1963-023 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DECLARING UNLAWFUL THE LITTERING
OF A PUBLIC PLACE OR OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO ANOTHER,
PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION,I
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended by including new Article ~, /~/ in Chapter ~
~of said Code of Ordinances which shall hereafter read as
follows
ARTICLE ~/~ UNLAWFUL TO LITTER PUBLIC PLACE OR ANOTHER'S
PROPERTY
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw,
place, or deposit or cause to be thrown, placed, or deposited
or suffer or permit his or her servant or any other person in
his or her family to throw or deposit in any street, alley, gutter,
ditch, lot or other place in this City the carcass of any dead
animal or fowl or any meat, fish, hides, skins, bones, offal,
manure, fruit, vegetables, melon rinds, fruit peelings, slop, or
other unsound or offensive matter or matter liable to become
offensive or injurious to the health of those who reside in the
vicinity or allow any such substances to remain in or about or
upon any premises owned or controlled by him, her, or them, and
any person violating said provision in any respect shall be punished
by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or
to throw, place, or deposit or cause to be thrown, placed, or
deposited or permit or suffer his or her servant or other persons
in his or her family to throw, place, or deposit in any street,
alley, gutter, ditch, or other public place, or upon any lot or
other premises not owned or controlled by him or her, tires,
bottles, cans, loose paper, rags, scraps of leather, shavings,
dishwater chips, or other trash
SECTION 2
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent
]ur~sdlct~on, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance, and the City Council of the
C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such
remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION 3
That this Ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of Its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this Ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record Chronlcal within ten (10)
days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED thzs //~ ~ day of ~- CE A~ ~C~ ,
A D 1963
Warren Whltson, Jr , Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
Br(~m/~'rHolt, City Secretary
C~ty of Denton, Texas
APPR3DVED %8 TO LEGAL FORM
J~ Q Barton,- City Attorney
/~ty of Denton, Texas