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 ' .......... "^' .........
,, ,,, o,.~,oo,o,,, o,~, ,,ay and ~,~, ,,~,,, ~,, the
Upper Laguna Ma~le-Madre within the corporate limits. (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.
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Tracts 5,3 and 57,o,---',, the common boundary,,,':--,~ between State
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and its meat, tiers to the ,,most ..... '--' .........
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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.
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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
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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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
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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.