Ord. 0693 1995-08-14 FailedORDINANCE NO. 693
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 179, ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL,
SECTION 17-1, DEFINITIONS, AND ORDINANCE NO. 164,
SECTION 17-2, USE OF RESIDENCE RESTRICTED, OF CHAPTER 17
OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, MOBILE HOMES,
FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADDING AND CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS AND
RESTRICTIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; HAVING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need to amend City
ordinances to bring them into compliance with current laws so that
they may be effectively enforced to protect the life, health, and
safety of Pearland citizenry; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. Section 17-1. Definitions, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Pearland, Texas, is hereby amended as
follows:
The term Dependent mobile home or travel trailer is deleted.
The term Mobile home or travel trailer is amended to read as
follows:
Mobile home/manufactured home: a vehicular, portable struc-
ture built on a permanent chassis, designed to be towed by
another vehicle and used as a permanent dwelling when
connected to the required utilities.
The term Recreational vehicle is added as follows:
Recreational vehicle (RV): a vehicular, portable structure
which has its own motive power or is designed to be mounted" on
or towed by another motor vehicle, designed to provide
temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel
use. The term recreational vehicle shall include but not be
limited to a motor home, travel trailer and camping trailer.
Section 2. The term "travel trailer" is deleted and replaced
with the term "recreational vehicle" or "RV" throughout the
remainder of this chapter.
Section 3. Section 17.2. Use as Residence Restricted, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Any recreational vehicle, not more than twenty-
five (25) feet in length, may be temporarily placed or parked
on any street or public right-of-way within the City for a
period not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours within any given
one -month period, whether calculated cumulatively or
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consecutively, so long as it does not block the natural flow
of traffic, or an entranceway to either public or private
property, and so long as it does not create a hazard to life,
safety, traffic or health.
(b) A recreational vehicle may be temporarilyplaced
or parked on any lot, tract, or parcel of land outside of a
mobile home or RV park for a period not to exceed fourteen
(14) days within any given one-year period, whether calculated
cumulatively or consecutively, so long as it does not extend
over public property.
(c) The placement or parking of a recreational
vehicle on any lot, tract, or parcel of land outside of a
mobile home or recreational vehicle park in excess of fourteen
(14) days within any given one-year period, whether calculated
cumulatively or consecutively, shall be considered long-term
parking and said recreational vehicle must be stored or
permanently placed or parked within a garage or permanent
enclosure, under a carport, behind a fence, or in a rear yard
as defined by the City of Pearland Land Use and Urban Develop-
ment Ordinance.
Section 4. Any person who shall violate the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished
by a fine of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 5.
All rights and remedies which have accrued in
favor of the City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall
be and are preserved for the benefit of the City.
Section 6. 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 separate,
distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
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Section 7.
A11 ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of
such conflict.
Section 8. 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 9. 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 sixty (60) days from and
after its publication, or the publication of its caption and
penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the day of
, A. D., 1995.
RICHARD TETENS
MAYOR PRO TEM
ATTEST:
YOLANDA C. BENITEZ
CITY SECRETARY
PASSED and APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this the
day of , A. D., 1995.
ATTEST:
YOLANDA C. BENITEZ
CITY SECRETARY
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RICHARD TETENS
MAYOR PRO TEM
ORDINANCE NO. 693
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
AMY MOTES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
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