QxhauatIvQly dlaouaaedve do not deQa It naoeaaa~ to do so hex-Q,but men17 oito laaa af the deoialona, vher~inItI8 Qxpreaalyheld that8 rIghto?thQ city euthoritlQ8to adopt awh regulations, ao longaathayara roaaonablo,eri uphald,Snd vherein it 15 hQld that, I? auah OrdlaanoQodo not amount to virtualprohlbltloa, they lrQ not in oonfllotwith the l.?yao? the state lIoenalng suoh oooupatlon.. . .. It is stated in thQ oaae of Bx part@ Ooldberg, 200 3. w. 386% II . . . Thsre are a tlons vhloh SeQm to by ~~11 UndQrotoodas thQ law, whlah may by stated as ?ollouar A buaineaavhloh is outhorlredby the state lav oamot by proh.ibitQd by city ordlnana~dIrQotlyor 1ndIrQotly. A busi- ness vhiah Is regulatedby thQ state oannot be pro- hibited by the olty either by e x p r ess lnaotsuntor by prohlbltoryreguletlon. A bua+Iluaa regulated by the state oamot be Fegulakd b7 the oft7, other- wise then by grant O? parer to auoh Oity In the oherter pasaQd Irjthe LQglSlatWQ SC@ the purpoaQ of auoh regulation. Bar oen auoh regulationbe otherwisethan In aooordvlth the state 1aV. . . .* There are ran7 oases holding that a buaLnQa8vhIoh la authorizedby state lav oannot by prohibitedW' olty ordin- anoe dlreotlyor Indireotly. For the purpoa~a of this oplnloa VQ do not deem it neoQaae~ to oite addltlonalauthoritIQa. In vlev of the foregoingauthorltlea7ou era reapeot- fully advisedthat It is the apInionof this dQpertmQntthat city oouncllaof the smaller oltiee of Texas, that la, the non-home rule oltlaa, oennot enaot a valid OrdIMMQ like or similarto the one sttaohed to your lnqui~y. Stated differ- mu. s. J. fsaaoks, ~rga 6
ently the oity 00u~l1s of suoh olt%es oannot ensot a valid ordim~e vhloh vi11 prohibita burinasrthat lo 8uthoriud by State lav.
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