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SECTION 2.
CUMULATIVE CLAUSE

This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Burleson, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which
event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of
the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.

SECTION 4.
RECITALS INCORPORATED

The findings and recitals set forth above in the preamble of this ordinance are incorporated
into the body of this ordinance as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 5.
OPEN MEETING

It is hereby officially found and determined that the meetings at which this ordinance is
passed is open to the public and that public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meetings
was given as required by law.

SECTION 6.
PENALTY CLAUSE

Any person, firm, association of persons, company, corporation, or their agents, its servants, or
employees violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall be fined,
upon conviction, not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00),
and each day any violation of noncompliance continues shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense. The penalty provided herein shall be cumulative of other remedies provided by state law.

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