor the reasonable costs of tho quar
antine and disposition of the animal, including charges for shipment of the animal's
head or brain, if required, to the nearest Texas Department of Health laboratory for test
lng. The owner shall pay to thc animal control supervisor a fee of eight dollars ($8.00)
for preparation of each animal head for shipping to the state department laboratory for
rabies tatting. Where the owner of a nonquarantined animal is required to or requests
that the head or brain of the animal be shipped to an appropriate lab, then the owner
shall be responsible for paying costs of preparation and shipping.
"(1) The owner of an animal quarantined under this section shall pavto the
animal control supervisor the reasonable costs of the Quarantine and disDosi-
tion of the animal, includinq charqes for preparation, processinq, and ship-
ment of the animal's head or brain, if recluired, to the nearest Texas Depart-
ment of Health laboratory for testinq. The fee for preparation, processincl,
and shipment, bv the animal control supervisor, of the animal's head or brain
is seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
"(2) The owner of a non-Quarantined animal or a veterinarian, if required by
law or upon the owner's or a veterinarian's recluest, may seek the services
of the animal control supervisor to prepare, process, and ship the head or
brain of an animal to the nearest Texas Department of Health laboratory for
testincl. If the head or brain is prepared by a veterinarian for processinq and
shipment by the animal control supervisor, the person requestinq the service
shall pay a fee to the animal control supervisor of fifty dollars ($50 00). If the
head or brain is prepared by the animal control supervisor for processincl and
shipment, the person requestin~l the service shall pava fee to the animal
control supervisor of seventy-five dollars ($75.00)."
SECTION 3. Section 19-33(b), Code of Ordinances, is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 19-33. Issuance; fee.
"(b) Prior to the issuance of a health permit, the applicant shall pay a
fee according to the following schedule:
"Food service or food processing establishments:
"Having
"Having
"Having
"Having
"Having
"Having
"Having
"Having
more than one hundred (100) employees .................. $-!,50.90 650.00
seventy-six (76) through ninety-nine (99) employees..$39~:~ 570.00
f'n~/-one (51) through seventy-five (75) employees ...... $335.00 485.00
twenty-six (26) through fifty (50) employees ................ $295.09 410.00
nineteen (19) through twenty-five (25) employees ....... $225 00 325.00
nine (9) through eighteen (18) employees .................... $!79.00 245.00
four (4) through eight (6) employees ........................... $!'!,0.90 205.00
fewer than four (4) employees ....................................... $ 95.00 120.00
SECTION 4. 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 5. A violation of this ordinance or the requirements implemented under this
ordinance constitutes an offense punishable under Section 16 of the Code of
Ordinances.
SECTION $. 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.
SECTION 7. This ordinance is effective August 1, 2004.
Corpus Christi, Texas
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on
this the /~ day of ~~.
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
,2004, by the following vote:
Bill Kelly ~Z,-~! ~
Rex A. Kinnison ~
The foregoing ordinance
the T:~-7~- day of
Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~
Brent Chesney E. ,L.~
Javier D. Colmenero Ok~-~
Melody Cooper ~
Henry Garrett (~,,~
wa~fead~ for t~he second time and passed finally on this
~, , ,2004, by the following vote:
Bill Kelly ~
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
PASSED AND APPROVED on the
A'I-DEST:
City Secretary
Elizal~h R. Hundley '/ ~ ~,,.,u"¢¢..c~//~
Assil[~nt City A~orney ~
for the Ci~ AEorney
Samuel L. Ne-al, Jr.
Mayor
,2004
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas
County of Nueces
SS:
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Ad # 4964313
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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 Patncio, 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 2ND day(s) of AUGUST, 2004.
$78.25
TWO (2) Time(s)
Credit Manager
Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
AUGUST 03, 2004.
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
ROSA MARIA FLORES
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 04/23/05.
Corpus Chdefl CaJ~r-~me~, Monday, Auguat 2,
NOTICE OF PASSAGE
O~= ORDINANCE NO.
Re~ng Sec~:x~ 23-
57(3)~0, 6-23(]). ~
1B-33(b), Code of
Ordinances. lo
penaltleB; and
C~ty C=4x~l of b~e City