CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS

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Adopted: August 1, 1978

Effective: August 1, 1978

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Published by Order of the City Council

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OFFICIALS
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON
AT THE TIME OF THIS REPUBLICATION

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Eloise Smith

Mayor

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Jim Sybert
Joe Soto
Albert Hernandez
Ruben De Leon
David Green

Aldermen

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Sylvia Ibarra

City Secretary

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Thomas Lay

City Attorney

PREFACE

This Code is a republication of the ordinances of South Houston of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included therein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto.

The chapters of the Code are arranged in alphabetical order and the sections within each chapter are catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant provisions of the state law have been included. A table listing the state law citations setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume. The source of each section is indicated by the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Table also appearing in the back of the volume, any ordinance included herein can be readily found in the Code.

Chapter and Section Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash representing the chapter number and the figure after the dash indicating the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the fifteenth section of Chapter 9 is 9-15. Under this system each section is identified with its chapter and, at the same time, new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 4-5 and 4-6 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-5.1, 4-5.2, 4-5.3 respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13 it will be designated as Chapter 12.1. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this Code is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix. The following are typical parts of codes of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their corresponding prefixes:

CODE	CD1:1
CODE APPENDIX	CDA:1
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLES	CCT:1
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE	SLT:1
CODE INDEX	CDi:1

 

Index

The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental service, by which the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Code with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into the Code, may be cited as a part thereof, as provided in section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them, and in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was under the direct supervision of John Dombroski, Vice President of Production and Peggy Lamar, Editor, Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Sylvia Ibarra, City Secretary, for her supervision, cooperation and interest during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the City readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the City's affairs.

ORDINANCE NO. 641

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code of Ordinances of the City of South Houston, Texas; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances not Included Therein; Providing for the Effective Date of Such Code and a Penalty for the Violation Thereof; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code; and Providing When This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of South Houston, Texas:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of chapters 1 to 24, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of South Houston, Texas" and such Code shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the city council on or before September 6, 1977, to the extent provided in section 2 hereof.

Section 2. All provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 1st day of August, 1978, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on final passage on or before September 6, 1977, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference thereto are hereby repealed from and after the 1st day of August, 1978.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), as provided in section 1-7 of such Code.

Section 5. Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of South Houston, Texas" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in section 4 of this ordinance and section 1-7 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the city secretary preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the city secretary may consider most expendient. It shall be the express duty of the city secretary, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the city council. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of South Houston to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in section 4 of this ordinance.

Section 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

Section 10. This ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of August, 1978.

PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of August, 1978.

	/s/ Eugene Kitch       Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ La Nelle Chafin       City Secretary

CERTIFICATE

STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF HARRIS

This Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances of the City of South Houston, adopted and enacted on this the 1st day of August, 1978 as the "Code of Ordinances, City of South Houston, Texas" by ordinance of the City Council effective the 1st day of August, 1978, and after the adoption and publication of the adopting ordinance as required by law, is hereby duly authenticated and approved.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name as Mayor of the City of South Houston, attested by the City Secretary with the seal of the city affixed hereto, this 1st day of August, 1978.

	/s/ Eugene Kitch       Mayor

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

/s/ La Nelle Chafin       City Secretary