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ORDINANCE NO. 2563
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1813; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF
OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16. Permits of ordinance number 1813 is amended to read
as follows:
"Section 16. Permits
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired,
moved, improved, removed, converted or demolished unless a separate permit for each
building or structure has first been obtained from the Building Official unless exempted by
Section 21, paragraph 3 of this ordinance.
Any and all outdoor construction activities supervised by permits shall be prohibited
as follows:
1. Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Central Standard Time and between the
hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Daylight Savings Time,
2. Sundays, and
3. The following designated holidays:
a. New Years Day,
b. Memorial Day,
c. July Fourth,
d. Labor Day,
e. Thanksgiving, and
f. Christmas.
EXCEPTION: 1) Permits issued to homeowners that work under the supervison
of a "homeowners permit."
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4. The prohibition of outdoor construction activities may be appealed to the Building
Official. Appeals to the Building Official shall be in writing and must state the
specific dates and times of proposed outdoor construction activities and provide a
basis for the request. The Building Official shall reply in writing within three (3) days
of receipt of the appeal. The decision of the Building Official may be appealed to
the City Council. The City Council may grant specific permission to the prohibition
after a public hearing before the City Council and evidence that the request for
outdoor construction activities warrants exception."
SECTION 2. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase or section of this Ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be
adjudged or held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of said Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars for each offense, and each and every day said violation is continued shall
constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage as the
law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of North Richland Hills, Texas, on the 13th day
of August 2001.
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