HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 13/005 Garage Sale Regulations ORDINANCE NO. 13/05
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 CHAPTER 4 TO REGULATE SALES OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; 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 the Code of Ordinances, City of University Park, Texas, is hereby
amended by amending Chapter 4,Article 4.07 "Sales of Personal Property"in part as follows:
"Sec. 4.07.003 Sales in residential district
A person commits an offense if he sells or offers for sale personal property within a
residentially zoned district, except as provided below,to wit:
(1) Occasional sales permitted. A person may conduct a sale of personal property from
• his or her residence on no more than two occasions in any calendar year. A sale may
be conducted for no more than thirty-six hours on each occasion.
SECTION 2. 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Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subsection, 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. 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, Texas,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
offense, and each and every day any such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect 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 19th day
of February 2013.
APPROVED:
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W. RICHARD DAVIS,MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FO ATTEST:
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ITY ATTORNEY I r'EC"c R,CITY SECRETARY
(RLD/02-08-13/59359)