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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37, SEC-
TION 37-73 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO FOLLOW FIRE APPARATUS
TRAVELING IN RESPONSE TO FIRE ALARM CLOSER THAN
500 FEET; PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM OPERATING,
STOPPING OR PARKING A VEHICLE WITHIN 300 FEET OF
FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS OR WHERE FIRE FIGHTING
APPARATUS HAS BEEN PLACED; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS
FOR OFFICIALS AND OTHER.PERSONS DIRECTED TO
PROCEED;PROVIDR%.A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF 'BEAUMONT,' TEXAS:
I.
That Sect -ion 37-73 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 37-73. Following Fire Apparatus
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official
business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in re-
sponse to a fire alarm closer than 500 -feet or operate, stop
or park a vehicle within 300 feet where fire fighting operations
are being conducted or where fire fighting apparatus has been
placed. The provisions of this section shall not apply, however,
to any person who is on official business for the police depart-
ment or the fire department, or any person who is directed by
a policeman or fire fighter to proceed within the above mentioned
300 foot radius.
2.
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.
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That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a par-
ticular set of persons or circumstances should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect
the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
4.
. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this the day of
September, 1969.
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