1970-04-21
A G E N D A
COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 21, 1970
I. Fire Department Report
II. Petition of Robert Norman for Annexation
III. Henry Golembiewski for the Episcopal Church
of the Resurrection regarding burial vaults
in the basement of proposed church building
IV. Darrell Mills regarding proposed use of land
not owned by him
V. Weight Ordinance
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VI. Amendment to Ordinance Prescribing Rates for
City of Southlake Waterworks System- #~3yL j
VII. City Matters:
A. Purchase of Well Site #2 accomplished
B. Purchase of Vols. Wand 2A of Vernon's
1 Civil Statutes
C. Purchase of Check Protector
D. Purchase of SunAer Shirts for Police
Department
E. Report on Meeting with Texas Highway
Department
F. Approval of Bills Presented
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 21, 1970
The City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, met in
regular session in the Council Chamber of City Hall on
Tuesday, April 21, 1970, with the following members pre-
sent:
J. L. Clow, Mayor
Wade Booker, Mayor Pro Tem
Thurman Hearn, Councilman
W. B. Brown, Councilman
Ralph Polson, Councilman
Billy Joe Knox, Councilman
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Also present: William D. Campbell, City Attorney
Mayor Clow called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. The
invocation w s i verl by
® •~v fl►Ipl~ PotsoN Caw.)
The minutes were approved as read. ,
Fire Department Report: Given by Chief Bob Steele (copy
attached and made a part hereof). Chief Steele informed
the Council that the Garage Sale recently held netted
$541.28 and that the old truck was sold for $450.00; also,
that No. 3002 Unit needs some repair work done. He also
stated a Fish Fry will be held May 17th at Holiday Acres.
Chief Steele recommended that Jud Joyce be appointed Fire
Marshal (said post having been vacated by Councilman
Polson). Following discussion, the motion was made by
Councilman Brown to appoint Jud Joyce Fire Marshal;
seconded by Councilman Booker. Motion carried unanimously.
Petition for Annexation requested by Robert Norman: The
Council asked Mr. Norman several questions concerning his
property. The motion was then made by Councilman Brown
to accept said petition; seconded by Councilman Knox. Motion
carried unanimously. (Copy of petition attached hereto and
made a part hereof. Public hearing on same set May 19,1970.)
C.4&'.) '
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection: Henry Golem-
biewski appeared for same regarding plans to build a 1,000
lnci Mt i >
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' CITY OF SOUTHLAKE
FIRE DEPARTFIMT
PHONE - 289-2123
R. P. STEELE
FIR2 CHIEF
FIRE DEPAR'rMMT 3UM11ARY
' SOU JiLAKE Flit DEYARTbW l
MONTH OF March 19 Z0
1. TOTAL CALLS 6
2. \Ti i:,'-1J .LT111[x7 ----r--r-•----wi.. -----r------------- 2
3 STRUCTURE FIRES 1
4. AUTO FIRES 2
5. AUTO ACCIDjZT STAND-BY
MUTUAL
7. FALSE ALARMS 1
0 8 H,;3Ci~aCi AIC;h CALLS
9. AMBULANCE CALLS
' 10. TOTAL HUMBM OF MAN HOURS AXP&NDED 65 hrs
11. TOTAL NUMBER OF P]AN HOURS EXPANDED Oil CIVIC PROJECTS
nTT4W'P TRAM WIRE DEPARTYUNT OPSRATIONJ 80 hrs.
12. APPROXIMATk3.Y TOTAL MAN HOURS CHECKING AND MAINTINANCE
OF FIRE DEPARTMENT SWIPMENT--------------------------- 120 hrs.
