HomeMy WebLinkAbout0228_71-06 1972ORDINANCE` NO.. 71=06
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 310.8 OF THE SOUTHERN
STANDARD HOUSING CODE BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 310.8A
ENTITLED "JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES" AND CONTAINING SUB-
SECTIONS (a) THROUGH (m); ADOPTING PART OF THE TEXAS
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE ACT: DECLARING THE PRESENCE OF
,ANY JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN
TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS:
PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION TO OWNER OR OCCUPANT TO
ABATE PUBLIC NUISANCE ON OCCUPIED PREMISES: PROVIDING
FOR PRELIMINARIES TO HEARING IN MUNICIPAL COURT:
PROVIDING FOR HEARING IN MUNICIPAL COURT PROVIDING FOR
REMOVAL OF JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES: PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL
FROM UNOCCUPIED PREMISES BY ORDER OF MUNICIPAL COURT:
PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE: PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY: PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO OWNER TO ABATE PUBLIC
NUISANCE ON UNOCCUPIED PREMISES: PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE: AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
(a) Title
(1) That Section 310.8 of the Southern Standard
Housing Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 310.8A
including Subsections ('a) through (m), which shall be known
as the "Junked Motor Vehicle Ordinance" and shall hereinafter
read as follows:
(b) Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act Adopted
(1) All provisions of the Texas Abandoned Motor
Vehicle Act of 1971., governing junked vehicles are hereby
expressly incorporated into this ordinance and adopted.
(2) All references to the "Texas Abandoned Motor
Vehicle Act" shall mean The Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act
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