Ordinance 1993-60
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION
20.18 AND 20.20 OF THE WYLIE CITY CODE REGARDING THE PARKING OF
VEHICLES EXCEEDING 25 FEET IN LENGTH ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS,
PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND
REGULATING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES CONTAINING HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A
PENALTY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, parking of commercial vehicles and vehicles exceeding 25 feet in length in
residential districts within the City of Wylie continues to be a concern of the Council; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the health safety and welfare of the
citizens of the City may be adversely effected by parking of vehicles containing hazardous
materials in resi,dential districts and upon public right of ways; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to take appropriate action to provide reasonable
protection against the potential danger of such materials within the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
That Sections 10-20.18 "Vehicles Exceeding Length of Twenty-Five (25) Feet" and Section
10-20.20 "Commercial Vehicles Not to be Parked on Residential District Property" be, and they
hereby deleted from the Wylie City Code.
SECTION II
That the following Section 10-20.18 be, and it hereby is, added to the Wylie City Code:
"Section 10-20.18 Parking Regulations For Commercial Vehicles, Vehicles Exceeding
25 Feet In Length, and Vehicles Containing Hazardous Materials.
a) Parking of any vehicle, trailer, or combination thereof, exceeding 25 feet length on
any street, alley, or other public way is hereby prohibited.
b) Commercial vehicles, of less than 25 feet in length, exclusive of passenger cars, may
not be parked in residential districts unless they are parked on private property with the consent
of the owner of the property.
c) Any vehicle containing hazardous materials is prohibited from parking anywhere within
a residential district, or within 1,000 feet thereof.
d) Any vehicle containing hazardous materials is prohibited from parking on the streets,
alleys, or other public ways of the City.
e) Parking of vehicles containing hazardous materials on private property shall be allowed
only in Industrial Districts.
t) For the purposes of this Ordinance the term hazardous materials shall have the same
meaning as the term is defined in Ordinance No. 93-18 as currently existing or hereafter codified
or amended.
g) Any vehicle in violation of this section shall be subject to impoundment as provided
in Section 10-20.01 of this Code, which shall be in addition to any other penalties or fines as
herein provided."
SECTION III
Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any part hereof, commit~ an
unlawful act and shall be subject to the general penalty provisions of the Wylie City Code as set
forth in Section 1-1.06 thereof, as the same now exists or is hereafter amended.
SECTION IV
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be
adjudged or held to be uncon~titutional, illegal or invalid the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part or part~ as
declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION V
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the City
Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such cases.
SECTION VI
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of any such conflict or consistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City Code not
in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION VII
The repeal of any ordinance, of part~ thereof, by the enactment of this Ordinance, shall not
be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance; nor
shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accruing or
to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any
ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
DUL Y PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
# Uttt day of May, 1993.
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City Secretary
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Steven P. Deiter
City Attorney