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ORDINANCE NO. {p z I
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF OUTDOOR ARCHERY
SHOOTING GALLERIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK,
\..._., DEFINING THE TERM "OUTDOOR ARCHERY .SHOOTING GALLERIES", PROHIBITING THE
OPERATION OF OUTDOOR ARCHERY SHOOTING GALLERIES IN CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY 0 F LUBBOCK, AND 1R OVIDING A PENALTY
FOR A VIOLATION TIDm EOF.
WflliREAS, the City of Lubbock, Texas, has an estimated population
of 34,000 people; and
WHEREAS, certain areas of said City are thickly populated; and
WHEREAS, there is now being operated within the City Limits of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, an outdoor archery shooting gallery where
bows and arrows with steel points are used in shooting at targets set
up and erected for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, said outdoor archery shooting galleries as so operated
is· located and situated near and adjacent to residences that are
occupied by private families within the City limits of the City of Lub-
bock, Texas; and
WHEREAS, many of said arrows shot at targets located at the
outdoor archery shooting gallery have been shot into the back yard of
·certain homes that are used ·by the occupants of said homes in connection
with said homes as a place for the children to play and for the adults
to use in connection with their homes; and
WHEREAS, many of the persons who patronize said outdoor archery
shooting gallery are unskilled in the use of bows and arrows; and
WHEREAS, said bows used in such outdoor archery
shooting gallery are capable of propelling a steel pointed arrow with
great force and at a great distance; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City Commission, the operation
of an outdoor archery shooting gallery in certain thickly populated areas
of the City, and the permitting of unskilled persons to engage in
shooting said bows and arrows, create an emergency and endangers the life
and limb of the inhabitants of the area where said outdoor archery shooting
gallery is now being operated.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SEC. 1.
By the term "outdoor Archery Shooting Gallery11 is meant any
place not enclosed within a house or building having four walls and a
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roof, where bows and arrows are used in shooting at targets of any kind
to improve one's art and skill in archery and/or for 'pleasure.
SEC. 2.
It is hereby made unlawful for any person, firm, association
or corporation to operate an noutdoor Archery Shooting Galleryt• as that
term is defined in Sec. 1 of this ordinance, within the corporate limits
of the City of Lubbock, Texas, within a distance of I S·O yards of a
private residence, church or school. !h./ UJ~~ ~ 7~
SEC. 3.
Any person, firm, association or corporation found guilty of
a violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed $100.00.
SEC. 4.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason,
the remainder of said ordinance shall not be affected thereby; and each
and every day outdoor archery shooting galleries are operated within the
corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Texas, in violation of this
Ordinance shall be and constitute a separate offense.
SEC. 5.
The fact that the City of Lubbock, Texas, has no suitable
ordinance regulating the operation of outdoor archery shooting galleries
and the fact that the manner and method in which said outdoor archery
shooting gallery is now being operated within certain thickly populated
areas of the City of Lubbock, and the further fact that the majority of
the persons patronizing said outdoor archery shooting gallery are un-
skilled in the art and use of bows and arrows, creates a menace to the
public health and endangers the life and limb of the general public,
and makes it imperative that this ordinance be passed as an emergency
measure, and the Charter provision requiring all ordinances carrying
a penalty to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, is
hereby waived, and this ordinance shall take effect from and after its
passage, and it is so ordered.
Passed and approved this the fo}J day of June ·, A. D. 1939.
Mayo"~ft.oaek, Texas