HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 05 11 Bldg Site ORDINANCE NO. 0 5 / ! 1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE UNIVERSITY PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED,
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3, "BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION" SECTION 3.105
"AMENDMENTS TO THE ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLING CODE",
SUBSECTION (12) Rll$ BUILDING SITE REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE BUILDERS
TO CLEAR ALL BUILDING SITES AND STREETS AND ALLEYS ADJACENT TO
BUILDING SITES OF NAILS AND METAL OBJECTS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL
OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION I. Chapter $ "Building & Construction", Article 3.100, Section 3.105
"Amendments to the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code", subsection (12) "Section Rl15
Building Site Requirements" of the Code of Ordinances, City of University Park, Texas, is hereby
amended by adding a sentence to the end of section R11 $.4 to read as follows:
"Rl15.4 Construction debris .... Builders shall clear all building sites and streets and alleys
adjacent to building sites of nails and other metal objects with sweepers, magnets, or other
appropriate and effective means."
SECTION 2. All provisions of the ordinances of thc City of University Park in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SECTION 3. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, thc same shall not affect thc
validity of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as a whole, or any part or provision thereof,
other than the par~ decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or 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 University Park, shall be fined in an
amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, as the
law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 5th day of
April 2005.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/72670; 3/15/05)
APPROVED:
(/~A~ES H. HOLMES III~VIAYOR
ATTEST:
C- 'V ECm T qY