HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 35 Providing for the licensing of House Trailer CourtsORDINANCE NO, 35
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING
OF HOUSE TRAILER C9JRTS WITHIN THE COR-
PORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF IVRESTLAXE,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A PENALTY: AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the use of lands within the Limits of
the Town for house trailer courts without necessary and
proper sanitary facilities will create an unwholesome con-
dition likely to produce disease and be a hazard to the
public health and welfare and the Board of Aldermen have
determined that it is proper for the government of the
Town and in the best interest of the public health and
general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town to promul-
gate certain procedures for the lawful licensing of such
businesses to assure the observance of proper sanitary
requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS -
1 .
It shall be unlawful for any person to make avail-
able or permit the use of any lot, tract or parcel of land
within the Limits of the Town for the accommodation of
transients in house trailers to be used for temporary dwell-
ings by the day or week, or for a longer period of time, un-
less such person shall. have first obtained a license from
the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Westlake, Texas, after
a public hearing for which written notice thereof shall
have been published for at least two weeks prior to such
hearing by being posted at the usual places where notices
of elections for the Town of Westlake have been heretofore
posted, which license shall contain such proper regulations
and safeguards to be observed by the licensee, including
the payment of a proper licensing fee, as the Board of
Aldermen upon such hearing shall deem necessary to protect
the public health and general welfare of the inhabitants of
the Town.
2.
Any person who shall violate any of the provi-
sions of this Ordinance, or shall fail to comply therewith
or with any of the requirements thereof, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and any such person upon receipt
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of written notice from the Mayor of the Town specifying
such person's violation of or failure to comply with this
Ordinance shall be liable to a fine, and upon conviction
of any violation shall be fined in any sum of not more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); and each day any such
violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense.
3.
This Ordinance shall become effective and be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and ap-
proval by the Mayor and duly attested by the Town Secretary,
and shall be enforceable after publication as prescribed by
the laws of the State of Texas.
ADOPTED this �lptw day of January, A. D. 1965.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
I, A. L. ODOM, Town Secretary of the Town of
Westlake, Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 35, duly presented
and adopted by the Board of Aldermen of said Town of
Westlake, Texas, at a meeting held on the a-�-e day of
January, 1965, as same appears in the minutes of said meet-
ing, in Book No. 2, Pages 30.6-806'.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEA- OF THE, TOWN OF WESTLAKE,
TEXAS, this the day of 1965.
om,
tiOTICE OF AUOfLION OF ORDINANC2,a
THE STATE C' TEXAS
COU:rP _'S
OF
TAP.iL-.:U.910 DE1V1 JN
TOWN OF �JESTLAK3 ;
1, JOHN A. ✓icGUIRE, Mayor of the Town. of
Westlake, Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me
by lai, do hereby publish this no;;'_ce of the adoption
by 'the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Westlake on
January 2, 1965 of Ordinances No. 32, No. 33, .Zo 34
and N.>. 35, certified copies of each, of whit:: rr•,
attacned hereto; ar_a do hereby u_sect and ira,ruct
the ':_^shal to post for at least ten (10) days a
properly executed copy of this notice with the attached
certified copies o-' Ordinances in the three publ'.c
places within the Tow,m where notices of e_r°t'e. for
the 'Town of Westlake have heretofore been posted.
SIGNED AND EXECUTED this 5th day of January,
1965.
A. McGUIRE, Mayor
of Westlake, Texas
ATTTS T :
A.L. Odom, Town Secretary
THE STATE OF TEXAS j
COUNTY OF TARi3ANT ))
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary
Public in and for Tarrant County, Texas, personally ap-
peared WESLEY HARVEY, known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed hereto and to be a credible person in
all resp:-,cts, whc after being by me duly sworn upon oath,
deposes and says:
"That I am the duly qualified and act-
ing Marshal of the Town of Westlake,
Texas, and on the `, day of January,
1965, 1 posted in the manner as by law
provided, three (3) Notices of the
Adoption of Ordinances No. 32, No. 33,
No. 34 and No. 35 in the following
three public places within the Limits
of the Town of Westlake, Texas:
1. McGuire Ranch Gate on Dove Road.
2. Grapevine Ranch Gate on Dove Road.
3. Circle T Ranch Gate on State Highway 114."
WITNESS MY HAND this 'day of January, 1965•
W S R EYF
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO Before Me this X day
of January, 1965, to certify which WITNESS MY HAND AND
SEAL OF OFFICE.
Notary Public in and for Tarrant
County, Texas
My Commission expires:
June 1, 1965