HomeMy WebLinkAbout027497 ORD - 11/20/2007AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 33,
OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS BY
PROHIBITING URINATING AND/OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC;
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 33, Offenses and miscellaneous provisions is
amended by adding Section 33-15, Urinating and/or defecating in public, to read
as follows:
Sec. 3345. Urir ti n # r efe a i in ublic.
ersor cor�nrrts an offense he or she urinates anor defecates,
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(i)In ,or, on a public street, alley,_ sidewalk, yard, park, bu ilding,_struct ree
laza utili easement or ri ht-of-wa or other • ublic • lace. or
(2) In p iicview,
(b) It iA an affirrallye .defense to prosecution under -tis section if t person
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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 33-15.
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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 November er- 2 , 2007.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
HGarre
Mayor
Approved as to legal form A 1f"i /V 2007
By:
Joseph Harney
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the attached ordinance, an emergency
exists requiring suspension of that Charter rule which requires an ordinance to be considered
and voted upon at two regular meetings. Therefore, 1/we request that you suspend said
Charter rule and finally pass this ordinance on the date of its introduction, or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Council Members
Resp + u l ly,
114/4
my Garr
Mayor, Ci
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Henry Garrett
Melody Cooper
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Mike Hummell
Bill Kelly
Priscilla G. Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Michael McCutchon
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Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak,
Nueces, Refugio, San Patricia Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the
publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 027497 which the
annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the
26TH of NOVEMBER 2007.
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tary Public, State of Texas
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NOTICE OF
PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE NO.
027497
Ordinance amending
the Code ofOrdi-
nances, Chapter 33,
Offenses and miscel-
laneous provisions by
prohibiting urinating
and/or defecating
in
public; providing for
publication, providing
for penalties. This ordi-
nance was passed
and approved by the
City Council if the City
of Corpus Christi on
November 20, 2007.
/s/ Armando ChapE
City Secretary
City of Corpus Christ.