Ordinances – City of Bayou Vista

City of Bayou Vista Ordinances The Code of Ordinances for the City of Bayou Vista is available to the citizens of Bayou Vista. An ordinance is a local law that usually regulates persons or property and usually relates to a matter of a general and permanent nature. The passage, revision or repeal of an Ordinance must be approved by City Council in a meeting that has been duly called with notice of the meeting posted in a manner prescribed by law.

1. General Provisions ==>CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

2. Animal Control ==>CHAPTER 2 – ANIMAL CONTROL

3. Building and Construction ==>CHAPTER 3 – BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

4. Business and Commerce==>CHAPTER 4 – BUSINESS AND COMMERCE

5. Fire Protection==>CHAPTER 5 – FIRE PROTECTION

6. Health and Sanitation==>CHAPTER 6 – HEALTH AND SANITATION

7. Offenses and Nuisances ==>CHAPTER 7 – OFFENSES AND NUISANCES

8. Personnel and Administration ==>CHAPTER 8 – PERSONNEL-AND-ADMINISTRATION

9. Subdivisions – (Reserved for future use)

10. Traffic Control ==>CHAPTER 10 – TRAFFIC CONTROL

11. Utilities and Solid Waste ==> CHAPTER 11 – UTILITIES AND SOLID WASTE

12. Planning and Zoning ( Reserved for future use)

13. Franchises

8-20-2019: IMPORTANT NOTICE

NOTICE OF 2019 TAX YEAR PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR CITY OF BAYOU VISTA A tax rate of $0.400000 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of City of Bayou Vista. This rate exceeds the lower of the effective or rollback tax rate, and state law requires that two public hearings be held by the governing body before adopting the proposed tax rate. The governing body of City of Bayou Vista proposes to use revenue attributable to the tax rate increase for the purpose of providing essential City services. PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.400000 per $100 PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE $0.385000 per $100 EFFECTIVE TAX RATE $0.361647 per $100 ROLLBACK TAX RATE $0.447632 per $100 The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Bayou Vista from the same properties in both the 2018 tax year and the 2019 tax year. The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that City of Bayou Vista may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: property tax amount= (rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100

CITY OF BAYOU VISTA PUBLIC HEARING-SPECIAL CALLED (REGULAR MEETING)

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