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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1971-885 .. . . .r.. . . ORDINANCE NO. 885 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE RETAIL SALE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS FROM MOBILE SERVICE UNITS TO MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED ON OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF' THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The term "mobile service unit" as used in this Ordinance, shall mean any vehicle, tank truck, or other mobile device from which flammable liquids used as motor fuels may, as an act of retail sale, be dispensed into~ the fuel tanks of motor vehicles parked on off-street parking facilities. Section 2. The retail sale of flammable liquids into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles parked on off-street parking facilities, from mobile service units, is hereby prohibited. Section 3. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association, violating any provision of this Ordinancer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 26th day of July, 1971. ~ v '::::':" ""'L.,,'" ~,. CITY OF LA PORTE, TEX~ . BY//! dk~. 4_ H. Carlos Smith, Mayor ... . '.b 1,1fS' =- /' j ~ APPROVED: ~rn~ ~