Ordinance 1987-37
ORD I N(.4NCE NO..
8-'l:~r
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE
79-16 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 85-59 BY AMENDING SECTION 1,
TO LOWER THE PERMITTED LEVEL OF GRASS AND WEEDS TO 12 INCHES
AND AMENDING SECTION 4, SO THAT THE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE IS
REDUCED TO SEVEN DAYS.. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECT I VE Df-HE.
WHEREAS; the City Council has determined that the height
and time requirements of ordinance 79-16 are not consistent
with the Councils desire to provide a safe and healthful
environment for the citizens of the City of Wylie, therefore
BE IT
TEXAS,
mWA I NED BY
that
THE CITY
COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE,
!:3ECT I ON 1.
Ch~d i na l'"ICE? 79-1 b
amended 50 that
as amended by Ordinance 85-59
Section 1 reads as follows:
is
h et~e by
SEC'lION 1.
WEEDS, BRUSH, ETC., OVER 12 INCHES HIGH.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, claiming,
occupying or having supervision or control of any real
plated property occupied, within the corporate limits of the
City, to permit weeds, brush or any objectionable or
unsightly matter to grow to a greater height than twelve
(12) inches upon any such plated real property. This
ordinance does not apply to street or thoroughfare R.O.W.
(411 vegetatiol'"l, l'"IOt t~egulat~ly cultivated (al'"ld excludil"lg
farmer's crops and rancher's grass or forage) which exceeds
twelve (12) inches in height shall be presumed to be
objectionable and unsightly matter.
SECTION c::.
Ordinance 79-16 is further amended by rewording Section 4 so
that the amended section reads as follows:
SEc'r ION '+.
NOTICE TO OWNER TO REMOVE, ETC.; REMOVAL BY
CITY UPON FAILURE OF OWNER TO DO SO.
In the event that any person owning, claiming,
occupying or having supervision or control of any real
property occupied or unoccupied within the corporate limits
of the City fails to comply with the provisions of Sections
:I., 2 and 3, it !::.;hall be the duty of the Buildil'"I~~ Ir'I!::.;pectOt~'f~;
Office to give seven (7) days notice in writing to such
person violating the terms of this ordinance, or by letter,
certified, return receipt requested addressed to such person
at his last known address.
If such letter is undeliverable and the whereabouts of the
owner cannot be determined, the notice will be published at
least two times within ten consecutive days in the City's
official newspaper. If such person fails or refuses to
comply with the provision of Sections 1, c, and 3, within
seven (7) days after date of notification in writing or by
letter, or date of second publication of notice in the
City's official newspaper, the City may go upon such
property and do or cause to be done the work necessary to
obtain compliance with this ordinance, and may charge the
expenses incurred in doing or in having same done, to the
owners of such property as provided hereafter in compliance
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SECT I ON 3.
That all ordinances of the City in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby,
repealed and all other ordinances of the City not in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
Should any paragraph, sentence, subdivision, clause, phrase
or section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be
UlrICOY'I~~t it ut ional, i llegal Ot~ i l'"lval id, the same shall l'"IOt
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part
or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be
il"lv.:did, ill€-?gal Ol'~ Ul'"lconstitutional al"ld shc:dl not .::'1fff:?ct
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
~3ECT I ON 5.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions or terms of this ordinance shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
for each offense, and each day such violation shall continue
to exist shall constitute a separate offense..
!:lEc'r I ON 6.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and publication of its caption, as the law in
such cases provides.
DUL.Y PASSED by the ~ity /JCC~':ll'"fJ~1 of the City of Wylie,
Texas, this the j~M day 01- _~____.___.________' 1987.
ATTEST:
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THE' WYLIE NEWS
P. O. BOX 31'
WYLIE, TIiXAI 7_
STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF COLLIN ~
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared Scott Dorsey, of the Wylie News, a newspaper
regularly published in Collin County, Texas and having general
circulation in Collin County, Texas who being by me duly sworn
deposed and says that the forgoing attached
Ordinance No. 87-37
was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit:
August 5
, 1987 and
,1987 .
