It is unlawful for any person to turn in a false fire alarm,
or in any manner to deceive or attempt to deceive the Fire Department
or any officer or employee thereof with reference to any fire alarm
or reported fire, or knowingly to cause the Fire Department or its
officers or employees to make a useless run.
It is unlawful for any person or any agent or employee thereof,
knowingly to make any material misrepresentation to any officer, employee
or agency of the city government in any official application to, or
official dealing or negotiation with, such officer or agency; or to
commit perjury before any tribunal or officer of the city.
It is unlawful for any person except by proper authority to
remove any barricade or obstruction placed by authority of the city
to keep traffic off any pavement, street, curb, sidewalk, or other
area.
Anyone having an air conditioning or air-cooling system now
situated upon the awning of any building within the fire limits of
the city, shall dispose of the water therefrom, by diverting the waste
water from such air conditioning or cooling system, to the back of
their respective buildings or connecting their water disposal system
therefrom within the city storm sewer system.
No person shall call the number 911 for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint or reporting false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency. Any person violating the provisions of this section upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine as prescribed in Section 9-31 of this Code.
Any person who owns a telephone or who is charged line or rent
charges from the telephone utility, who uses the 911 number for non-emergency
calls or who allows minor children to use the 911 number for non-emergency
purposes, after notification may be assessed a fee of $15 for abuse.
It is unlawful for any person to program a burglar alarm automatic
dialing device to any telephone line which, when activated, dials
the digits 9-1-1.
1.
It is unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to obstruct
or delay in any manner any policeman, the municipal judge, fireman,
or other employee of the City of Weatherford in the discharge of his
official duties.
2.
It is unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to obstruct
or delay or in any way interfere with an emergency medical technician
or other emergency medical care provider in the performance of or
attempt to perform emergency medical care and treatment or in going
to or returning from the scene of a medical emergency.
1.
It is unlawful for any person, without justifiable or excusable cause,
to knowingly commit assault upon the person of a police officer while
said officer is in the performance of his duties.
2.
It is unlawful for any person, without justifiable or excusable cause,
to knowingly commit battery or assault and battery upon the person
of a police officer while said officer is in the performance of his
duties.
3.
For the purpose of this section "performance of his duties" shall
mean any time that a police officer, after identifying himself as
a police officer, while not in uniform or while on official duty or
not, is enforcing or attempting to enforce any laws within his jurisdiction.
An officer that is on duty and in uniform does not need to identify
himself as a police officer.
4.
It is unlawful for any person, without justifiable or excusable cause,
to knowingly commit assault, battery, or assault and battery upon
the person of a municipal judge, fireman, or other city employee.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully, knowingly and without
probable cause, make a false report to any person of any crime or
circumstances indicating the possibility of a crime having been committed,
including the unlawful taking of property, which report causes or
encourages the exercise of police action or investigation.
Any person having any item of personal property in his possession
or under his control by virtue of a lease, rental agreement, or rental-purchase
agreement who willfully and fraudulently fails to return said item
of personal property within 10 days after the lease, rental agreement,
or rental-purchase agreement has expired, or who fraudulently secretes
or appropriates said property to any use or purpose not within the
due and lawful execution of his lease or rental agreement, shall be
guilty of an offense.
[Amended 11-30-2006,
Ordinance 2006-11]
1.
For the purpose of implementing and enforcing this section, the City
of Weatherford adopts Oklahoma Statutes Title 21-30-842, referring
to Miscellaneous Offenses Against the Person, specifically Tattooing
and Body Piercing.
2.
For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this section, the
City of Weatherford further adopts the current rules and regulations
as adopted by the Oklahoma Department of Health and codified at OAC
310:233 which govern Tattooing and Body Piercing.
3.
Licenses.
a.
No tattoo and/or body piercing operation may perform and/or operate
within the city without first obtaining a license to operate said
tattoo and/or body piercing operation from the City of Weatherford.
Before the license shall be issued or renewed by the City of Weatherford,
the applicant shall provide the following:
(1)
The location of the property where the establishment will be
located.
(2)
Proof that the property upon which the tattoo and/or body piercing
operation is to be located is properly zoned for the operation.
(3)
A copy of the current State of Oklahoma license issued by the
State Department of Health for operation of a "tattooing and/or body
piercing operation."
(4)
A copy of a current "individual artist" license issued by the
State Department of Health for everyone that will be performing tattooing
and/or body piercing within the establishment.
(5)
A copy of the license issued by the State Department of Health
for the establishment.
