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<br />• <br />MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING <br />OF THE <br />LA PORTS CITY COMMISSION, LA FORTE, TEXAS <br />June 27, 1966 <br />7:00 P.M. <br />MEMBERS OF THE COMM/SS/ON PRESENT: Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer, Commissioners <br />C. D. Boyle, Russell Shepherd, and W. A. Stabs, Jr. <br />MEMBERS OF THE COMM/SS/ON ABSENT: Commissioner Lois J. Compton. <br />OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: City Attorney Knox W. Ask ins, City <br />ngtneer H. Carlos Smith, Water Superintendent Lyman Cunningham, <br />and City Clerk Marilyn Kelley. <br />PRESIDING: Mayor Pfeiffer. <br />+ + + <br />1. Minutes of the regular meeting of June, 6, 1966, special meeting <br />of June 7, 1966, and special meeting of June 15, 1966 were approved <br />as wrttten. <br />+ + + <br />2. A motion was made by Commissioner Stabs, seconded by Commissioner <br />Shepherd and carried that Ordinance No. 751 be passed on first <br />and final reading. <br />CAPTION: <br />AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEAL TH AND PROMOTE THE PUBLIC <br />SAFETY AND PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, BY <br />REGULATING THE SALE AND HANDLING OF VOLATILE AND FLAMMABLE <br />LIQUIDS, INCLUDING GASOLINE, IN GARAGES, SERVICE STATIONS AND <br />OTHER PLACES OF BUSINESS HAVING VOLATILE OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS FOR <br />SALE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS; MAKING FIND- <br />INGS OF FACT; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER, OPERATOR, OR ANY <br />EMPLOYEE OF ANY SERVICE STATION, GARAGE, OR OTHER DISPENSARY TO <br />PERMIT ANY CUSTOMER OR PATRON THEREOF TO INSERT OR REMOVE A NOZZLE <br />USED /N DISPENSING OF VOLATILE OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS INTO OR FROM <br />THE FUEL TANK OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR ANY OTHER CONTAINER; PROVIDING <br />THAT EACH SUCH SALE OR DEL/VERY SHALL BE A SEPARATE OFFENSE BY SUCH <br />OWNER, OPERATOR, OR EMPLOYEE; DECLARING A PURPOSE TO PREVENT FIRES <br />AND TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY; AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON <br />VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A <br />MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS <br />THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS 025.00) NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED <br />DOLLARS 0200.00); PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE AND A SAVING <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />~. + + + <br /> <br />