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HomeMy WebLinkAbout024286 ORD - 11/21/2000AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CHAPTER 33, OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, REGARDING WATERFOWL HUNTING; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33-75 of the Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows: "Section 33-75. Discharging firearms; ~"k-waterfowl hunting. "(a) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description within the city, or from without the corporate limits of the city and permit any shot, projectile, D's B-B's, slugs or ammunition to fall within the city. ~The unauthorized discharge of firearms of any description outside of the city and within four hundred (400) feet of the city limits or the firing outside of the city and permitting the projectile to fall within the city is hereby declared a nuisance and is prohibited~,~, "(b) However, except as restricted by subsection (c) of this section, that-dl:l.c~ waterfowl hunting within the lawful seasons and during the times prescribed by ~ any Federal and State aqencies with jurisdiction over the taking of watert'owl, subject to the rules and regulations of Federal and state agencies of appropriate jurisdiction, and the discharge of firearms, subject to such state law, rules, and regulations, shall be permitted within the city in the following described areas: Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, e~$t of th~ Cu',f ' .......... 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(For the purposes of this section, anyone on the waterside of the vegetat on line is considered to be within Corpus Christi Bay or Upper Laguna Madre "(c) No waterfowl hunting is permitted within 1,000 feet of a residence; business establishment; industrial facility, school; institution of higher education; other structure designed for residential or commercial occupation (but not includinq storage sheds, hunting/fishing camps, pump facilities); dock appurtenant to a residential or commercial structure (other than those associated with a hunting/fishinq camp or oil/gas field production installation); trailer or recreational vehicle park; military installation; any public beach; any City, County, State, or Federal park; the JFK causeway between Flour Bluff and North Padre Island, the causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland, or the corporate limits of another municipality that prohibits the discharqe of firearms within its city limits. R02806A7.wpd 024286 INDEXED 2 State Tracts,.,~."- ,~ ~ and 35 and its extension, acrc3s State Tracts ~'- ~'~ "~' --" =~ to - --:-' "--' :- '"~'" '--' northwest from the east shere of Tracts 5,3 and 57,o,---',, the common boundary,,,':--,~ between State b,.,u ,,.,~,y ,., oo,,. State T,,~.t and its meat, tiers to the ,,most ..... '--' ......... 174; R02806A7.wpd ---"- ...... of ---' .... ' ...... " ......... of the ~st ~hore of La,2ur SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. A violation of this ordinance or requirements implemented hereunder shall constitute an offense, punishable as provided in Section 1-6 of the City Code of Ordinances. SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. R02806A7.wpd 4 That the foregoing ordjr)anc~ was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the ~/-iL'~a't/of r~ ~-~, 2000, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Rex A. Kinnison (/].Lf~( _- (~ ~. Betty Jean Longoria ~ ~ _.. John Longoria Henry Garrett //~.~ .¢._.. Mark Scott Dr. Arnold Gonzales ~.~ ~-- That ~e feregoing or, d. jnance was(rd, ead for the second time and passed finally on this the ~ / 548aY of ~' ~/~--~~ , 2000 by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. (~(.L,~ Rex A. Kinnison Javier D. Colmenero ~ Betty Jean Longoria Melody Cooper ~ John Longoria Henry Garrett (~ Mark Scott Dr. Arnold Gonzales , PASSED AND APPROVED, thisthe c~ I ~r~day of [~{)~! ~0. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: ,2000: James R. Bray, Jr. City Attorney By: R. Jay/R~inj~ / First Assistant City Attdrney 024286 RO2806A7.wpd PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas } County of Nueces } SS' CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 3656975 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, dim Hogg, dim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web. on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 26TH day(s) of TWO [2 ) Time(s) $45.70 dill'ICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 024286 A~nding the Code of iO~Ydinances, City of iCg~pus Christi Chapter 33, Offenses and Miscel- ~ous Provisions Waterfowl Corpus Christi on November 21, 2000. Service Manager and sworn to me on the date of . NUeces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/01.