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ORDINANCE NO. 2409
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE #2233; PROVIDING FOR A DESCRIPTION OF STANDING,
PARKING AND STORING OF TRACTOR, TRAILER AND/OR TRACTORlTRAILER RIGS
AS A NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE TIME; PROVIDING FOR PROCESS
OF NOTIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR REMEDIES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENAL TV 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. THAT Section 3. Specific Nuisances. is amended by adding
paragraph (y) to read as follows:
"(y) The standing, parking or storing of a tractor, trailer and/or a tractor/trailer rig on any
parking lot, playground, athletic field, vacant lot, public or private school, church premises,
or residentially used property; or, permitting the standing, parking or storing of a tractor,
trailer and/or a tractor/trailer rig on any parking lot, playground, athletic field, vacant lot,
public or private school, church premises, or residentially used property.
EXCEPTION: The standing, parking or storing of tractor, trailer and/or tractor/trailer
rigs performing a bona fide delivery, loading or unloading in conjunction with or
associated with business, or in conjunction with any other legally permitted activity."
SECTION 2. THAT Section 7. Notice of Violation. is amended to read as
follows:
"Whenever it is determined that a violation of this Ordinance exists, except where a
different notification requirement is established in this Ordinance, the enforcement officer
shall give notice of such violation or alleged violation to the person or persons responsible
for such violation as follows:
(a) The owner of a property shall be notified of violations of this Ordinance as follows:
i. The notice shall be given personally to the owner in writing;
ii. The notice shall be addressed to the owner at the owner's address as
recorded in the appraisal district records of Tarrant County; or
iii. If personal service cannot be obtaíned,
1. by publication at least once;
2. by posting the notice on or near the front door of each building on the
property to which the violation relates; or
3. by posting the notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the
ground on the property to which the violation relates, if the property
contains no buildings.
(b) Any notice that is mailed to a property owner in accordance with this Ordinance, and
the United States Postal service returns the notice as "refused" or "unclaimed," the validity
of the notice is not affected and the notice is considered as delivered.
(c) In a notice provided in this Ordinance, the enforcement officer may inform the owner
by regular mail and a posting on the property, that if the owner commits another violation
of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health or safety on or before
the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the City without further notice may correct
the violation at the owner's expense and access the expense against the property. If a
violation covered by a notice under this Ordinance occurs within a one-year period, and
the municipality has not been informed in writing by the owner of any ownership change,
then the City may without notice take any action permitted by SECTION 3, Sub Paragraph
(a) & (b) of this Ordinance and assess the expenses as outlined in Section 11.
(d) The placement of a notice of violation on a vehicle in violation of Section 3-(a) shall
be considered adequate notice under this article."
SECTION 3. That Section 9. Remedies. is amended to read as follows:
"To enforce any requirement of this Ordinance, a code enforcement officer may:
(a) Do the work or make the improvements required, and
(b) Pay for the work done or improvements made and charge the expenses to the owner
of the property.
(c) Cause appropriate action to be instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction."
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage as the
law and charter in such cases provide.
The City Council of North Richland Hills, Texas duly tabled Section 1 of this
ordinance and passed Sections 2,3,4,5, and 6 on the 13th day of September, 1999.
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