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AN ORDINANCE
PROHIBITING THE USE Of FLASHING ILLUMINATING SIGNS,
THE USE OF SPOTLIGHTS; FLASHING ILLUMINATED SIGNS
SIMILAR TO POLICE OR FIRE EMERGENCY SIGNAL, AND
ILLUMINATED INTERIORS OR EXTERIORS OF BUILDINGS USED
FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WITHIN
OR WITHIN 200 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ZONE IN SUCH
MANNER AS TO CAUSE ANNOYANCE OR INCONVENIENCE OF PER-
SONS RESIDING IN, OR TO INTERFER WITH THE PEACEFUL
ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS Of
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
SECTIOC 1. IT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE A NUISANCE FOR ANY
PERSON TO USE, OR OPERATE, OR MAINTAIN WITHIN OR WITHIN 200 FEET OF A
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ZONE A FLASHING ILLUMINATED SIGN, OR A SPOTLIGHT OR
FLASHING ILLUMINATED SIGN WHICH 15 SIMILAR TO OR RESEMBLES A POLICE OR
FIRE EMERGENCY SIGNAL, OR TO 50 ILLUMINATE THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR OF A
BUILDING, USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, 50 THAT
THE LIGHT AND GLARE EMANATING THEREFROM SHALL BE CAST UPON RESIDENTIAL PRO-
PERTY TO THE ANNOYANCE OR INCONVENIENCE OF PERSONS OF NORMAL SENSA.BILITY
RESIDING ON OR UPON SUCH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SECTION 2. THE WORD PERSON AS USED HEREIN MEANS ANY PERSON,
FIRM, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION.
SECTION 3. BY THE TERM "RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" AS USED HEREIN IS
MEANT ANY AREA DESIGNATED AS R -1, ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, R-2, TWO
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, A -1, FIRST APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT, A -2, SECOND
APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT, A -3, THIRD APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT, ACCORDING TO
THE CLASSIFICATION CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO. 2266 AS AMENDED, OR AS HERE-
AFTER AMENDED.
SECTION 4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PREVENT THE USE
OF SPOTLIGHTS OR ILLUMINATED SIGNS THAT ARE SIMILAR OR SIMULATE A POLICE
OR FIRE EMERGENCY SIGNAL OR THE ILLUMINATION OF INTERIORS OR EXTERIORS OF
ANY BUILDING IN ANY MANNER WHICH 15 REA50NABLY CALCULATED TO DISTURB THE
PEACE AND GOOD ORDER OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD RESTRICTED BY LAW PRIMARILY TO
RESIDENTIAL USE AND THIS ENACTMENT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY PERSON OWNING,
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USING. OR OCCUPYING PROPERTY IN SUCH NEIGHBORHOOD.
SECTION S. EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF MAINTAINING A NUISANCE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OR NOT
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.)
SECTION 6. EACH DAY ON WHICH A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
OCCURS SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE, PUNISHABLE AS HEREIN PRE-
SCRIBED.
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 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR FIRST TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE I I DAY OF , 1955, BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE: /
FARRELL D. SMITH [,
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE SE OND TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS tHE DAY OF , 1955, BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULLI
W. J. RoBERTS
B. E. BIGLER Ll��
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE S READ FOR THE TH RD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THE /QJ DAY OF , 1955, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ter- - FAA�RRELL D. SI
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERT
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MA
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS
ATTEST
CITY SECKEIA R
AP OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM.
Cl TY AT ORNEY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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