2009-282sAour documents\ordinances\09\ord amending section 15-36.doc
ORDINANCE NO. / Y,2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION 15-36 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, CLARIFYING PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 15-36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows; all provisions of this division not specifically changed herein
shall remain intact and in full force and effect:
Sec. 15-36. Enforcement; complaints.
(a) Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or
who believes that he/she will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice that
is about to occur, hereinafter referred to as the "person aggrieved," may request assistance
from the administrator to file a complaint with the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Division of the Region VI office of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.
The administrator, if requested by the person aggrieved, may assist with preparation and
submission of the complaint to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(b) Whenever the administrator has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group
of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the
rights granted by this article or that any group of persons has been denied any of the rights
granted by this article, administrator may prepare and file a complaint setting forth the facts
in his own name, and such complaint shall be treated in the same manner as a complaint filed
by a person aggrieved.
(c) [No change]
(d) [No change]
(e) [No change]
(f) [No change]
SECTION 2. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by
a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining
portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the -z,~aday of , 2009.
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ATTEST:.
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY: per. ~G~
APPR D AS ~O LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: ,~-701Z 74
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