OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorablo Paul T. Eolb
Gounty Attorney
Ty.; hawE
,
ger a8 aondl-
ldent to rl&ht
in riroha+
the ordlnano~ prorider for tha iOL%n8 upon nhioh lppllratlona
are to bo sado to thr Clt7 Mana&%, Said sootion 6mtall.rat
length the lntonnabfon to be oontained in eaeh typo or appli-
oation.
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8eot%on4 0r t&moraia8neopnwlde8, in part, a8
r0u0rs t
. . . .wll&l-~~t mm* than MaIby8
after them&la8 and rimh6 or 8ny 8ueh
applloatioa, th8 ait7 Manqger W 188~0
the proper p4dtr to the 8pplfornt, or
8hallr8fu888u0happli88atapuritfbr :.
the lotivity oovereil by mob lp p liea tlo n.u
8u b 4 M .sb a 0r seotioa 4 provldea a8
(b) roi-
1OU8I
l(b) An ldTl8ory and &08tiga-
tiOIioOWIitt88 Or nine W8bOr8 t-088W3
without oomp8nMtlon 18 &r8by oreate& to
bs appoint& bp the City Cowaail, raid nim
Per8 to bo oltlz~naoi the Oit of hatin
not eiup1078*8 0r the city. arSd ~oaoaitme shall
be luthorlfiea to mak0 lntestigatlons at the re-
fJUO8t of the Cit7 &M-r in WMe&ion dth
an7 applloatlo0 Ipad under t-h8proTlslon8 0r
this ~inanO8 mad Wall lYQWtik filldlw8
to the Cltr Manager, upon uhtoh reoo-daflon
Manager nmy grant or retuse
a pexm@;
or report the Cl
prcwid , that if the City Xemager
aha3.lr&u88 a penit th8 pemon applying ror
mm0 8~1hlWo tim&#lttoap~ to tlm city
-0~ 0r th8 oit7 0t kutia, 83idOIL8a3
ApPti th8 ait hIMi 8b& 88 800X&M )raCt-
ieabl8, hear and &t8rdn8 ruoh app8al eml the
d8@ldOa of th8 City Oounoll tAOnOn 8hall b8
rlnal."
Subdltirloa (a) 0r s8otioa 6 0r the OrdiMIl8.
progtde6,ia parb, as r0umt
” .an7 suoh petit meq be r0rok.d
at any*&8 b7 the aity Maaqgor,.o. .*
&WtiOn .6 Or th0 OrdiIUUUW proTide th&t -70~
&lilty of rlolatlag any pyOVi8iOll Of the ordlnanae 8hal.l
be beerned&uilty or a mi8dsao8nor and upon eomlotlon 8hall
be punished by a ilne not to aoee& (ZCC,W.
In riu 0r the raot that by a-t114 0r tha 00~
eurrent &.rI8dl8tIonof the Ju6tlooleur t8, a a d
the lp -
p d h t.juri8bi8tiOil Of th. l-w 80-8, *Or U88O8
Ui8ing Ul6.r th18Or(inM@., 7Oll,i~~OftiOi~ )o-
88 COtmtf AttOl%L87, -7
8itiOl.l b. ltil.d UpOIl t0 p-8.-
out8 pr80onr r0r allogo rioaatlons0r the orQlnenoe,
we be118ra your laqulry t0 bo a propor 8ubj8ot ror an
opinion ima thi8 dqmrtment, Uder tha prOr181OM or
IrtiOh a99, Of tb.0 hvl8ed CiVil StatUt88 Of T-8.
It ~111 be observed that this ordinanau pro-
ride8 no rules or standards governing the City Manager
in approving or dlrapprorlng applloatlon8 mado under it.
It 18 furthor obsdnod that the ordlnanoo pr0vlG88 no
rule or rtandartlby rirtue of rhioh the dotlon of the
Cit7 Manager In revoktry:permit8 188ued under the or&l-
n8no8 is oontrollrd or goroxned.
