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ORDINANCE NO. 1126
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER I,P, ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL
BE A NUISANCE TO POSSESS, TRANSPORT, OR DETONATE FIREWORKS
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND WITHIN A DISTANCE OF FIVE THOUSAND
FEET (5000') OUTSIDE OF THE CITY; 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 MORE THAN 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. Section 10-2(a) Code of Ordinances, City of
La Porte, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows:
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II (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
section, it shall be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful
for any person to manufacture, assemble, store, transport,
rec.eive, keep, sell, offer, or have in his possession
with intent to sell, use, discharge, cause to be discharged,
ignite, detonate, fire or otherwise set in action any
fireworks of any description, within the city limits
and within a distance of Five Thousand Feet (5000') outside
the city and not within any other city.1I
Section 2. Any person as defined in Texas Penal Code Section
1.07 (27) who shall violate any provision of this Ordinance, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Each day any violation of this Ordinance shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14)
days after its passage and approval. The City Clerk shall give
notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption
~ hereof to be published in the official newspaper in the City of
La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of
this ordinance.
Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any
part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance
shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby
declared to be the intention of this City Commission to have
passed each section, sentence, phrase, clause, or part thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 7th day of June, 1978.
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