Ordinance 1994-35
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTIONS
1.01 AND 1.02, OF CHAPTER 3, OF THE WYLIE CITY CODE, PERTAINING TO
STREET NUMBERING, REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
CONTAINING A PENALTY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, present provisions of the Wylie City Code dealing with street numbering
need updating to reflect the City's current practices; and,
WHEREAS, the Council desires to change the existing code provisions by adoption of this
ordinance; ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
Sections 1.01 and 1.02 of the Wylie City Code, be, and they hereby are, deleted in their
entirety and the following provisions substituted therefore:
"1.01 All Buildings Fronting Streets Shall be Numbered All buildings fronting on
any street or alley in the City shall be numbered in some conspicuous place with numbers or
letters three (3) inches minimum in height and contrasting color by the owner or occupant thereof
according to the map made by the City for such purpose and on file in the office of the Building
Official. "
"1.02 Application to the Building Official for Number; Penalty for Violation All
persons or occupants of such buildings shall first apply to the Building Official for the proper
number and any such person or occupant failing or refusing to put the proper number on any such
building or putting up the wrong number thereon shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. "
SECTION II
Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any part hereof, commits 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.
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SECTION III
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance
be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, 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 parts as
declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
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 V
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to
the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City Code
not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION VI
The repeal of any ordinance, or parts 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.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
9th day of August, 1994.
By
James D. Swartz
Mayor
ATTEST
Mary Nichols
City Secretary
Approved
Steven P. Deiter
City Attorney