The languag8 umd by the eourt in the oaae or
Baltimore ~8. Radsoke; 49 Md. Sill; is applleablbr
"It lay8 dowa ao rule8 by rhioh
it8 i.mp8rt1alexea&ion e8n bo esourod
or partlallty an& oppre8slnu prevented.
e . .Whm ~0 resadber that*18 aotlon
or noaaotlon may prooeed reti enmity
Or prOjUdiO8.rroP parti8tUiteal OF MI-
n0sit7, ru frroritia aad athrr *
p-per bf1UOIBO8 Md moth08 WI87 Of
0aa0siade, a dfrrinilt t0 b d8-
toot.6 and lq0806, it b8OOmO8 WLIlOOO8-
8az7 to eu~O8t 00: -
jxutlrolapable of bolng%Z$At!iiiE
OOwOX Or 8tieh a pCU8r, rOr that bOO0m8
2~ta*~~s~~8%:~? the
The opinion or the supreme court or th0 Stat8
0f in th0 0~6 0r spas ts. cit7
T8~a8 0r Dal~a8, tss s.
W. 515, Ia dlreotly in point. In that earn, there ms
lnrolred a 8lty ordintmoe of the City or Dallas, Texa8,
prohlbltlng 8on8truetlon of any bWiae6s h0u8e in re8l-
d8ntl8l di8tliOt8 exo8pt with the Oonsent of three-
fourth 0r the property om0m 0r tha dlstriot oreated
@y the ordlnano8, and upon approval by the olty bulld-
lq tnspeotor or the design of the bulldlhg to be oreOtad.
HomI’abl8 Paul T. Eolt, May 89, lOJo, I'Qe 4
In holdLry suoh an o- 8 to be uW2Mtitutional,
ChlOf Ju8ti8. mllip8 88ld:
“A nut&r lloa th8 ordlnanoo
in
is tba) 0T.n dth th8
-088 lOluM a t
Or th8 ?rOpOrt7 arhvll Or th0“g i8td8t
a bUtin may not be ueotod uit!ih it
lxnopt uponth8bullbingI~peotor~rap-
pmtdl Or the 688igII Of th0 bUlidiII& HO
rdl8 Or 8tMdard 18 &Tell %O @TUB the
ap lloant in raahlukin8 the 488lgn 0r his
b&din& or to gorern the lnspeotor in
approrlng or rejeotlag it. The ordlnano*
loaTe it to the unbridled dlwr8tlon of the
laspeotor to disapprore ths design, ro-
8ultlw in a refusal ot the pen&t and the
pmhlbltlon of the buildlag. Th18 leEiT
th8 right to eonStmtth6 bUildiU&8Ubje&
to the arbltw dl8aretlon of ths lmpeotor,
and of it8elZ readen the ordlnanoo rold.
Th8 TOW ~88OLIW Of AlWWlOM 8OlUltitUtiOn6
18 that the materiti right8 Of M man Shari
be subjeot to the m8re will or another. Y&ok
W~J ii.-Hopklna, ll8 U. S. 956, 6 Sup. Ct. 1064,
so L. M. ez0.t
It fOnOW8 that the ordlnaneb OS the city 0r
Austin, abort rarerred to,~ia unoon3titutlonal and in-
valid la it8 aatirety, aad therm i8, thonlore, no oo-
oaslon at thl8 the to reader II! oplnlon upon the qyo8-
tion of wheth8r the OrdinanOe iIlTOlT.8 in othor TUpeOt8
an unwxutltutlonal lntorferanoe with 'therreedom or the
prU8.
Ter a f'urthardi8au88lon of a matter 8oMwhat
81&l- to th i8,lO0 OUX Opinion rondored to Honorable
w. tie O’Dsni81 , under date of April 17, 1939, ounoem-
ing the oon8titutiondlity oi Em80 Bill Eio. 194.
Tour8 riry truly
ATTORNILP
GFZWUL OF 'ZEUS
B7 m-
Blohard W. Falrohlld
JiS8i8tMt
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Eonorablo Paul T. <, Xay a9, 1959, ?qgo S