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Feb 14, 2012 · Precursor

Revised residency ordinance, No. 7319, is on the City Commission agenda for first reading

The February 14, 2012 City Commission agenda listed Ordinance No. 7319 for first reading. It would add Section 10-3-29 to the Municipal Code restricting where registered sex offenders assigned a risk level of "High," "Moderate" or "Not Reported" by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice could establish a new or relocated residence: not within 1,000 feet of certain day care centers and other places where children commonly gather. It included a waiver. The February 21 and February 28, 2012 agendas list no second reading; on both, Ordinance No. 7319 is a rezoning near Western Street and Farmers Avenue.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Leadership & governance

What the sources say

✓ Verified
The video index for the February 14, 2012 City Commission regular meeting lists item 2, "ORDINANCE NO. 7319," described as "the first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 10-3, Article III of the Amarillo Municipal Code to add a new section 10-3-29 to restrict the residence location of certain registered sex offenders, providing for a waiver." As proposed it would apply to offenders assigned a risk level of "High," "Moderate," or "Not Reported" by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, within 1,000 feet of certain day care centers and other premises where children commonly gather, and to "those affected parties establishing new or relocated residences." The video index does not record the vote. ^[1]
✓ Verified
On the February 21, 2012 City Commission agenda, Ordinance No. 7319 is the first reading of a rezoning of a 66.58-acre tract near Western Street and Farmers Avenue, and on the February 28, 2012 agenda it is that rezoning's second and final reading. Neither agenda lists a second reading of the sex offender residency ordinance, and no later adoption was found. The City has not published a reason the ordinance did not advance. ^[2]^[3]
⚠ Sources differ
What happened to the proposal after the December 2011 public hearing.
Reported value 1[4]
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The matter did not reappear on future agendas after the December 2011 public hearing
As reported by the Amarillo Tribune in September 2026
Reported value 2[1][2][3]
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A revised ordinance (No. 7319) was on the February 14, 2012 agenda for first reading; no second reading appears afterward
As listed in the City's meeting video index

Sources

1.Feb 14, 2012 City Commission Regular Meeting (video index) — City of Amarillo (Swagit meeting video), Feb 14, 2012 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026primarySubject-authoredAgenda item 2, Ordinance No. 7319 (first reading), read from the video index's item text; the recording was not reviewed and the index does not record votes.
2.Feb 21, 2012 City Commission Regular Meeting (video index) — City of Amarillo (Swagit meeting video), Feb 21, 2012 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026primarySubject-authoredAgenda item 2 lists Ordinance No. 7319 as the first reading of a rezoning near Western Street and Farmers Avenue.
3.Feb 28, 2012 City Commission Regular Meeting (video index) — City of Amarillo (Swagit meeting video), Feb 28, 2012 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026primarySubject-authoredAgenda item 2 lists Ordinance No. 7319 as the second and final reading of the same rezoning.
4.Amarillo Considers Ordinance for Child Safety Zones — Amarillo Tribune, Sep 25, 2026 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026newsIndependentByline Jo Early. Links the December 6, 2011 hearing video, AG Opinion GA-0526 and a 2015 TML survey.