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ORDINANCE NO. 2160
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PERMISSION FOR THE CONTROLLED AND
SUPERVISED BURNING OF WEEDS IN AN AREA HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Commi.ssion finds that in an area hereinafter described
in t ile body of this ordinance~ tum.ble weeds and various other types of weeds hav
grown in wild profusion to the heighth in some instances of several feet tall,
and the City Commission further finds that such tumble weeds and various
other weeds constitute a fire hazard imperiling the lives and safety ol the. citizen
of the City of Lubbock, and,
WHEREASt the City Commission finds that the elimination of such a fire
ha?..ard should be immediately accomplished for the good of the public safety~
healt~ and welfare, and the City Commission further finds that immediate
public necessity requires that this ordinance be passed as an emergency measure
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION l. THAT Fields and Lewis Construction Company and E. and R.
Lumber Company, both of Lubbock, Texas-. are hereby granted permission to
burn tumble weeds ~d various other weeds in the following described area
located in the City of Lubbock. Lubbock County, Texas:
An area which is bounded on the North by 50th Street~ on the South
by 66th Street, on the East by College Avenue, on the West by
Indiana Avenue.
Such burning of tumble weeds and various other weeds shall be done in a
cautious and safe manner with due care being used not to endanger the lives
and/or property of persons living in the vicinity or having any interest in
property located in the vicinity. Such burning of tumble weeds and various
other weed.s shall be subject to auch precautionary mea•ures as the Fire
Chief of the City of Lubbock may prescribe.
SECTION 2.. THAT the public safety, health~ and immediate danger of a
public calamity which might result from a fire in the above-described area
require that the rule requiring two readings of an ordinance be suspende~ this
ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be effective
immediately upon its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDER.ED.o