Ord. 0633-2 08-25-03ORDINANCE NO. 633-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13, HEALTH AND SANITATION, OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN,
FROM TIME TO TIME, AMENDED, TO AMEND SECTION 13-18,
ENTITLED NOTICE TO OWNER TO REMEDY OR REMOVE CONDITION ---
GENERALLY; HAVING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED TO REGULATE HEALTH AND SANITATION INURES TO THE
BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 13, Health and Sanitation, of the City of Pearland Code
of Ordinances, is hereby amended to AMEND Section 13-18, entitled Notice to Owner to
Remedy or Remove Condition —Generally, to read as follows:
"13-18. Notice to owner to remedy or remove condition —Generally.
Whenever any condition described in this article is found to exist on any premises within
the city, and the City of Pearland intends to utilize the subsequent provisions of this article
to correct or remove the condition and assess the costs against the premises, the city shall
notify the owner of such premises, in writing, to correct, remedy or remove the condition
within ten (10) days after such notice and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to
comply with such notice."
Section 2. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Ordinance and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
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separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 5. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's official
Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 6. Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or its
caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Pearland, upon
passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days
from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in the official City
newspaper.
Section 7. Emergency. The Council finds and determines that the need to
regulate health and sanitation inures to the benefit of the public and, therefore, bears
directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall be
adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance to be read
on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 25th day of
August , A.D., 2003.�
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ORDINANCE NO. 633-2
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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