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HUYMR OF DRILLS DURING MONTH 2
1 NUMBER OF MAN HOURS ON DRILLS 50 hrs.
NW,BER OF MEN ATTENDING HeMINGS, FOR MONTH 72
' *DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING BUT ACTUAL FIRE DEPARTNUNT DRILLS.,
APECIAL REPORT:
Chief Steele 3 J. Capps 2 L. Broom
Asst. Chief Barrett 3 J. Larned 2 D. Cordes
10 R. Shannon 1 J. Clifton 2 D. Ince
D. Johnson 2 B. Powell 2 R. Bridgewater
R. Polson 5 J. Martin 1
W. Stricker 2 G. Orfield 1
B. Burrus 1 J. Joyce 2
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TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council of
Southlake, Texas,
GREETINGS:
We, the undersigned, Robert Lee Norman et ux Shirley
D. Norman, both of Dallas County, Texas, hereinafter called
Petitioners, represent as follows:
1. That they are the owners of a tract of land out
of the Leonard Lincoln Survey, Abstract 981, Tract B, in
Tarrant County, Texas, being jnar6p&rt4 dularly described by
metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point 855 feet South of a steel stake
in the Northwest corner of a 10i acre tract of land deeded
to Leona Tanner, said stake being 1,438.2 feet North and
2,616.1 feet West of the Southeast corner of the Leonard
Lincoln Survey;
THENCE North 0 degrees 3 minutes West along the East
line of County Road No. 3061, 95 feet to a stake;
THENCE North 89 degrees 35 minutes East 460 feet to
a stake;
stake; THENCE South 0 degrees 3 minutes East, 95 feet to a
THENCE West 460 feet to the point of beginning, con-
taining one acre of land, more or less.
A plat of said land showing its location with respect
to the boundary of the City of Southlake, Texas, is attached
hereto marked EXHIBIT "A".
2. That the land described in EXHIBIT "A" hereto
attached is less than one-half mile in width; that less than
three qualified voters reside thereon, and is contiguous and
adjacent to the City of Southlake, Texas.
3. Your petitioners agree that if this request for
annexation be granted, said land shall become a part of the
City of Southlake, Texas, and the said land and any future
inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges of other citizens of the City of Southlake, and
shall be bound by the acts and ordinances of said City now in
effect and as hereafter enacted.
WHEREFORE, your petitioners respectfully request that
this Petition for Annexation to the City of Southlake of the
land described in attached Exhibit be granted.
WITNESS the signatures of Petitioners duly acknowledged
as required for deeds.
obert Lee Norman
hirley Norman
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF gas
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per-
sonally appeared Robert Lee Norman et ux Shirley D. Norman,
known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they ex-
ecuted the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office on this the
day of April, A. D. 1970.
ary Public, ~A-g-Adj
County, Texas.
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TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
' To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council of
Southlake, Texas,
GREETINGS:
We, the undersigned, Robert Ise Norman at ux Shirley
D. Norman, both of Dallas County, Texas, hereinafter called
Petitioners, represent as follows:
1. That they are the owners of a tract of land, out
of the Leonard Lincoln Survey, Abstract 981, Tract B, in
Tarrant County, Texas, being more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point 855 feet South of a steel stake
in the Northwest corner of a 1041 acre tract of land deeded
to Leona Tanner, said stake being 1,438.2 feet North and
2,616.1 feet West of the Southeast corner of the Leonard
Lincoln Survey;
THENCE North 0 degrees 3 minutes West along the East
line of County Road No. 3061, 95 feet to a stake;
THENCE North 89 degrees 35 minutes East 460 feet to
a stake;
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stake; THENCE South 0 degrees 3 minutes East, 95 feet to a
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THENCE West 460 feet to the point of beginning, con-
taining one acre of land, more or less.
A plat of said land showing its location with respect
to the boundary of the City of Southlake, Texas, is attached
hereto marked EXHIBIT rrAll.
2. That the land described in EXHIBIT "A" hereto
attached is less than one-half mile in width; that less than
three qualified voters reside thereon, and is contiguous and
ddjacen t to the City of Southlake, Texas.
3. Your petitioners agree that if this request for
annexation be granted, said land shall become a part of the
City of Southlake, Texas, and the said land and any future
inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges of other citizens of the City of Southlake, and
shall be bound by the acts and ordinances of said City now in
effect and as hereafter enacted.
WHEREFORE, your petitioners respectfully request that
this Petition for Annexation to the City of Southlake of the
land described in attached Exhibit be granted.
WITNESS the signatures of Petitioners duly acknowlred ad
as required for deeds.
art Lae Norman
b
rley Orman
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF.~AD
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per-
sonally appeared Robert Lee Norman at ux Shirley D. Norman,
known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they ex-
ecuted the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office on this the
day of April, A. D. 1970.
ry Public,
06unty, Texas.
vault burial crypt underground for which he is seeking City
approval. He stated they would not do anything which would
be in violation of any State law. Mayor Clow advised the
Council he did not believe a change in zoning is necessary
in order to build a church and that our zoning ordinance
does not cover burial grounds. However, he advised no action
be taken at this time until property owners in the area are
contacted first so the Council would know their views regarding
the matter.
' Darrell Mills has obtaine4 a building permit for the construc-
tion of a storage building in which to hold frozen fish for
' resale off the premises. Following discussion, the Council
was of the opinion such use was commercial and that a change
in zoning would be needed.
' Weight Ordinance: The City Attorney explained briefly what
such an ordinance would encompass. The motion was made by
Councilman Brown to pass this ordinance; seconded by Council-
man Booker. Motion carried unanimously. (This ordinance is
hereby designated as Ordinance No. 172, a copy of which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. City Secretary was
directed to have same published in the official newspaper,
the Grapevine Sun . )
• Ordinance No. 134-B-1: This ordinance sets forth rates for
' trailer parks and amends Ordinance No. 134-B which deals with
rates for water users. The motion was made by Councilman
Hearn to adopt said Ordinance No. 134-B-1; seconded by Council-
man Brown. Motion carried unanimously. (Copy attached and
made a part hereof.)
Motion was made by Councilman Brown to purchase Volumes 2A and
2B of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes; seconded by Councilman
Knox. Motion carried unanimously.
' Motion was made by Councilman Polson to purchase a second-hand
check protector; seconded by Councilman Knox • Motion carried
unanimously.
N.
Motion was made by-Councilman Brown to purchase twelve men's
Shirts at $4.95 each and eight women's blouses at-"$7.40 each
for the Police Department; seconded by Councilman Knox. Motion
' carried unanimously.
Councilman Hearn reported on tlv-::meeting had with the Texas
' Highway Department. Another traffic survey will soon be made.
NTCOG meeting April 29th at 9:30 A.M. for those able to attend.
Council Mtg. 4/21/70-Pg. 2
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ORDINANCE NO. J_
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS GOVERNING
THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS,
HIGHWAYS, BOULEVARDS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS LIMIT-
ING THE WEIGHT OF LOADS AND SIZE OF VEHICLES
OPERATING THEREON; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN
' DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Definitions
' The following words and phrases when used in this
Ordinance shall for the purpose of this Ordinance have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this sec-
tion as follows:
Vehicle - Every mechanical device, in upon, or by
which any person or property is or may be transported or
drawn upon a public highway, including motor vehicles,
commercial motor vehicles,,truck-tractors, and semi-
trailers, severally as hereinafter defined, but excepting
devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon
stationary rails or tracks.
Motor Vehicle - Every vehicle, as herein defined
which is self-propelled. '
' Commerical Motor Vehicle - Any motor vehicle
designed or used for the transportation of property,
not including a passenger bus, passenger automobile,
' motorcycle, panel delivery truck, or pickup truck.
Truck-Tractors - Every motor vehicle designed or
used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so
constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the
weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
' Trailer - Every vehicle without motive power designed
or used to carry property or passengers wholly on its own
structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle.
Semi-Trailer - Every vehicle of the trailer
type designed or used in conjuntion with a motor vehicle that
some part of its own weight and that,of its own load rests
upon or is carried by another motor vehicle.
Mobile Home - Living quarters equipped and used for
sleeping and eating which may be moved from one location
to another over a public street by:"being pullod behind a
motor vehicle.
Pole Trailer- Every vehicle without motive power
designed to be "drawn by another vehicle and attached to
the towing vehicle by means of a reach or a pole, or by
being boomed or otherwise' secured to the towing vehicle,
and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly
shaped loads, such as poles, pipes, or structural members
capable, generally., of sustaining themselves as beams
between the supporting connections.'
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SECTION 2. Restrictions to Truck Routes
1 No person shall operate or cause to be operated
any commercial motor vehicles, truck-tractor, trailer,
semi-trailer, or any combination thereof through the
City of Southlake in inter-city. travel without a local
' destination or point of origin except upon such streets
as are designated as Truck Routes by this ordinance.
1 SECTION 3. Requirements and Exceptions
A. Requirements. Except as otherwise provided
e2~ -rein, no person shall operate or cause to
be operated upon any public street within the
' corporate limits of the City of Southlake any
commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, semi-
trailers, or any combination thereof except on
' such street or streets as are designated as
Truck Routes.
' .B. Exceptions . The provisions of this section
shall not apply:
(1) To a vehicle traveling to or from a truck
1 terminal, garage, place of repair, place
of performing a service, or a place of
loading or unloading, over*the shortest
1 practicable route to a point on a Truck
Route,-any such vehicle shall be permitted
to proceed from one such point without re-
1 turning to a Truck Route if to so return
would unreasonably increase the distance
to be traveled between such points; the
operators of any such vehicle shall carry
' evidence of the location of its last stop
and of its immediate destination in order'
for this exception to apply;
(2) To emergency vehicles. operating in response
to any emergency call;
(3) To vehicles operated by a public utility
while cruising in any assigned area for
the purpose of inspecting the facilities
of said public utility and/or providing
maintenance service to said facilities.
SECTION„!. Designated Truck Routes
The following streets an`parts of streets are
designated 'Truck Routes" under this ordinance:
Names of Streets Limits
State Highway 11 Within City Limits
FM 1709 Within City Limits
FM 1938 Within City Limits
State Highway Loop 382 Within City Limits
B. The Chief of Police shall-erect appropriate signs
and markings to designate the Truck Routes
described herein.
-C. Whenever any street designated as a Truck Route
is being repaired or is otherwise temporarily out
of use, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized
to designate alternate Truck Routes for such per-
iod as might be necessary.
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SECTION .5. Maximum Weights, Dimensions and Fees
' A. Except as other provided herein, it shall be un-
lawful and in violation of this ordinance for any
person to drive, operate or move, and/or to cause '
' or permit to be driven, operated, or moved on any
public street within the corporate limits of the
City of Southlake, any commercial motor vehicle
with or without load, contrary to any of the reg-
ulations contained in this section.
B. (1) No commercial motor vehicle shall exceed a
' total outside width, including anload
thereon, of ninety-six inches (96"), except
that the width of a farm tractor shall not
' exceed nine feet (91) and that the limita-
tions as to size of a vehicle stated in this
section shall not apply to implements of hus-
bandry, machinery used solely for the purpose
' of drilling water wells, or to highway or
street-building or maintenance machinery
owned or operated by or in. behalf of the
' State of Texas or any of. its political sub-
divisions or of the City of Southlake.
(2) No commercial motor vehicle unladen or with
' load shall exceed a height of thirteen feet,
six inches (131611) including load.
' (3) No commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor,
trailer, or semi-trailer shall exceed a
length of forty feet (401) except it shall
be lawful for refrigeration equipment in-
stalled in a trailer or semi-trailer for
the purpose of refrigerating the cargo
thereof to overhang the front of such
vehicle more than forty feet (40'); when
any such truck-tractor and semi-trailer
are operated in combination no such combin-
ation of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer
coupled together shall exceed a total length
of fifty-five feet and when operated
1 in any other combination of such vehicles
coupled together including but not limited
to a truck and semi-trailer, truck and
trailer, truck-tractor and semi-trailer and
trailer, or truck-tractor and two trailers,
then no. such other combination of such veh-
icles coupled together shall exceed a length
of sixty-five feet (65' provided, however,
that the provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to any disabled vehicle being towed
by another vehicle to an intake place for re-
pairs; and provided further that the above
limitations shall not apply to any mobile
home or to any combination of a mobile home
and a motor vehicle, but no mobile home and '
motor vehicle combination shall exceed a
total length of fifty-five feet
r No vehicles or combination of vehicles, ex-
cept pole trailers, shall carry any load
extending more than three feet (31) beyond
the front thereof, nor more than four feet
(41 beyond the rear thereof.
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C. No commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor
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trailer, semi.-trailer, nor combination of
such vehicles shall be operated or caused or
permitted to be operated upon any public
xr:. street within the corporate limits of the
City of Southlake having a weight in` excess
of any one or more of the following limitations:
(1) In no event shall the total gross weight,
with load, of a two (2) axle vehicle ex-
ceed thirty-one thousand (31,000) pounds;
of a three (3) axle vehicle exceed forty-
nine thousand (49,000) pounds, of a four
(4) axle vehicle exceed sixty-three thous-
and (63,000) pounds; of a five (5) axle
vehicle exceed seventy-two thousand
172,000) pounds.
(2) No axle shall carry a load in excess of
eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds. An
' axle load shall be defined as the total
load transmitted to the road by all wheels
whose centers may be included between two
(2) parallel transverse verticle planes
® forty inches (40") apart, extending across
the full width of the vehicle.
(3) The total gross weight
concentrated on the
highway surface from any tandem-axle roup
shall not exceed thirty-two thousand 732000)
pounds for each such tandem-axle group. "Tan-
dem axle group" is defined to be two (2) or
' more axles spaced forty inches (40") or more
apart from center to center having at least
one (1) common point of weight suspension.
(4) Vehicles used exclusively to transport ready-
mix concrete may be operated upon the public
streets of the City of Southlake but a tan-
dem-axle load of such vehicle shall not exceed
thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds, a single-
axle load shall not exceed-twelve thousand
1 (12,000) pounds and a gross load shall not
exceed forty-eight thousand (48,000) pounds.
D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Any person operating or causing to be operated
a motor vehicle under a valid and subsisting
permit for the operation of over-weight or
over-size equipment for the transporation of
such commodities as cannot be reasonably dis-
mantled issued by the State Highway Depart-
ment under the provisions of Article 6701a of
the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas as said
article now exists or might from time ,to time
be amended;
(2) Emergency vehicles operating in response to
,any emergency call;
(3) Vehicles operated for l
structing or maintaining a purpose of ton-
g any public utility
in the City of Southlake;
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' E. (1) Upon written application timely made by
any person or corporation which desires
to operate or cause to be operated on the
public streets within the corporate limits
of the City of Southlake, Texas, overweight.
Z Y.or oversize equipment for the transportation
' of such commodities as cannot be reasonably
dismantled where the. total gross weight or
size of the vehicle and its load exceed the
limits allowed by this section, the Chief of
Police, after consulting with the Mayor, shall,
issue a permit for the operating of such
' equipment or fleets of equipment for a specs-`
fied period of time, over a route or routes
to be designated by the Chief of Police, if
such routes can be determined at the time
application for the permit is made.
(2)_ The application for the permit provided for
in this section shall be in writing, shall
be dated and signed by the applicant, and
shall contain the following:
(a) the kind of equipment to be operated,
with a complete description of same
and a statement as to its weight;
(b) the kind of commodity to be trans-
ported and a certificate as to its weight;
(c) the street or streets over which the
said equipment is to be operated, the
date or dates and the approximate time
' of said operation, and the number of
trips to be made, except when the nat-
ure, route, time, or frequency of op-
oration cannot be determined at the
time the permit is issued.
' (3) Before a permit is issued under this section
the 'applicant for same shall file with the
City Secretary a bond in an amount to be set
and approved by the Mayor. The amount of
such bond shall not exceed the product of
the number of vehicles for which a permit is
sought multiplied by Ten Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($10,000.00). Said bond shall be
payable to the City of Southlake and
condi- tioned that the applicant will pay to the
City of Southlake the sum of money necessary
to repair any damage which might be occasioned
to any public street or publicly-owned fix-
ture appurtenant to such street'by virtue of
' operation of any commercial vehicle under
said permit. Venue of any suit for recovery
upon said bond shall be in Tarrant County,
' Texas, and any bond issued hereunder shall
contain an unambiguous contractual provision
to that effect.
(4) A fee shall be charged for each permit as
,
follows:
5.00 for single trip permits.
10.00 for periods not exceeding thirty (30) days.
' 15-00-for periods not exceeding sixty (60)days.
20.00 for periods not exceeding ninety (90) days.
$50.00 for periods not exceeding one (1) year.
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The proper fee shall accompany each appli-
cation for permit and shall be made in cash
' or by cashier or certified check or postal
` money order. The fee shall be returned if
the application is denied.
(5) Any permit issued hereunder shall include at
least the following:
' (a) the name of the applicant, the date, a
description of the equipment to be op-
erated, and a description of the com-
modity to be transported;
(b) the signatures of the Chief of Police
1 and the City Secretary;
(c) the time for which the permit is issued;
' (d) the specified street or streets over
which the equipment is to be operated,
insofar as it can be determined at the
time the permit is issued.
SECTION 6. Weighing Loaded Vehicles by Police Officers
1 1 Any police officer of the City of Southlake hav-
ing reason to believe that the gross weight or
axle load of a loaded motor vehicle is unlawful,
' is authorized to weigh the same by means of port-.
able or stationery scales furnished or approved
by the City of Southlake, or cause the same to
be weighed by any public weigher, and to require
' that such vehicle be driven to the nearest avail-
able scales for the purpose of weighing. In the
- event the gross weight of such vehicle be found
' to exceed the maximum gross weight authorized by
this ordinance, plus a tolerance allowance of
five per cent (5%) of the' gross weight authorized
1 by this ordinance, such police officer shall de-
mand and require the operator or owner of such
motor vehicle to unload such portion of the load
as may be necessary to decrease the gross weight
of such vehicle to the maximum authorized by
this ordinance plus such tolerance allowance.
Such operator or owner shall forthwith unload
' such vehicle to the extent necessary to reduce
the gross weight thereof to such lawful maximum
and such vehicle shall not be operated further
over the public streets of the City of Southlake
until the gross weight of such vehicle has been
reduced to a weight not in excess of the maximum
limit plus such tolerance allowance. In the
event the axle load of any such vehicle be found
to exceed the maximum authorized by this ordinance
plus a tolerance allowance of five per cent (5%)
of the axle load authorized, such officer shall
demand and require the operator or owner thereof
to rearrange his cargo, if possible, to bring
such vehicle and load within the maximum axle
load authorized, and if this cannot be done by
rearrangement of said cargo, then such portion
of the load as may be necessary to decrease the
axle load to the maximum authorized plus such
tolerance allowance shall be unloaded before suoh
4 vehicle may be operated further over the publio
t.` streets of the City of Southlake...
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It is further provided that in the event unload
ing is required that the police officer of the
' City of Southlake is authorized to requi re the
vehicle to be moved to a safe location for the
purpose of parking and/or unloading.
' (2) It shall be unlawful for any police officer, ;
city employee, or official of the City, to
accept or agree to accept any gift, emolument,
money or thing of value, privilege or the prom-
ise of either, from any person, firm, corporation,
association, partnership, or the officers, agents,
' servants, or employees thereof as an inducement
to enforce or attempt to enforce the weighing and
unloading provisions of this ordinance.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corpor-
ation, association, partnership, or the officers,
agents, servants or employees thereof, to give,
or offer to give a promise to give to any city
employee, police officer or other officer of the
City, any gift, emolument, money or thing of value,
privilege, or the promise of either, as an induce
' ment to enforce or attempt to enforce the weighing
and unloading provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION Cargo Spillage
-It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause
to be operated any commercial motor vehicle on a public
street of the City of Southlake in such manner as to permit
any portion of its cargo, either liquid or solid, to fall
out of, spill from, or blow out of such vehicle.
