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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Eonorablo Paul T. Eolb
Gounty Attorney
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ger a8 aondl- l dent to rl&ht in riroh a+ for tha iOL%n8 upon nhioh ppllratlona ordlnano~ prorider are to bo sado to thr Clt7 Mana&%, Said sootion 6mtall.r at length the lntonnabfon to be oontained in eaeh typo or appli- oation. *2 _.
. . 8eot%on 4 0r t&m oraia8neo pnwlde8, in part, a8 t r0u0rs
. . . .wll&l-~~t mm* than MaI by8 after them&la8 and rimh6 or 8ny 8ueh applloatioa, th8 ait7 Manqger W 188~0 the proper p4dtr to the 8pplfornt, or 8hallr8fu888u0happli88atapuritfbr :.
the l otivity oovereil by mob l p plieatlon.u
8ub 4 M.sba (b) 0r seotioa provldea a8 roi- 1OU8 I
l (b) An l dTl8ory and &08tiga- tiOIi oOWIitt88 Or nine W8bOr8 t-0 88W3 without oomp8nMtlon 18 &r8by oreate& to bs appoint& bp the City Cowaail, raid nim to bo oltlz~na oi the Oit of hatin Per8 not eiup1078*8 0r the city. arSd ~oaoaitme shall be uthorlfiea to mak0 lntestigatlons at the re- dth Cit7 fJUO8t of &M-r in WMe&ion an7 applloatlo0 Ipad under t-h8 proTlslon8 0r this ~inanO8 mad Wall lYQWtik filldlw8 to the Cltr Manager, upon uhtoh reoo-daflon Manager nmy grant retuse or report the Cl a pexm@; prcwid , that if the City Xemager aha3.l r&u88 a penit th8 pemon applying ror mm0 8~1hlWo tim&#lttoap~ to tlm city -0~ 0r th8 oit7 0t kutia, 83id OIL 8a3 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) s8otioa 0r the OrdiMIl8. progtde6, ia parb, as r0umt
” .an7 suoh petit meq be r0rok.d at any*&8 b7 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. *3 In riu 0r the raot that by a-t114 0r tha 00~
eurrent &.rI8dl8tIon of the Ju6tloo l eurt8, a ad l p- pd ht. juri8bi8tiOil Of th. l -w 80-8, *Or U88O8 Ui8ing Ul6.r th18Or(inM@., 7Oll,i~~OftiOi~ )o- 8itiOl.l 88 COtmtf AttOl%L87, -7 b. l til.d UpOIl t0 p-8.- out8 pr80onr r0r allogo rioaatlons 0r the orQlnenoe, we be118ra your t0 bo a propor 8ubj8ot ror an laqulry opinion ima thi8 dqmrtment, Uder tha prOr181OM or a99, Of tb.0 hvl8ed CiVil StatUt88 Of T-8. IrtiOh
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 furthor obsdnod that the ordlnanoo pr0vlG88 no rule or rtandartl by rirtue of rhioh the dotlon of the under the or&l- Cit7 Manager In revoktry: permit8 188ued n8no8 is oontrollrd or goroxned.
The languag8 umd by the eourt in the oaae or Baltimore ~8. Radsoke; Md. Sill; is applleablbr
"It lay8 dowa ao rule8 by rhioh it8 i.mp8rt1al exea&ion e8n bo esourod or partlallty an& oppre8slnu prevented.
e . .Whm ~0 resadber that*18 aotlon noaaotlon may prooeed reti enmity Or prOjUdiO8. rroP parti8tUi teal OF MI- aad athrr * n0sit7, ru frroritia p-per bf1UOIBO8 Md moth08 WI87 Of a dfrrinilt t0 b d8-
0aa0siade, toot.6 and l q0806, it b8OOmO8 WLIlOOO8- 8az7 to eu~O8t 00: - jxutlro apable of bolng%Z$At!iiiE
OOwOX Or 8tieh a pCU8r, rOr that bOO0m8
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The opinion or supreme court or th0 Stat8 0f T8~a8 in th0 0~6 0r spas ts. cit7 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 tha dlstriot oreated @y the ordlnano8, and upon approval by the olty bulld- lq tnspeotor or the design of the bulldlhg to be oreOtad. *4 HomI’abl8 Paul T. Eolt, May 89, lOJo, I'Qe 4
In holdLry suoh an o- 8 to be uW2Mtitutional, ChlOf Ju8ti8. mllip8 88ld: lloa in th8 ordlnanoo “A nut&r
is tba) 0T.n dth th8 -088 l OluMat Or th8 ?rOpOrt7 arhvll Or th0 i8td8t “g a bUtin may not be ueotod uit!ih it xnopt uponth8bullbingI~peotor~rap- pmtdl Or the 688igII Of th0 bUlidiII& HO rdl8 Or 8tMdard &Tell %O @TUB the ap lloant in raahlukin8 the 488lgn his or to gorern the lnspeotor in b&din& approrlng 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 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 'the rreedom or the prU8. Ter a f'urthar di8au88lon of a matter 8oMwhat to thi8, l O0 OUX Opinion rondored to Honorable 81&l-
w. tie O’Dsni81 , under date of April 17, 1939, ounoem- ing oon8titutiondlity oi Em80 Bill Eio. 194.
Tour8 riry truly ATTORNILP GFZWUL OF 'ZEUS B7 m- Blohard W. Falrohlld JiS8i8tMt *5 .
Eonorablo Paul T. <, Xay a9, 1959, ?qgo S