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AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE L-ONES WITHIN
THE CITY LDIJITS Oli' '!'HE CITY OF LUBBOCK A:ND REPEALING ALL ORDIHA!'-lCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HhRhliofiT h :
WHEREAS, Section 1601 of Chapter 16 of Part IV. of Ordi-
nance No. 587, known as the building code of the City of Lubbock
provides that the City Commission shall pass an Ordinance creating
and establishing fire zones.
THEREF'ORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COrv1~USSION OF THE
CITY OF LUBBOCK:
That there is hereby created within _the City limits of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, three fire zones to be known as ~ones
Nos. 1, 2 and 3, the areas of said zones being bounded as follows:
l.ONE NO. 1.
BEGI!'-ir~Il'W at the intersection of the r<Jain Line P &
~~ F. Ry. Co. with the North line of Original Town
Addition to the City of Lubbock, said North line
being the North line of Survey 1, Block 0, Lubbock
County, Texas;
THE!IICE West to the intersection of the projection of
the Center Line of Ave. J from the South;
TBENCE South to the center line of 9th Street;
THE~CE West to the center line of Ave. K;
THENCE South to the center line of lOth Street;
THENCE Vvest to the center line of Avenue M;
THENCE South to the center line of 14th Street; then
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue J;
THENCE South to the center line of 16th Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue G;
THENCE North to the center line of 14th Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue E;
THENCE North to the center line of 13th Street;
TrlliKCE East to the center line of Avenue D;
THENCE North to the center line of Bro~dway;
THENCE East to the intersection of the main line of
the P. & S. F. Ry. Co.;
THENCE Northwesterly alomg the center line of said main
line tract to the place of beginning.
zo ·NE NO. 2.
BEGIN1~I 1~G at the intersection of the projection of the
center line of Avenue J from the 3outh w1th the North
property line of Original Town Addition, said North line
being the North line of Survey One, Block 0, Lubbock County,
Texas;
'!'HENCE West to the center line of the projection of
Avenue K from the South;
THENCE South to the center line of 9th Street;
THENCE West to the center line of Avenue N;
THENCE South to the center line of lOth Street;
'l'HENCE V'lest along the center line of lOth Street, in
Original Town Addition, and along the center line of
lOth Street, in Overton Addition, to the center line of
the North and South alley between Avenue Q and Avenue R;
ThENGE South to the center line of 13th Street;
THE~CE East along the center line of 13th Street, in
Overton Addition, and along the center lin~'> of 13th
S.treet, in Original To·wn of Lubbock to the center line
of Avenue N;
THENCE South to the center line of 15th Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue K;
THENCE South to the center line of 16th Street;
THE ~CE East to the center line of Avenue J;
T :F-illN GE South to the center line of 17th Street;
•rHl!.NCE East to the center line of the North and South
alley between Texas Avenue and Avenue J;
THENCE South to the center line of 19th Street;
'l'HENGE East to the proi·ection of the center l"ine of
the North and ~outh al ey between Texas and Avenue J,
as extended from the South;
ThENCE South along the cer.ter line of the alley between
Texas Avenue and avenue J to 26th Street;
THEN CE South across tract Two of the Harkey Addition,
to the North right of way line of the Fort Worth and
Denver Railroads;
T HENCE Northeasterly along said right of way line to
its intersection with the center line of Avenue G;
TH1;NCB North along the center line of Avenue G to the
center line of' 16th Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue F;
THENCE North to the center line of 15th Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue D;
TRll::NCE North to the center line of 13th Street
ntE~CE West to the center line of Avenue E;
THENCE South to the center line of 14th Street;
THE1~CE 1Nest to the center line of Avenue G;
THENCE South to the center line of 16th Street;
THENCE West to the center line of Avenue J;
THENCE l~orth to the center line of 14th Street;
THENCE West to the center line of Avenue M;
'l'HENCE North to the center line of lOth Street;
THENCE East to the center line of Avenue K;
THENCE North to the center line of 9th Street;
1.'HENCE East to the center line of Avenue J;
THENCE North to the place of beginning .
t..rONE NO. 3.
Lone No. 3 shall and is her eby declared to include all of
the area within the City limits of the City of Lubbock, except only
that area which is h ereinabove described as being included in ~ones
Nos . 1 and 2 .
The fact that the City of Lubboclc has not 1 as provided in
Section 1601, Chapter 16, Part IV of Ordinance No. 587, an ordinance
creating and establishing fire zones, and the further fact that
there are at this time many buildings within the City limits of the
City of Lubbock now under construction, and the City is without any
adequate means of regulating the construction of said buildings, and
the manner in which many of them are being built, creates a fire
hazard and endangers the general public's property within the said
City of Lub b ock, creates an emergency and a puolic necessity;
therefore this Ordinance shall take effect at once, and it is
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accordingly ordained that said Ordinance shs.ll take effect from and
after its passage 7 approval and as provided by the Charter of the City
of Lubbock for the passage of emergency measures.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, the remainder of said Ordina4ce shall not be affected thereby.
All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances i n conflict herewith
are hereby repealed, but it is expressly provided that this Ordinance
shall not repeal any ordinance or parts of ordinances not in conflict
herewith, AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
PASSED and approved First reading the 14th day of September
A . D . 1939 .
PASSED and approved Second reading this the 28th
September A. D. 1939 .
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