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ORDINANCE NUMBER 1110
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 11-1
AND 11-2 TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 1976 EDITION
OF THE STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE, WITH 1977 AND 1978
AMENDMENTS, EXCEPT AS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS SPECIFICALLY
DELETED, MODIFIED OR AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF
THREE (3) COPIES OF SUCH CODE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
SECRETARY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 11-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of West University Place is hereby amended so that hereafter said Section 11-1
shall read as follows:
"Section11-1. Adoption of Fire Prevention Code
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There is hereby adopted by the City Commission for the purpose of
prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and
property from fire or explosion, that certain'code known as the
Standard Fire Prevention Code, being particularly the 1976 edition,
with 1977 and 1978 amendments, and the whole thereof, save and ex-
cept such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended,
of which code not less than three (3) certified copies have been
and now are filed in the office of the city secretary and the same
are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at
length herein, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within
the limits of the city."
Section 2. That Section 11.2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
West University Place is hereby amended so that hereafter said Section 11-2
shall read as follows:
"Section 11.2. Amendments to the Fire Prevention Code
Section 17.03(b) is amended to read as follows:
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b. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any
person to possess, store, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell
at retail, transport, or use or explode any fireworks; provided
that the Fire Official shall have power to adopt reasonable rules
and regulations for the granting of permits for supervised public
displays of fireworks by a jurisdiction, fair associations, amuse-
ment parks, other organizations or for the use of fireworks by arti-
sans in pursuit of their trade. Every such use or display shall be
handled by a competent operator approved by the Fire Authority hav-
ing jurisdiction, and shall be of such character and so located,
discharged or fired so as not to be hazardous to property or endanger
any person.
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Section 20.704(c) is amended to read as follows:
c. Supervision. Every service station open to the public shall [ I
have an attendant or supervisor on duty whenever the station is
open for business.
If the dispensing of Class I liquids at a service station available
and open to the public is to be done by a person other than the ser-
',vice station,attendant, the nozzle shall be a listed automatic
closing type without hold open devica.
Section 32.103 is amended by the addition of Sub-sections f and g:
f. Incinerators shall be used only during the hours of one (1) hour
after sunrise to one (1) hour befote sunset, and that during the time
the'incinerator is in use, it shall not be left unattended.
g. The incinerator shall not be used for the burning of garbage
of any type, the burning of rubber or petroleum products or any
substance that will give off 'obnoxious odors.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
immediately from and after its passage and approval as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of March, 1978.
Commissioners Voting Aye: Three
Co~issioners Voting No: One
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ATTEST:
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Ass1stant City Secretary
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