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Official shall provide the permit holder for the cargo container(s) of any condition in violation of this section. After notice to the permit holder, any cargo container stored or kept in such a manner deemed a dangerous condition and a public nuisance as determined by the Building Official may be immediately removed by the City. (f) Any cargo container in violation of this article shall be removed by the City, and any cost or expense associated with the removal shall be the responsibility of the property owner where the cargo container is located. All associated costs, including but not limited to legal fees and court costs, shall constitute a debt due and owed to the City, and shall be recordable as a lien upon the land of the cargo container storage facility and/or property owner. Revocation and Appeal. SECTION I. (a) Any permit issued under this article may be revoke upon ten (10) days written notice to the owner, occupant or person in control of the property if such person is storing, maintaining or otherwise keeping a cargo container in violation of this article or permit herein issued. (b) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the City Manager or designee to revoke a permit may appeal to the Planning and Zoning Board whose decision shall be final." SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Merkel, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby amended, repealed, and all other provisions of the Ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTIONS. If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or the provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Merkel, Texas, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of Merkel, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each offense, and each and every day such offense shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. SECTIONS. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides. DULYPASSED by the City Council of the City of Merkel, Texas, on the 201" day of May 2010. APPROVED: