HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 05 22 Pool LinesORDINANCE NO. 05/22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING
ARTICLE 3.800 (1) TO REGULATE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC POWER OR
TELEPHONE UTILITY LINES NEAR SWIMMING POOLS IN THE CITY;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF 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 1. That Chapter 3, Article 3.800 (1), of the Code of Ordinances,
City of University Park, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 3.800 SWIMMING POOL FENCE CONSTRUCTION
REGULATIONS
(1)
No overhead electric power or telephone utility lines shall be
permitted to cross any portion of such swimming pool. All electric
service wires, either public service in the alley or private service on
the premises, must clear the pool proper by at least five feet (5')
horizontally and thirty feet (30') vertically above the surface of the
pool, so that here will be no possibility of broken wires falling into
the pool. All wiring must comply with the National Electric Safety
Code and ground fault interrupter devices shall be installed in
accordance with said code.
SECTION 2.
That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
University Park, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 3. 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,
as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. That any person 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, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense shall continue shall
be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases
provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas,
on the 21st day of June 2005.
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CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/6-7-05; 74876)
S H. HOLMES II~, MAYOR
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