O57-06ORDINANCE NO. 57-6
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RULES AND RE -
Go !TIONS FOR THE BI- ING OF -'SH AND
OTHER COMBUSTIBLE MA, 'LS IN THE CITY
OF a i DALE, N. .S; FORBIDDING THE
Bs- ING OF TRASH, BRUSH, WEEDS, ETC.,
EXCEPT IN CLOSED CONTAINERS OR WITH
PERMISSION AFTER NOTICE; FORBIDDING
THE BURNING OF A D OR WRECKED AUTO-
MOBILES, TIRES, OIL, AND OTHER OBNOXIOUS
SI:STANCES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES; FOR-
BIDDING ThE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, TRASH,
ETC., UPON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PREMISES;
FORBIDDING THE AC - 'TION OF WEEDS,
GRASS, BRUSH, GA'gAGE AND TRASH; DE-
CLARING SUCH TO BE A NUISANCE AND
PROVIDING RULES FOR ThE TE T
THEREOF; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR 'nu;
VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF;
CO 'I G A SAVING CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY T
S:
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NM ,
DALE,
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person
to burn or cause to be burned any rubbish, trash, waste,
leaves, grass, lumber or any other combustible materials
in or on any street or alley, or on any property, whether
public or private, within 150 feet• of any building or public
road in the City of Kennedale, Texas; provided, however, that
such materials may be burned in closed containers (that is,
containers constructed so as to prevent the flying of sparks)
that have been approved by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Section 2. The term "trash" as used in this
ordinance shall mean all rubbish, such as waste paper, rags,
boxes, grass, shrubs, yard and house cleanings, grass clippings,
leaves, tree tri ings, glass, tin cans, ashes and similar
refuse.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful to burn any trash,
brush, timber or other combustible material within the City,
regardless of location of the same with reference to buildings
and roads, or to burn off any lot, field or tract without first
notifying the Chief of the Fire Department and obtaining his
permission in writing, and any such burning shall be accomplished
at the time desily. .ted by the Fire Chief and pursuant to his
instructions, and under the supervision of the Fire Department,
if he deems such advisable.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful, under any cir-
cumstances, to burn any junked or wrecked automobiles, or
any part thereof, for wrecking or salvage purposes, or for
any other reason, in or upon any premises within the City
of Kennedale; and it shall be unlawful, under any circum-
stances, to burn any old tires, rubber, feathers, oil, animal
carcasses, or any other substance which shall be particularly
obnoxious by reason of smoke or odor, or the burning of which
may endanger the public health or safety, upon any premises
within the City.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person
to sweep, throw or deposit any garbage, trash, dirt, sta
water or dead ani,;1 into, upon or along any drain, gutter,
nti
ordinance
vegetable
kitchens,
taurants,
stances.
alley, sidewalk, street or vacant lot, or upon any public
or private premises, within the corporate limits of the
City; provided, however, that if the City Council shall
desite any area within the City as a dumping ground,
it shall be permissible to deposit types of garbage, trash
or junk there as shall be designated by the Council.
Section 6. The term"garbage" as used in this
shall be held to mean and include all animal and
matter, such as waste material and refuse from
residences, grocery stores, butcher shops, res-
cafes, drug stores, and other deleterious sub -
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person
or his agent, owning, renting or having under his control,
any lot or premises, whether vacant or improved, to suffer
or permit any down timberbrush, old logs, or decaying
vegetable matter of any kind to accumulate and remain on
any such lot or premises so that such weeds or grass or
other matter may by reason of fire endanger any adjoining
property, or so that the same may be reasonably calculated
to communicate fire to any adjacent premises; and the accumu-
lation of any such timber, brush, grass, weeds or trash on
any premises so as to constitute a fire hazard shall be
deemed a nuisance.
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person
or his agent, owning, renting or having under his control
any lot or premises, whether vacant or improved, to suffer
or permit any vegetable waste, litter, garbage, filth or
refuse of any nature, kind or description to accumulate
and remain on any such lot or premises so that any such
tter y attract flies and other insects and endanger
public health; and the accumulation of any such tter
or other materials which are offensive or tend by decay
to become putrid or to render the atmosphere impure or
unwholesome, or to attract flies and other insects, or
to provide harborage for rats, shall be deemed a nuisance.
Section 9. Wherever any nuisance exists within
the corporate limits of the City of Kennedale as set forth
in the two preceding sections of this ordinance, the Chief
of the Fire Department, City Health Officer, Mayor or
City Council shall order the owner or occupant of the
premises whereon such nuisance exists to abate or remove
the same within such time as may be specified upon the
order; and if the owner or occupant fails, neglects or
refuses to obey such order within the time specified, or
if the premises are unoccupied and the owner or agent can-
not be found, the said named officials, or any of them, shall
abate or remove such nuisance, or cause the same to be done,
and shall defray the expenses thereof out of any money
available in the City Treasury for such purposes. All ex-
penses so incurred shall be charged against the owner of
the premises and shall be a lien on the lot and premises
whereupon such nuisance existed.
