Ord. 2013-18 - Code update for alarm ordinance - 5-7-13ORDINANCE NO. 2013-18
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY
CHAPTER 4 "ALARM SYSTEMS "; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS
THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Huntsville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4 "ALARM SYSTEMS" provides for the regulation of certain businesses for
the health, safety and public welfare of the City's residents; and
WHEREAS, various state laws regulate alarms, alarm companies, alarm installers and alarm sales in the state of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code § 214.191 (formerly Texas Local Gov't. Code Ch. 218) authorizes municipal permits for
certain alarm systems; and
WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code § 233.091 authorizes county regulation of certain alarm systems and expressly does not
affect the authority of a municipality to enact ordinances regulating alarm systems; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds it necessary to amend its existing alarm regulations to protect the public safety based on changing
technology and use of alarm systems; now therefore
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas now wishes to amend Chapter 4 to help promote the health, safety and
welfare of its residents;
WHEREAS, notice of the agenda for this meeting, was given in accordance with law by posting the same at the place reserved and
designated for notices of public meetings and public activities and prior to the adoption of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are found to be true and correct and are
hereby adopted, ratified, and confirmed.
SECTION 2: Huntsville Code of Ordinances Chapter 4 "ALARM SYSTEMS" is hereby amended by replacing it with the Chapter
4 "ALARM SYSTEMS" that is attached hereto as Exhibit "A ".
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of Ordinances that are in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: Should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or section of this Ordinance be adjudged or held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision
thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date of passage by the City Council, as
provided by Article 4.14 of the Charter of the City of Huntsville, Texas.
First Reading Date: April 16, 2013
PASSED AND APPROVED on the Second Reading on this the 7`h day of May 2013.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
Mac Woodward, M yor
APPR(JVED AS TO FORM:
neider, City Attorney
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Walker
I, Bill Hamilton, of the aforesaid County and State, do solemnly swear that I am interim Publisher
of The Huntsville Item, a daily newspaper of general circulation
which has been continuously and regularly published at Huntsville, Walker
County, Texas, and is a legal newspaper and the attached notice was published
in said newspaper.
City of Huntsville 2 consecutive/subsquent dates previous
to the return day therof to wit:
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NINA HANSEN
My Commission Expires
January 27, 2017
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From: Lee Woodward (LWoodward@huntsvilletx.gov)
To: nina2hansen@yahoo.conl;
Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 8:38:20 AM
Cc:
Subject: Alarm ordinance
Good morning! Could you please run this twice between tomorrow and 5/17? Thank you!
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 4
"ALARM SYSTEMS"; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS THERETO; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Huntsville on May 7, 2013. Lee Woodward,
City Secretary
Lee Woodward, TRMC
City Secretary
City of Huntsville
936-291-5403
Iwoodward@huntsvilletx.gov
1212 Avenue M
Huntsville, TX 77340
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF
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PENALTY; MAKING OTHER AND PROVISIONS
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AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed and approvedby the City Council of the City of Huntsville
May 7, 2013. Lee Woodward,- City Secretary
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF
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PENALTY; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
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TEXAS COMMISSION ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND
PRELIMINARY DECISION
FOR TPDES PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL
WASTEWATER RENEWAL
PERMIT NO. W00012159001
APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY
DECISION. Gulf Coast Trades Center, 143
Forest Service Road 233, New Waverly, Texas
77429, has applied to the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal
of TPDES Permit No. WQ0012159001 which
authorizes the discharge of treated domestic
Wastewater at'a daily average flow not to
exceed 25,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received
this application on December 17, 2012.
The facility is located at 143 Forest Service
Road 233, New Waverly, approximately 3.8
miles west of the intersection of Interstate
Highway 45 and Farm -to -Market Road 1375
and northeast of Lake Conroe in Walker
County, Texas 77358. The treated effluent is
discharged to Fivemile Branch; thence to Gum
Branch; thence to Lake Conroe in Segment No.
1012 of the San Jacinto River Basin. The
unclassified receiving water use is minimal
aquatic life use for Fivemile Branch. The
designated uses. for Segment No. 1012 are
primary contact recreation, public water supply _.
and high aquatic life use. All determinations
are preliminary and subject to additional review.
and/or revisions.
The TCEQ. Executive Director has completed
the technical review of the application and
prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if
approved, would establish the conditions under
which the facility must operate. The Executive
Director has made a preliminary decision that
this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and
regulatory requirements. The permit
application, Executive Director's preliminary
decision, and draft permit are available for
viewing and copying at the New Waverly Public
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TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE
HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDETHE
FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST:
your name, address, phone number; appli-
cant's name and proposed permit number;
the location and distance of your
property/activities relative to the proposed;.
facility; a specific description of how you
would be adversely affected by the
facility in a way not common. to the general
public; and, the statement "[I/we] request a
contested case hearing." If the request for
contested case hearing is filed on behalf of
a group or association, the request must
designate the group's representative for
receiving future correspondence; identify an
individual member of the group who would
be adversely affected by the proposed
facility or activity; provide the Information
discussed above regarding the affected
member's location and distance from the
facility or activity; explain how and why the
member would be affected; and explain how
the interests thegroup seeks to protect are
relevant to the group's purpose.
Following the close of all applicablecomment
and request periods, the Executive Director will
forward the application and any requests for
reconsideration or for a contested case hearing
to. the TCEQ Commissioners for their
consideration at a scheduled Commission
meeting.
The Commission will only grant a contested
case hearing on disputed issues of fact that are
relevant and material to the Commission's
decision on the application. Further, the
Commission will only grant a hearing on issues
that were raised in timely filed comments that
were not subsequently withdrawn. TCEQ may
act on an application to renew a permit for
discharge of wastewater without providing
an opportunity for a contested case hearing
if certain criteria are met.
Executive Director. Action. The Executive
Director may issue final approval of the
application unless a timely contested case