O23ORDINeNCE INITIEBER
AN („OYLDINANCE REGUWI'ING THE OPERATION OF
PLACES USED OR T'Aa-firfLaTNED AS JUNK Yi,..RDS OR
DUMPING GROUNDS, OR FOR THE WRECKING OR.
DISSEMBLING OF JTCDBILE, TB,UCKS, TRACTORS,
OR MJCHINERY OF ANY KIND, OR OFANY OF THE
PARTS THEREOF, OR FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF
RUBBISH OF ANY DESCRIPTION; PROVIDING FOR
A LICENSE; A.YD PRESCRIBING A PEN-LTY FOR THE
VIOTATION OF THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINkNCE
BE IT ORD-INED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDeLE,
Section 1. Hereafter any place used or maintained by any person, partner-
ship, or corporation as a junk yard or dumping ground, or for the wrecking or dis-
sembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery of any kind, or for the stor
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ing or leaving of worn our, wrecked, or abandoned automobiles, trucks, treotors, or
machinery of any kind, or of any of the parts thereof, or for the maintenance or op-
eration of such place for the accumulation of rubbish of any description, is hereby
declared to be a public and common nuisance, being obnoxious cLflC offensive to the in-
habitants of the City of Kennedale, because of its interference with the comfortable
enjoyment of life and property by said inhabitants, and is prohibited within the city
linits ofesaid city, unless the same is conducted in the m-nner hereafter stated, fol-
lowing the payment of the license fee hereafter prescribed.
Section 2. ,,ny person, partnership, or corporation desiring to use or main-
tain any property within the City of Kennedale, exas, for any of the purpose mentioned
in Section 1 hereof, shall make written application to the City Secretary for a license
which said application shall Seteforth the name and address of the applicant and b.
legal description of the property ADi- premises upon which sadd business is to be con-
ducted, and the slid city secretary shall hive the .peer either to grent or reject such
application. If the application is granted, a license to operate such business shall
be issued by said city secretary upon the payment of a fee of $5.00 per ,rinum.flr
license so issued shall expire on January 1 nexL succeeding the date of its issuance,
but may be renewed from year to year in like menner as is provided for the original
license.
Section 3. ,ny person, partnership, or corporation granted a license as
provided for in Section 2 hereof, shall keep the premises used in the operation and
m-intenance of said business in a net and orderly condition® The property and premi-
:i ses on which such business is conducted shall be enclosed by a tight board fence at ,
least 10 feet high and sLi4, fence shall be kept in a neatly painted condition, and no
junk of any character, or Parts, or machinery of any kind shall be allowed to remain
outside such fence; provide, however, thtany existing business of this character
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now being operated and maintained in the City of Kennedaie shall be llowed six months
within which to construct a fence of the kind and character required hereby®
Section 4. The City Council of the City of Kennedale shall h ve the power to
revoke the license provided for herein at any time for good cause, but only after notice
h s been given to the owner or owners of the business of a he,ring to be held not less
than ten days .fter the service of such notice.
Section 5. ,ny person violating ,ny of the terms and conditions of this ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in an amount not to exceed 100.00.
PNosed,(approved and adopted this the 6th day of 1,pril, 1955
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City 8ecretry