Section 10. Any officer abating a nuisance under
the provisions of this ordinance shall forward to the City
Attorney a written statement of any expenditures made from
city funds in connection therewith, and it shall be the duty
of the City Attorney to proceed without delay to foreclose
such lien or otherwise compel the owner of such premises to
repay the amount thereof to the City, together with all charges
of collection.
2.
Section 11. Whenever an order has been given
pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance to abate or
remove any nuisance that may exist upon any lot or premises,
the owner thereof shall have the right, within the period of
time given in the order for abatement, to appear before the
officer giving the same to show cause why such order should
not or cannot be complied with, and such officer may, at his
discretion, give such extension of time or prescribe such
conditions for the abatement or removal of such nuisance
as may be necessary; provided there is no imediate danger
to the public health or safety. The action of any officer
giving an order pursuant to the provisions of this ordi-
nance, or his refusal to rescind or modify the same, may
be appealed to the City Council by filing written notice of
appeal with the City Secretary within ten days following the
giving or refusal of such order; provided, however, the time
for appeal ti:y be shortened to three days in cases of emer-
gency involving public health or safety by the officer so
stating in the written order or refusal.
Section 12. Any person, firm or corporation,
or agent thereof, violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or neglecting or refusing to comply with any
order or notice made pursuant to the provisions hereof,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $200.00, and every
day that any person shall fail, omit, neglect or refuse to
do any act required by the terms of this ordinance, and each
and every day that a person shall continue to violate any
provision hereof, shall constitute a distinct and separate
offense.
Section 13. Every section of this ordinance and
every provisicil of each section is hereby declared to be
an individual section or provision, and the holding of any
section or provision of any section to be void, ineffective
or unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever shall not be
deemed to affect any other section or provision hereof.
Section 14. The remedies herein prescribed for
the City of Kennedale with respect to the abatement of any
nuisance shall be cumulative of other remedies available to
the City, and nothing in this ordinance contained shall prevent
the City of Kennedale from proceeding in any other lawful
manner for the abatement of such nuisance.
Section 15. This ordinance shall become effective
from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, duly
attested by the City Secretary, and publication as by law
provided.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of August, A.D.
1957.
ST:
y ecretary
(Seal)
APPROVED:
Mayo enne a e, Texas
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BY Ta CIV1 couNgiL OF THE -CITY oF KIONEDAI44 TEXAS*
AUTUORIZaliq Plana:GA Tani CiF INANCE NO
PUBL,Dati Dia THE CA FrION FillAgit; AND PENAULI IS IONS
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ItESOLVM:Y BY TILE C IT! COUICIL C ITY NENNETALE,
TEX4S:
That publioo tion notice ot the w.-htOaoge t).4.inance
rego,l,a tang tho burning b,4 tr.,osh
okiottrouStatiob,•wr- wO..tb14 thka Olty of Xs.,.,,,,Tuoit,et„,,,,,o1Le, h4.siVei1, •
by p 1tbo pa p tieo 4 p. urpeto a bd. pena lty prsv is lotle
th0 0,41,11an,ee4 rather th.en by ptAbilehing the eutire- OrttlIleunbe.
• the P;PXPbao oft s610 OT011oano. tor- ouoh-
ootipn notice 411-1z(Ct.i. be, an4 the eavKp is he:A.:.:Oby..00e,<0,41AW1 to
bo ao follows: - "The. pOrpoae ef Ordlawnee 140,57-t ;LO • to protect
heoltb abd aorety eitlzeils -of tho Ot$ or tonvoi.,01:Vro
tD Pv0Vent rires vediuwm emote ao4. to- aveld destrustiss oS4
less 4i'•.4opo,operty by tbe 44, or' the burning. of toot and
otho'combustIble nmO,Ah,nitils -and by Corbidding the deposit am0
hottom,baation gnobige.., and othev rerulay. avd. ttlo. burhing - Of
La obnoxlo'aa aubstonees„."
Thet the ottaebed a.f,fidhvIt by the 44
City
is hereby deciaved a .satlafaot;oil .lce to. the Qvunell. fov: the
plobi:Leoti..oia of the potwgA ot bl.'41n441nee NO457-**6
4 t • Th4 t • the City svoketary beand• ohe 10 'hereby
a uthorizedoand inot ruoted • to publish so,eh a tta obet oroblbe 0T
the pziosaisp of Ordinanoe 4s.057.6 in '0,746.) oi,TIcia 1 paper 0,C ttle
City in one weekly iss.e
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THEE MANSFIELD NEWS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
County of Tarrant
State of Texas
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Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and state,
this °� day of M&y 1958
9
personally appeaerd the undersigned, and to me well known,
being duly sworn, states as follows: That he is the publisher of
The Mansfield News, a weekly newspaper with general circula-
tion, published in the town of Mansfield, Tarrant County, State
of Texas, and that said publications of the following dates
pri1 3, 1958
carried advertising referring to
.. Ordinance . No: '57-8
THE MANSFIELD NEWS
By
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day of
1
and for Tarrant County, Texas.
