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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 85-37 ORDINANCE NO. _ ,5- 3 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 , SECTION 18-8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT CONCERNING THE DISCHARGING OF MISSILES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1 . That Chapter 18 , Section 18-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be amended to read as follows: Section 18-8: It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge gravel, marbles, shot or any projectile, missile, object or material out of a gravel shooter, blowgun, air gun, rubber sling or compressed gas, compressed air or spring device; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prevent the use of a compressed air device for the delivery of handbills, circulars or newspapers; and provided that this section shall not apply to the sport of archery when it is practiced on the property of the participant or on property upon which the participant has permission to practice archery, nor shall it apply to organized sports or adventure games employing the use of a low velocity gas powered gun or air gun, so long as the game is played or practiced under supervision, and on private property owned or leased by the participant or sponsor of the game, without the use of any metallic pellet or projectile, and no closer than 300 feet to any place of human habitation, and employing marker pistols or marker guns, with non-metallic chalk-type pellets or paint pellets. It shall, however, be unlawful for any person to propel an arrow or any other projectile onto or over the property of another who has not given permission to the participant to propel an arrow or other projectile onto or over this property. d- flS - 3-7 _3 -.2/_ _ � Section 2 . That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 3 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only . Section 4 . That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of ���( 1985. &gne sA-- Mayor - -2 -