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this the
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day of ~l.d4- , 1987 to certify which witness my
hand and seal of office.
l/'iLa~~Hj. ~
Margaret Cook
Notary Public in and for the
State of Texas
My Commission expires 9-12-89
Serving Wideawake Wylie Since 1941
Wedne.d8Y~ WYLIE NEWS - Seetinn B - Page 13
I
Legal Notice
INVITATION TO BID
The City of Wylie is now ac.
cepting sealed bids for the in-
stallation of telephone
facilities at the Municipal
Complex. Bid Specifications
and Contract Documents
may be picked up at City
Hall, 108 S. Jackson between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. There will be a
$20.00 non refundable
deposit.
Bids should be brought to
108 S. Jackson or mailed to
P.O. Box 428 Wylie, Texas
75098, and marked in the
lower left hand corner of the
envelope. Bids will be receiv.
ed up through 4:00 p.m. on
Thursday, August 20, 1987
and will be opened at 5:00
p.m. on August 20, 1987.
Bids will be presented to
council on Tuesday, August
25, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. for
award.
The City of Wylie reserves
the right to reject all bids, to
waive informalities and to re.
j ect nonconforming,
nonresponsive, or conditional
bids.
Carolyn Jones
City Secretary
8.2t-c.
INVITATION TO BID
The Wylie Independent
School District is accepting
bids on Chain Link Fencing
at Hartman Elementary
School and the Bus Parking
Area until 2:00 p.m., Wednes.
day, August 12, 1987, in the
Business Office located in the
Wylie Middle School at 1001
S. Ballard Street, Wylie,
Texas 75098. Proposals
received after the appointed
timp. will be reiected.
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Legal Notice'\
ORDINANCE NO. 87.37
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS.
AMENDING ORDINANCE
87-2 BY AMENDING ARTI-
CLE IV, SECTION 6 SO
THAT NO CLOTH, PAPER,
BANNER, FLAG, DEVICE,
OR OTHER SIMILAR
ADVERTISING MATTER
SHALL BE PERMITTED
TO BE ATTACHED TO
SUSPENDED FROM, OR
BE ALLOWED TO HANG
FROM ANY SIGN
BUILDING OR STRUC:
TURE, WHEN THE SAME
SHALL CREATE A
PUBLIC MENACE OR
DANGER. PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE'
PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE NOT TO EX-
CEED THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) FOR EACH OF.
FENSE; AND DECLAR.
ING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
ATTEST:
Carolyn Jones
DUL Y PASSED by the City
Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas, this the 28 day of .Ju-
ly, 1987.
Chuck Trimble, Mayor
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Wylie School Board will
have a public hearing on the
budget for the 1987-88 school
year at the regular meeting,
Monday, August 17, 1987, at
7:30 p.m. in the Library at the
Wylie Middle School.
INVITATION TO BID
Legal Notice
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids addressed to the
President and Board of Direc-
tors of the North Texas
Municipal Water District,
Wylie, Texas will be received
at the Administrative Offices
of the North Texas Municipal
Water District, Wylie, Texas
until 10:00 A.M., August 13,
1987, and then opened and
read, for furnishing all plant,
labor, material and equip-
ment and performing all work
required for the Hooper Road
Hepairs.
Proposals shall be accom-
panied by a cashier's or cer.
tified check upon a national
or state bank in an amount
not less than five percent
(5 %) of the total maximum
bid price, payable without
recourse to the North Texas
Municipal Water District, or
a bid bond in the same
amount from a reliable surety
company, as a guarantee that
the bidder will enter into a
contract and execute perfor.
mance bond and payment
bond within ten (10) days
after contract will be given by
the Owner within sixty (60)
days following the opening of
bids.
The successful bidder must
furnish performance bond
upon the form provided in the
amount of 100 percent of the
contract price and a material
and labor payment bond upon
the form provided in the
amount of 100 percent of the
contract price from a approv-
ed surety company holding a
permit from the State of
Texas to act as surety, or
other surety or sureties ac-
ceptable to the Owner.
The right is reserved, as the
interest of the Owner may re-
quire, to reject any and all
bids, and ,to _ waive, an~ infor.