, 19 '.
, Notary Public in
March 29, t got er wiL Stuard
sponsors, Mrs. Jonice
and Miss Faye MacMahen.
Officers attending the meeting
were Gloria French, Barbara
Pigg, Linda Barber, Patsy Hud-
son, Carol Hunsucker, Diane
Boldt, Mary Lou Piott, and Mary
Elizabeth North.
Barbara Pigg as 1957 Tre ur-
er of Area V welcomed the in-
coming 1958 treasurer in the in-
stallation ceremony.
Patsy Hudson was recognized
to receive her State Degree,
which will be awarded at the
State Convention in San An-
tonio, April 17 thru 19 at San
Antonio.
After the morning session,
which included both both and
entertainment, the girls ate
lunch at Hubbard Hall. In the
early afternoon they were con-
ducted on a guided tour of the
campus of Texas Womans Un-
iversity. This tour included see-
ing a fashion show and food
demonstrations from the Home-
making Department.
egal dice
of
" tries aruuia�Y�� y_
ed guilty of a misdemeanour,
and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined in any sum not
to exceed $200.00, and each day
that any violation of this ordin-
ance, or any provision hereof,
shall continue, shall be deemed
and is hereby declared to be a
distinct and separate offence."
The Ordinance is declared to be
effective immediately after its
passage and publication of this
notice.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
officially under _ the Corporate
seal of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, this 27th day of March,
A.D. 1958.
SUSIE A. LANGYOrW,
City Secretary
City of Kennedale,
Texas.
THE STATE OF `TEXAS,
COUNTY OF TARRANT,
CITY OF KENNEDALE
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS:
I, Susie A. Langford, `City
Secretary, of the City of Kenne-
dale, 'Texas, do hereby certify thtat time. He was found
ing
that the 'City Council of the CitYl on the couch in the she returned home at 5 p.
hine r00
0
of Kennedale, Texas, at a reg- of his home by
ular meeting held on the 7th
day of February, 1958, adopted hours
Ordinance No. 57-8, the caption
of said Ordinance being as fol-
Ilows: "An Ordinance Prescrib-
ing Rules And Regulations For
the Collection And Disposal of
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Th
e Collection and Hauling of
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Imes
Garbage And Trash Within The
City Except By Persons And
® it
,.Firms Holding A Permit There
for Issued By the City Council,
iimill"Providing Rules For The Ap-
lication For and Issuance Of
Wednesday. He had apparent
been dead for several
Survivors include his
wi
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one son Lewis Reddy
dada, and four daughters, N
Bill Cooper and 'Mrs. Leon
Harper of Plainview, Mrs. 11
vin Roch and
Mrs. Griggs I
sey of Lubbock. Hispare
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Reddy
Arlington; five bothers, Pau
Dallas; Leroy of Red B.
Calif., Thomas and C. B. of
lington, and J. Frank Redd
Permits;
t Providing A Penalty, Pro-; , Fort Worth; one sister,
For The Violation Of Any Fred Kaiser of Red Bluff, C
Ivision Hereof; Containing a Sav and nine grandchildren.
Sunday afternoon guest
ing Clause And an Effective,
ADate" The purpose of the or-, hers. D. I. Brown and Miss
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By JUJNE BROWN
Funeral services were hell
Friday morning at 10 o'clock a
the Floydada Baptist 51ur Church
fo
Clarence S. Reddy,
ment was in Floydada cemeter3
Mr, Reddy was reared in th
Webb Community moving t
Floydada about 30 years ago. E
had been in ill health for tr
past two years. He had suffe
ed several heart attacks durir
finance is toprevent the collec Brown were Mr. and Mrs.
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tion of garbage and trash exceptCurry of Arlington.
® authorized persons holding
Ii's permit from the City'therefor,
Sectid to provide rules for the reg-
TITLir and orderly collection of
Johns.age and trash. The Coun-
ALL KINDS 'vas authorized publication.
--....„,of the Ordinance by pub-
1he caption, -this state -
the purpose and the
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Tei
had as Saturday guests Mr
Mrs. Robert Templin, Mik+
Larry of Mansfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
of Dallas, Jesse Bloomer o'
Worth and Mr. and Mrs.
Curry'`o Arlington were.
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