1979-052 NO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
CREATING A NEW SECTION 20-2 OF CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE I ENTITLED
"SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY OF THE CITY", PRO-
VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Legaslature of the State of Texas has dele-
gated to local polltacal subdlvaslons the authority to d~spose
of surplus real property, and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton as a political subdav~s~on of
thls State has, on occaslon, surplus real property whach as not
needed or unusable for the purpose or~ganally antended; and
WHEREAS, the C~ty Couno~l of the City of Denton believes it
to be an the best interest of lts cltazens to dispose of such
surplus real property by competitive bidding whenever practicable
and allowable by the laws of th~s State,
NOW~ THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
HEREBY ORDAINS
PART I
That the Code of Or~dnances of the Caty of Denton, Texas,
be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new Section 20-2
of Chapter 20, Article I to be entitled Sale and D~sposal of
Surplus Property of the C~ty, which shall hereafter read as
follows
SECTION 20-2 SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY
OF THE CITY
All sales and d~sposal of surplus real property belonging
to the Clty of Denton shall be dasposed of by the City by an
ordinance duly passed by a majority vote of the City Councll
The C~ty Council may provlde by a majority vote an opportunaty
for competataon for all sales and disposal of real property
excluded from such requirements under the laws of the State of
Texas ~f at determines after a review of all avaalable anforma-
t~on and pertinent data that such property should be advertased
for bids before disposal Compet~tlve bad procedures for all
such sales of real property belongang to the Clty shall be in
accordance wath the general laws of the State of Texas governing
the sale and disposal of real property by a political subdivi-
sion and the ordinances of the C~ty of Denton
PA,RT II
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or application there-
of to any person or c~rcumstances Ks held lnvalld by any court
of competent jurlsd~ctlon, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of th~s ~d~nance, and the
C~ty Council of the Clty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remalnlng portlons desplte any such
~nval~d~ty
PART III
Th~s ordinance shall become effective ~mmedlately upon its
passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the ~_~day of July, A D 1979
BILE NA~H, 'MAYOR
CITY OF DENTONt TEXAS
ATTES~~
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
BUR~ R. SOLOMONS, ACTING CITY
ATTORNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS