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(a) Continuance permits issued pursuant to City Ordinance 14115 allowing the maintenance of conditions that would otherwise constitute a violation of former §§ 11A-21 or 11A-22 shall continue in effect unless suspended or revoked pursuant to this section.
(b) A continuance permit is valid only for the original permittee and for those conditions designated and approved. A continuance permit is not transferable to any other person or any other location.
(c) The permit shall be automatically revoked upon a change in the status of the permitted property or upon cessation of the uses as stated in the permit for a period of 30 days.
(d) The code compliance director, or that individual’s designee, may suspend or revoke the continuance permit if the subject of the permit is found to be in violation of city code or state or federal law.
(e) This process shall exhaust all administrative remedies of the permittee.
(Ord. 19424-11-2010, § 4, passed 11-9-2010)
(a) No person shall deposit or allow to accumulate on private property, or discharge from any place onto private or public property in the city any human or animal liquid waste, foul water or any noxious liquid waste.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates subsection (a) above.
(c) The application of this section does not include discharges to the city’s municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4), which are regulated by the city’s environment code.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)
(a) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property that contains a pond, pool or container holding unwholesome, impure or offensive water that creates an unreasonable and noxious odor in a public place or that is detrimental to the health of humans.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property which contains any drain, ditch, tank or gutter that is maintained in such a manner that creates an unreasonable and noxious odor in a public place or that is detrimental to the health of humans.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property which has an overflowing septic tank or has sewage leaking from any pipes onto the premises.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property that contains a condition or place that is a breeding ground for rats.
(e) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property that contains a collection of water that is a breeding place for mosquitoes.
(f) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property that contains a condition or place that is a breeding ground for flies or cockroaches.
(g) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to the public where ectoparasites suspected to be disease carriers are present.
(h) A person commits an offense if the person operates or causes the operation of a vehicle or container used to transport garbage, human excreta or other organic material, when such vehicle or container allows the leaking or spillage of its contents.
(i) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of garbage on the property in a manner that creates an unreasonable and noxious odor in a public place, that provides a breeding ground or harborage for vectors, or that is detrimental to the health of humans.
(j) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of any solid waste or recyclables upon the property except in solid waste containers of a type approved by the director of department of environmental management.
(k) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of solid waste or recyclables upon the property in any leaking or unsecured solid waste containers.
(l) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of solid waste or recyclables upon the property, even in approved containers, for a period in excess of one week.
(m) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of materials in a composting pile or bin on such property in a manner that:
(1) Breeds or allows the harborage of vectors; or
(2) Creates an unreasonable and noxious odor in a public place.
(n) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of property and accumulates or allows the accumulation of recyclables on such property in a manner that:
(1) Breeds or allows the harborage of vectors; or
(2) Creates an unreasonable and noxious odor in a public place.
(o) In a prosecution of subsections (j), (k) or (l) above, it is an exception that the property was a solid waste facility regulated by the Texas natural resource conservation commission or was a recycling facility.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997; Ord. 14698, § 1, passed 7-17-2001)
A person commits an offense if the person places or maintains a clothesline in the front yard or on the front porch of any dwelling of any lot or parcel of land which is zoned “A” One-Family, “A-R” Residential, “B” Two-Family or “R-1" Residential, under the comprehensive zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)
(a) A person commits an offense if the person accumulates or allows the accumulation on any property of any:
(1) Broken, inoperable or discarded household furnishings, appliances, machines, tools, boxes and cartons, lawn maintenance equipment, play equipment, toys and similar items;
(2) Used or discarded building materials;
(3) Materials or items stored on rooftops or porches of buildings when visible from the public right-of-way or neighboring property;
(4) Factory or mill wastes;
(5) Damaged merchandise;
(6) Wet, broken or leaking barrels, casks or boxes;
(7) Used, discarded or broken automotive parts or equipment; or
(8) Any other materials which tend by decay to become putrid or to provide harborage for rodents and other vectors.
(b) It is defense to prosecution of subsection (a) above that the person was engaged in the business of dealing in junk, and was in compliance with the comprehensive zoning ordinance and all other applicable provisions of the city code relating to junk dealers.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)
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