10-31-17-Ordinance-Amending Weed, Grass, Rubbish, Brush and other Objectionable Matter-10/10/2017ORDINANCE # 10-31-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 6,
HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; ARTICLE 6.100 WEEDS, GRASS,
RUBBISH, BRUSH AND OTHER OBJECTIONABLE MATTER, SEC. 6.101 TALL WEEDS GRASSES OR
PLANTS UNLAWFUL; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 6, Article 6.100, Sec. 6101 (b) of the Sanger Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6.100 WEEDS GRASS RUBBISH BRUSH AND OTHER OBJECTIONABLE MATTER
Sec. 6.101 Tall Weeds, Grasses or Plants Unlawful
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, having supervision or control of any lot, tract, parcel
of land or portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, within the
corporate limits of the city to suffer or permit grass, weeds or any other plant that is not
cultivated to grow in rank profusion or otherwise in, along, upon or across the sidewalk or street
adjacent to same in the area between the property line and the curb -line and within the area
twenty-five feet (25') beyond the property line adjacent to alleys and easements, to a height
greater than twelve inches (12") on an average.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the
extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphsI sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance
of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with
the general penalty provision found in The Code of Ordinances, Section 1.109 General Penalty
for Violations of Code.
SECTION 5. This ordinance will 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, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas,
on this An 6day of �l%J , 2017.
APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cheryl Pficg�ty Secretary