HomeMy WebLinkAbout026977 ORD - 09/12/2006AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 26, JUNK
DEALERS, BY ADDING A PROVISION TO REQUIRE THE
SHOWING OF PROPER IDENTIFICATION FOR ALL PEOPLE
SELLING JUNK AS DEFINED IN THE CHAPTER; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERANCE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION,
PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 26, Junk Dealers, Section 26-4, Records to be kept;
inspection be amended to read as follows.
Sec. 26-4. Records to be kept; inspection.
All persons engaged in the business of buying and selling junk shall keep at their
place of business a well -bound book in which shall be entered a description of all
junk or other goods or articles bought, the date of purchase thereof, the name,
sex and residence of the person from whom the junk was purchased and a
notation showing to whom the junk was sold, or how the same was disposed of
by the dealer, The dealer shall identifv all persons selling junk by requiring the
display and notation in the book of the individual's driver's license number or
other positive means of identification. The dealer is also required to obtain a
signed statement from the per §on selling iunk that states he or she is the rightful,
owner of. or is authorized to sell, the junk in his or her possession. The books
shall be at all times open to the inspection of the chief of police or other officer
designated by him.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. Penalties are as provided in Section 1-6.
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SECTION 5. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council Members,
the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for
immediate action for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs; and,
(2) suspends that Charter rule which requires an ordinance to be considered and
voted upon at two regular meetings, so that this ordinance is passed and takes
effect as an emergency measure upon its first reading on this the 12th of
September, 2006
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Approved as to legal form
By: I
Josep Harney U
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney{
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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2006
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and
voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you
std said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or
at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Respectfully,
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enry Ga ett
Mayor
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Henry Garrett
Brent Chesney
John E . Marez
Melody Cooper
Jerry Garcia
BIM Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mork Scott