HomeMy WebLinkAbout03547 ORD - 09/09/1953TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE EXPOSITION HALL ORDI-
NANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BEING ORDINANCE
NO. 3202, ADOPTED JANUARY 29, 1952, APPEARING OF RECORD
IN VOLUME 20, PAGE 111, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION
RECORDS, BY CHANGING THE RENT FOR CLASS I ATTRACTIONS;
INSERTING PARAGRAPH H THEREIN PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTION
OF RENTAL TO THE CITY RECREATION DIVISION; FORBIDDING
THE RENTAL OF EXPOSITION HALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SELLING MERCHAND.ISE; PROVIDING THAT BEER AND ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES SHALL NOT BE SOLD; PROVIDING THAT THE HALL
SHALL NOT BE RENTED FOR PROMOTIONAL DANCES; KEEPING IN
EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE
AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 2, SUBSECTION A OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3202,
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1952, SHALL BE AMENDED SO AS
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(A) CLASS I ATTRACTIONS OR EXHIBITIONS SHALL BE CHARGED AND SHALL
BE LIABLE FOR RENT AS FOLLOWS:
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) PER DAY OR FRACTIONAL
THEREOF;
FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) PER DAY OR PART THEREOF FOR
THE USE OF SAID BUILDING WHERE LESS THAN ONE -HALF"
(1/2) OF THE BUILDING IS RENTED AND SO USED AS NOT
TO INTERFERE WITH THE RENTAL OR USES OF THE BALANCE
OF THE BUILDING.
SECTION 2. THAT AN ENTIRELY NEW SUBSECTION BE ADDED TO SAID ORDINANCE,
SAME BEING DESIGNATED AS SUBSECTION H OF SECTION 2 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3202;
SUCH SUBSECTION H OF SECTION 2 TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(H) THE CITY RECREATION DIVISION SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF
ANY RENTAL WHEN USING EXPOSITION HALL FOR ACTIVITIES OF A CIVIC NATURE, WHICH
ARE OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
SECTION 3. THAT AN ENTIRELY NEW SUBSECTION BE ADDED TO SAID ORDINANCE,
SAME BEING DESIGNATED AS SUBSECTION I OF SECTION 2 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO- ..3202;
SUCH SUBSECTION I OF SECTION 2 TO READ AS FOLLOWS;
(1) THE USE OF EXPOSITION HALL BY ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM OR CORPORATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING MERCHANDISE IS HEREBY PROHIBITED, EXCEPT THAT THE
SELLING OF MERCHANDISE BY DISPLAYS EXHIBIT OR PRESENCE OF THE MERCHANDISE
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE HOME SHOW, RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION ANTIQUE
CLUB, ART CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONSy CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS Y. W. C. A.,
Y. M. C. A. AND OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND HOTEL CONVENTIONSy RESTAURANT
SHOWS AND ACTIVITIES OF A SIMILAR NATURE SHALL BE EXCEPTED FROM THE PROVISIONS
OF THE PRECEDING SENTENCE AND SHALL BE PERMITTED UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR.
HALL.
NO BEER OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF ANY TYPE SHALL BE SOLD IN EXPOSITION
THE EXPOSITION HALL SHALL NOT BE RENTED FOR THE PURPOSE. OF PROMOTIONAL
DANCES, EXCEPT WHEN SAID DANCES ARE SPONSORED BY BONAFIED CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
FOR WELFARE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
SECTION b. THAT SAID ORDINANCE N0. 3202 SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE
AND EFFECT AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED.
SECTION 5. THE FACT THAT THE EXPOSITION HALL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI IS NEARING COMPLETION AND REQUESTS ARE BEING MADE REGARDING RENTAL OF
THE SAME AND REQUESTS FOR CONTRACTS FOR USE OF THE SAME ARE BEING RECEIVED
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC IMPERATIVE NECESSITY REQUIRLNG THE SUSPENSION
OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON
THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ
AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED
THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED
THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY
ON THE .DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGES IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS I? _DAY OF SEF`,vgBER, 1953•
THE Cl TY,Of CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EME- RGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS
INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST
THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORP` CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELI-Roy ICING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A.. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY ICING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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