HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05.08.1967 - Burning of Trash67
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BURNING OF
TRASH AND WASTE MATERIALS WITHIN THE COR.-
POItATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEOIt,GETOWN,
TEXAS: PROGIBITING THE BURNING OF TRASH
OR `"BASTE WITHIN THE SAID CITY; PRESCRIBING
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH TRASH AND WASTE
MAY BE BURNED WIHIN SAID CITY: PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOERGETOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person
to burn any trash, waste or rubbish within the city limits of the
City of Georgetown, Texas, or to start or maintain fires of any
character within such City of Georgetown, Texas. It is not in-
tended hereby to prohibit the burning of trash or rubbish or
waste in any stove or furnace within any building provided with
proper flues or chimneys; but all fires are prohibited within
said City save and except in stoves or furnaces within buildings.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of
not less than $1.00 nor more than $50.00.
Section 3. The fact that open fires are dangerous to
surrounding buildings, and there are no regulations in the City
of Georgetown prohibiting or regulating such fires, creates and
is hereby declared to be an emergency necessitating the suspension
of the rule requiring ordinances to be read at three meetings
before passage, and such rule is hereby suspended and this or-
dinance shall become effective from and after its passage.
Jay C. Sloan, Mayor
ATTEST:
Claud Eads, City Secretary