' SECTION 8. Fine for Violations
Any person, firm, corporation, or any agent or employee
thereof who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there
of shall be fined not more than Two Hundred and No/100
Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
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SECTION 9. Scope of Ordinance
This ordinance shall be and it is hereby declared to
be cumulative of.all other ordinances of the City of
Southlake providing for the regulation of motor vehicles
upon the public streets, and this ordinance shall not oper-
ate to repeal or affect any of such other ordinances except
insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsistent or
-Oin conflict with the provisions-of this ordinance, in which
event such conflicting provisions, si ons, if any, in such other
g pr
ordtance or ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10. Retention of Partial Validity
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordianee is for any reason held to be unconstitu-
tional, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and of the remainder
of this ordinance not so held to be unconstitutional shall
continue to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 11. Relief from Personal Liability in Enforcement
of Ordinance
All of the regulations provided in this ordinance are
hereby declared to be governmental and for the health,
safety and welfare of the general public. Any member of
the City Council or any City Official or Employees charged
with the enforcement of this ordinance, acting for the
City of Southlake in the discharge of his duties, shall
not thereby render himself personally liable, and he is
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hereby relieved from all personal liability, for any
damage that might accrue to persons or property as a
result of any act required or permitted. in the dis-
charge of his said duties.
SECTION 12. Remedies Beyond Scope of City Ordinance
Any violation of this ordinance can be enjoined
by a suit filed in the name of the City of Southlake
in a court of competent jurisdiction, and this remedy
shall be in addition to any penal provision in this
ordinance or any other ordinances of the City,of Southlake.
SECTION 13. Effective Date of Ordinance
This ord nance shall be effective after passage and
proper newspaper publication in the official newspaper
of the City of Southlake, Texas.
PASSED thi s gg day of , 1970.
Mayor 44. L. Cow
ATTEST:
City Secretary Aliceanne Wallace
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C t ttorney . D. Campbe
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1P ORDINANCE N0. 134-B-1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 134-B
PRESCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR SER-
VICES FURNISHED BY THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM
OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH
LAKE, TEXAS, REGARDING TRAILER PARKS
WHEREAS, in order to adopt a standard procedure to follow
regarding water connections in trailer parks, And
WHEREAS, the bondholders, Farmers Home Administration,
have requested such standardization;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Southlake, Texas:
SECTION 1. In order to be a customer of the City of Southlak
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Waterworks System, a trailer park owner must:
1. Present to the City a detailed survey map of the
trailer park, showing number of spaces and location of each;
2. The City will than make a survey to determine if the
line size and water are available to serve said park;
3. If the survey is approved by the City, Owner must do
the following:
a) Pay $50 for each trailer space. The meter will
be issued in Owner's nave only.
b) City will (at Owner's expense) install a large
enough meter to serve the park.
c) Owner will (at his expense) connect each trailer
space from the meter on.
d) Owner will be charged the $6.50 minimum for each
' space each month.
e) Owner will be charged for all water used over
3,000 gallons per space at a rate of 90y per
1,000 gallons.
SECTION 2. Said Ordinance No. 134-B, except as amended by
this Ordinance, remains in effect in all other respects as
originally passed.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect after its passage
and any publication or posting, if any, as required by law.
PASSED this day of April, 1970.
ayor
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Texas Municipal League will have a seminar for Mayors and
Councilmen in Austin June 28-30.
r ' Councilman Polson made a motion to approve for payment the
bills presented; seconded by Councilman Booker. Motion
carried unanimously.
Discussion followed concerning non=conforming use of land.
' There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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