(6)
A copy of the "surety bond" as required by the Department of
Health.
b.
Upon the City of Weatherford receiving the required documentation
as described in paragraph a above, the City Clerk shall issue the
license contemplated herein. The license shall expire concurrently
with the date established by the license/permit issued by the Oklahoma
Department of Health. The license fee shall not be prorated or transferable.
d.
If for any reason the state suspends, denies or revokes the state
license, the city's license shall also be considered suspended, denied
or revoked. Upon reinstatement, a fee shall be levied in the amount
equal to the annual renewal fee.
e.
Prior to the City of Weatherford issuing a renewal license, the business
must provide current copies of all required documentation as outlined
in subsection 15-103.3a above.
4.
Inspection. Any tattoo and/or body piercing establishment/operation
shall be open to the inspection of any member of the Health Department,
Fire Marshal and/or Building Official or their designated representatives,
so long as inspections are made during reasonable hours of the establishment
of operation.
5.
Enforcement. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility
of the City of Weatherford Inspection Department, the Police Department
or their designated representative.
6.
Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the foregoing
provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed
the maximum amount allowed by law plus court costs for each such offense
and each day's violation thereof shall be deemed a separate offense.
1.
For the purpose of this section the term "disaster area" means the
scene or location of a natural or military disaster, an explosion,
an aircraft accident, a fire, a railroad accident, or a traffic accident.
The scene or location is the area surrounding the disaster that has
been established by emergency personnel working at the scene.
2.
For the purpose of this section the term "authorized person" shall
include all state, county, and municipal police and fire personnel;
hospital and ambulance crews; national guard and civil defense personnel
ordered into the disaster area by proper authority; federal civil
and military personnel on official business; persons who enter the
disaster area to maintain or restore facilities for the provision
of water, electricity, communications, or transportation to the public;
and such other officials as have a valid reason to enter said disaster
area.
3.
It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official
business to follow any emergency vehicle or to purposely drive to
any location on or near a highway where a disaster area exists.
4.
It is unlawful for any person except an authorized person to proceed
to or to remain at a disaster area for the purpose of being a bystander,
spectator, sightseer or souvenir hunter; or for any such person to
take or remove from the disaster area, or disturb or move, any material
objects, equipment or thing either directly or indirectly relating
or pertaining to the disaster.
5.
It is unlawful for any person to operate a mobile radio capable of
receiving transmissions made by any law enforcement agency for illegal
purposes, while in the commission of any crime, or for any violations
of this section.
1.
It is unlawful for any person to:
a.
Knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain cable television service from
another by means, artifice, trick, deception, or device without the
payment to the operator of said service of all lawful compensation
for each type of service obtained; or
b.
Knowingly assist or instruct any other person in obtaining or attempting
to obtain any cable television service without the payment to the
operator of all lawful compensations; or
c.
Knowingly tamper or otherwise interfere with or connect to by any
means, whether mechanical, electrical, acoustical, or other means,
any cables, wires, or other devices used for the distribution of cable
television without authority from the operator of said service; or
d.
Knowingly manufacture, import into this city, distribute, sell, offer
for sale, rental, or use, possess for sale, rental, or use, or advertise
for sale, rental, or use, any device of any description, or any plan,
or kit for a device, designed in whole or in part to facilitate the
doing of any of the acts specified in paragraphs a, b and c above.
2.
In any prosecution as set forth in paragraph 1 of this section, the
existence of the property and in the actual possession of the accused,
of:
a.
Any connection, wire, conductor or any device whatsoever, which is
connected in such a manner as would appear to permit the use of cable
television service without the same being reported for payment to
and specifically authorized by the operator of the cable television
service, or
b.
The existence on the property and in the actual possession of the
accused, in quantities or volumes suggesting possession for resale,
of any device designed in whole or in part to facilitate the performance
of any of the illegal acts mentioned in paragraph 1; shall be prima
facie evidence of intent to violate and of the violation of the provisions
of paragraph 1 by the accused.
1.
For the purpose of this section, to "break and enter" or "breaking
and entering" shall mean forcibly bursting or breaking the wall, an
outer door, window, shutter of a window, the lock or bolts of such
door, the fastening of such window or shutter, or by unlocking an
outer door by means of false keys or by picking the lock thereof,
or by lifting a latch or opening a window.
2.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully and intentionally break
and enter into any building, trailer, or vessel or other structure
without the permission of the owner or occupant thereof, except in
cases permitted by law.
