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Home My WebLink About03837 ORD - 08/12/1954�4 'A 011) 1 Iv :iJC PRCH I S I T I NG T1 1E POSSESS 10 :, COIJ ROL, CA;RI�Y I NG, !�IOVELMENT r',ND TRAN:3PORTATI ON OF /.NY M,,%NUAL RJh)/OR MECH.AN ICAL ARTICLE, INSTRUR -1ENT, f,,PJ17 /OR CONTRiV; PICc CAPA3LE OF PROJECTING, EJECTIPIG, AI D�OR THRO!d 1 NG ANY MISSILE C „P,`,,AE OF CAUS 1 i IG I iHJURY AN'JACR 6�GE TO ANY PERSOPI, ARTICLE, OR THING, -I N, OVER, ON, THROUGH Ai ID ACRGSS ANY PUBLIC S T RE_T, ?.VEiJUE, ALLEY, H IGH- Vb;Y, THOROUGHFARE, 3OULEVARD, �.,"AY AND/OR OTHE; PU:3LIC GROUi9D OR PROPERTY TIME CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; SETT I l IG FORTH THE ARTICLES ;dhi 1 CH DECL..';RED TO BE NUISANCES; GIVING r',NY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER AUTHORITY TO ARREST P,HY PERSON OR, P'ERSOi =IS GUILTY OF SUCH OFFDISE �.J I THOU T % 'J"'IRRANT; PROVIDING PEi',IALTY OF A SUIN N0T TO E :CEED 3j5200.00 FOR VIOLATION THERE-CF; CONTAIN11,IG r, SAVINGS CLd',USE; EROVIDING F0f2 FU!3L1C.,,TION; AND DECLARI C EMERGENCY. %3-7 WHEREAS, THE INCREASE OF DAMAGE AND INJURY TO PROPERTY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WELFARE THROUGH UNABATED VANDALISM HAS INCREASED TO ALARMING PROPORTIONS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, AND WHEREAS, DESPITE INCREASED EXEMPLARY EFFORTS BY THE POLICE AND POLICE RESERVE PERSONNEL TO COPE WITH THE CURRENT PROBLEM, SUCH EFFORTS ARE NECESSARILY LIMITED BY NUMERICAL AND FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS, AND WHEREAS, THE PRESENT LAWS AND ORDINANCES NOW IN EFFECT ARE INADEQUATE TO CONTROL, ABATE, AND CURTAIL THE NUISANCE HEREIN FOUND TO BE PREVELANT AND INCREASING, AND WHEREAS, THE ALARMING INJURY AND DAMAGE NOW BEING DONE TO WINDOWS AND OTHER BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY THE WILLFUL AND IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF MANUAL AND MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS AND CONTRIVANCES CAPABLE OF, AND, 1LI: PRDJECTING, THROWING AND EJECTING MARBLES, STONES, BALLS, AND OTHER 1415591& CAPABLE OF, AND, CAUSING INJURY AND /OR DAMAGE CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO THE HEALTH, MORALS, SAFETY, PROPERTY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, THE IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNREGULATED OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, CONTROL, CARRYING, MOVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH MANUAL AND MECHANICAL ARTICLES, INSTRUMENTS AND CONTRIVANCES ON, THROUGH, OVER AND ABOUT THE PUBLIC STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, WAYS, THOROUGHFARES AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CONSTITUTES, AND IS HEREBY DEEMED TO BE, A NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC MORALS, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE, AND WHEREAS, THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH NUISANCES WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CREATED A PUBLIC EMERGENCY NECESSITATING THE CALLING OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND ABATEMENT OF THE 61EANS AND METHODS BRINGING ABOUT SUCH NUISANCES; NG,d, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THE POSSESSION, CONTROL, CARRYING, MOVEMENT AND TRANS- PORTATION OF ANY MANUAL AND /OR MECHANICAL ARTICLE, .INSTRUMENT, AND /OR CONTRI- VANCE CAPABLE OF PROJECTING, EJECTING AND /OR THROWING ANY MARBLE, BALL, STONE, ROCK OR ANY OTHER MISSILE CAPADLE OF CAUSING INJURY AND /OR DAMAGE TO ANY PERSON, ARTICLE, OR THING ON OR ABOUT THE PERSON, IN, OVER, ON, THROUGH AND ACROSS ANY PUBLIC STREET, AVENUE, ALLEY, HIGHWAY, THOROUGHFARE, BOULEVARD, WAY AM/OR OTHER PUBLIC GROUND OR PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY FOUND, DEEMED, DECLARED, AND DEFINED A NUISANCE, AND IS HEREAFTER PROHIBITED. SECTION 2. THE FINDING OF ANY SUCH ARTICLE, INSTRUMENT AND/OR CONTRIVANCE ON OR ABOUT THE PERSON WHILE SUCH PERSON IS ON A PUBLIC STREET, AVENUE, ALLEY, HIGHWAY, BOULEVARD AND /OR PUBLIC GROUND OR PROPERTY, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE POSSESSION AND CONTROL THEREOF. THE FINDING OF ANY SUCH ARTICLE, INSTRUMENT AND /OR CONTRIVANCE WITHIN, IN AND UPON A MOTOR OR MANUALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS ON A PUBLIC STREET, AVENUE, ALLEY, HIGHWAY, BOULEVARD AND /OR PUBLIC GROUND OR PROPERTY, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT SUCH ARTICLE, INSTRUMCNT AND /OR CONTRIVANCE IS IN THE POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF ANY AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF SUCH VEHICLE, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY. SECTION 3. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, INSTRUMENTS AND /Oft CONTRIVANCES, AMONG OTHERS, ARE DECLARED TO DE NUISANCES IN VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE, BUT SAID ENUMERATIONS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE EXCLUSIVE, TO -WIT: RIFLES AND PISTOLS, OTHER THAN FIRE ARMSjCAPADLE OF SHOOTING AND PROJECTING MISSILES BY MEANS OF SPRINGS, COMPRESSED AIR, OR CAS; CONTRIVANCES COMMONLY KNOWN AS SLINGS AND SLING SHOTS CAPABLE OF THROWING AND PROJECTING MISSILES. SECTION 4. ANY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER WHO BELIEVES AND HAS REASON fie erz 4 TO BELIEVE THAT THE OFFENSE DEFINED AND PROHIDITED 15 BEING COMMITTED SHALL It HAVE THE AUTHORITY TD ARREST ANY PERSON OR PERSONS GUILTY OF THIS OFFENSE WITHOUT A WARRANT WITHIN THE FULL INTENT, POWER AND PURVIEW AS IS - GRANTED TO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES DY ARTICLE 214, CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF TEXAS. SECTION j. ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND UPON CONVICTION, SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). SECTION 6. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION, CLAUSE, PHRASE, OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE. SECTION 7. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PUBLICATION ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUMMARY THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. SECTION S. THE NECESSITY OF CURSING THE INCREASED VANDALISM AS SET FORTH IN THE PREAMBLE HEREOF CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE UE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE //-� T DAY OF AUGUST, 19511. MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TE S ATT r CITY SECRETARY APPRRO9 VED ,AS �0 L GAL FORM. J .�✓ CITY AT 0 FZ NEY TO THE MEMBERS OF Corpus Christi, Te:yai, Gentlemen: Corpus Christi, Texas 1964, For that reasffime; set forth An the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public, einergency and iriperative necessity exist for the suspensAtn at a , C[hanem rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall Go-e p""Leve,,d finally 4,a rate date it is introduced, and that such ordinanc,* or vesolutiou shill be read at three meetings of the City Caunct)-g 1, therefore, hereby xequ-' that you sqsp nd --a-1-1 Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at 'he present meeting of the City Council, Respectfully, MAYOR CYfY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter mule was suspended by the following vote; P. C, Callaway Alg:to�— Ellroy King aL��6 James S. Naismith W. James Brace F. P. Peterson, Jr The, ab*vr on', pus5ed by the following vQ P. C. Callaway r1j'- A Ellrey King James S. Naismith S9, Tames Brace F. P, i',steigowa, Jr