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ORDINANCE NO. 2751
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE V OF THE NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 16-71
PROHIBITING THE OVERNIGHT PARKING OR STORAGE OF BOATS,
BOAT TRAILERS AND LARGE VEHICLES UPON PUBLIC STREETS;
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS AND FOR TEMPORARY PERMITS;
ESTABLISHING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the parking or storage of boats, boat trailers and large vehicles on public streets
constitutes a traffic hazard, is an eyesore, and adversely affects property values;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enact restrictions which will prohibit overnight
parking and storage of such vehicles; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS:
Section 1:
THAT Article V of Chapter 16 ofthe North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances
be amended by adding a new Section 16-71 which shall read as follows:
"16-71. Overnight Street Parking and Storage of Boats, Trailers and Large Vehicles
Prohibited.
(a) The parking or storage of any of the following upon any public street, parkway,
boulevard, or other public way is hereby prohibited at any time between the hours of9:00
p.m. on any day, and 5:00 a.m. the following day:
(1) A vehicle with a rated capacity of more than two thousand (2000) pounds
according to the manufacturer's classification;
(2) Any combination of connected vehicles, including trailers, whose combined
length exceeds thirty (30) feet;
(3) A vehicle, including a recreational vehicle, in excess of twenty-one (21) feet
long, eight (8) feet tall, or seven (7) feet in width;
(4) A boat; or
(5) A trailer.
(b) This section shall not apply to street construction, maintenance, and repair equipment;
trucks, equipment and vehicles used by public service companies engaged in the repair or
extension of public utilities; moving vans parked for no more than two successive nights for
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loading or unloading; other vehicles when parked at a designated loading zone; municipal
vehicles; or when it is lawful to park a commercial motor vehicle for the sole purpose of
loading or delivering merchandise, equipment or supplies.
( c) This section shall not apply to a motor home or trailer used for human occupancy which
is parked in front of a residence in compliance with a permit issued by the Planning and
Inspection Department. Such permits shall be available to the occupant of any residential
address for two periods of seven continuous days each calendar year and for two periods of
two continuous days each calendar year; provided, however, no more than four permits
shall be issued each year for any address, whether to park in the street or in a driveway. "
Section 2:
Section 3:
Section 4:
Section 5:
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon final conviction thereof
fined in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day
any such violation shall be allowed to continue shall constitute a separate
violation and punishable hereunder.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable
and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the final judgment
or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
city council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication
of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an
alternative method of publication provided by law.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect May 1, 2004
AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
Passed on the 10th day of November, 2003.
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By:
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George A. Staples, Attorney
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INVOICE
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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182-
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