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Ordinance No. 7510 Amending
Ordinance No. 833
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ORDINANCE NO. 833
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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE CASTING, THROWING OR FIRING OF FIREWORKS; PROHIBITING
THE .POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO GIVE AWAY, THE SALE OR OFFERING FOR SALE OF ANY COM•
BUSTIBLE FIREWORKS OF ANY KIND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK;
EXEMPTING WHOlESALERS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE WHERE SALES ARE MADE TO
MERCHANTS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, OR TO SALES BY WHOLESALERS FOR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC
DEWNSTRATIONS; EXEMPTING RAILROAD TRACK TORPEDOES WHEN USED AS SIGNALLINB DEVICES,
FLASHLIGHT COMPOSITION USED BY PHOTOORAPHERS OR DEALERS IN PHOTOORJ.PHIC SUPPLIES J
PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DISPLAY Q' FIREWORKS UNDER POLICE SUPERVISION., PRO-
VIDING FOR PER.MI:TS, INSPECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL STOCKS OF FIRE-
WORKS EXPOSED FOR SALE OR HElD IN STOCKJ AND PROVIDING A PEN.A.LTY.
WHEREAS, personal injuries and property damage, both affecting the public eatety,
have heretofore been occasioned b.r the indiscriminate sale and use of £ireworka with-
in the corporate limits of the City ot Lubbock, and prohibition of such use of tire-
works within the corporate limits is deemed in the public interest, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK&
SECTION I. SHOOTING PROHIBITEDf No person, firm, compaqy, corporation or aesocia
tion shall cast, throw or fire a~ squib, rocket, cracker, torpedo, grenade, gun,
revolver, pistol, cap or cartridge or other coabustible fireworks of ~ kind iD
the CitT of Lubbock.
SECTION II. SELLING PROHIBITEDa No person,fil'll, ccapaey, corporation or associa-
tion shall exhibit or have in his possession with intent to give away, sell, offer
tor sale, or sell within the Cit7 ot Lubbock a~ squib, rocket, cracker, torpedo,
grenade, gun, revolver, pistol, cap or cartridge or other combustible fireworks of
aey kind; provided however; that this ordinance shall n.ot apply to the sale ot aD,T
suoh article or articles b.Y wholesalers to each other or to the sale of &lJiY suah
article or articles at wholesale to merchants conducting businesses entirely with•
out the City of Lubbock, or to the sale b.r wholesalers for private or public demon•
strations as hereinafter provided.
SECTION III. EXCEPTIONS TO PROVISIONS OF PRECEDING SECTIONS • DISPLAYS OF FIRE-
WORKS. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to apply to the sale, storage
or use of railroad track torpedoes or other signalling devices used b.Y railroads nor
to the sale, storage or use ot flashlight composition b7 photographers or dealers in
photographic supplies, or to prevent a~ public or private demonstration or display
of fireworks ot aqy kind it conducted under proper police supervision after applicaw
tion made and permit issued by the chief of the fire Department of the Cit7 of Lubboc
r such demonstration. Said permit shall not be granted unless such demonstration
or display shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or tired, as in
the opinion of the said chief of the Fire Department, after proper inspection, shall
not be hazardous to property or endanger an;y per_son or persons.
SECTION IV& PENALTY. Any person, fim, eorporation, compa~ or association who
shall violate aDY of the provisions of th'• Ordinance, or suffer or allow the same
to be violated shall, upon conviction therefor, be subject to a fine of not sore th
one hundred dollars.
SECTION V • STORING OR "$ELLING FIREWORKS AT WHOLESALE. It shall be unlawful to
store or sell an;y fireworks at wholesale except by permit from the fire chief or
fire marshal, issued for ~period o£ thirty days. An application for such permit
must be filed with the fire chief or fire marshal at lea~t ten days previous to the
using thereof, and must give a detailed description of the proposed care and storage
of said materials and of the structural conditions am occupancies of the building.
Permits may be issued only after an inspection of the premises by the fire chief
or fire marshal or his authorized agent who shall file with the city manager a
certificate of approval or disapproval and his reasons therefor.
The fire chief or fire marshal m~, at his discretion, remove or have removed•
at the owner 1 s expense, all stock of fireworks or other combustibles exposed for
sale or held in stock in violation of this ordinance. Nothing contained in this
section shall relieve the applicant from personal responsibility in connection with
such storage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed and approved b,y unanimous vote of the Ci~ Commission this 23rd day of
October , 1947.
Passed and approved by nnan1•0U8 vote o£ the City C01111ission this 14th day of
November , 1947.
Published ,November 18, 1947 and
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