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.
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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herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only .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.
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