HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 839-1947 - Amending Ordinance 575 - 11/25/1947'• ll-2.5-Jq4-t
ORDINANCE NO. __ §J9 _
Ar{ ORDINANCE Al\AENDING ORDINANCE ' NO. 575, PROVIDING FOR THE PROHIBITION OF LOUD
SPEAKERS AND AMPLIFIERS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS BY ADDING SECTION 6a TO ARTICLE XII,
SO THAT SAID SECTION SHALL HEREAFTER PROVIDE A RULE OF CONSTRUCTION SO AS NOT TO
CONFLICT WITH THE TERMS OF 1lNY LICENSE GRA NTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION FOR USE OF
LOUD SPEAKERS AND AMPLIFIERS UNDER CONDITIONS STATED IN SUCH LICENSES, AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY. .
WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it advisable and in the public interest to
grant licenses to public institutions so that chimes, ~c~rillions and amplifiers and
loud speakers used in connection therewith may lawfully be used on proper occasions,
where such use is controlled and modified by the City Commission to conserve the
public peace and promote the public welfare; THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 575, BE, and the same is hereby amended so as to
add Sec~ion 6a to Article XII, which shall read as follows:
"Section 6a. ..PROVIDED HOWEVER, the provisions of Article XII, Section 6 of
Ordinance No~ 575, shall not be construed to conflict \nth the terms of a~ license
granted or to be granted by the City Commission permitting the use of loud speakers
and/or amplifiers under such conditions and at such places as the City Commission .
shall find will conserve the public peace and promote t he public welfare and provide
further, that when a~ such license bas been granted by the Comm i ssion, the same
shall not be used for advertising or other commercial purposes and any license so
issued by the Commission shall be revokable by it ~ith or without cause, and shall
not be assignable."
SECTION 2. The fact that uncertainty exists relative to the use of chimes ~nd
other musical equipment through amplifiers for non-advertising purpose s on special
occasions and the re is need for immediate clarification7 creates an emergency re~
quiring t h e susp en sion of all rules relative to reading ordinances and the same
are hereby suspended and this ordinance shall become effective upon its passage
and approval ..
Passed and a pproved by unanimous vote of the Commission this 25th day of November,
19~-9 0
ATTEST: