It shall be unlawful for any person to install, or permit to be installed, use or permit to remain in any automobile, including any taxicab, wrecker or ambulance or other vehicle, any radio tuned to the shortwave radio frequency of the police department, or the shortwave frequency of the fire department, without first having obtained the permission of the chief of police or the fire chief of the city respectively.
(1958 Code, sec. 23-26; 1978 Code, sec. 18-5)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to install, operate or maintain a telephonic alarm system which automatically transmits a signal, message or warning to any telephone line of the police department or fire department of the city.
(b) 
A “telephonic alarm system” is defined to mean any mechanism, equipment or device which is designed to operate automatically through the use of public telephone facilities, to transmit a signal, message or warning to another location.
(1958 Code, sec. 23-45; 1978 Code, sec. 18-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, roller blades, in-line skates, skateboards or similar devices to skate along or upon the public grounds of the Julie Rogers Theatre, Tyrrell Historical Library, Beaumont Public Library, City Hall, Civic Center, Police Building, Energy Museum and Municipal Court Building, or the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. “Public grounds” means property belonging to the city adjoining the facilities listed.
(Ordinance 99-55, sec. 1, adopted 8/10/99; 1978 Code, sec. 23-85)
It shall be unlawful for any person to play at a game of ball in any manner upon any public highway, street or alley in the city.
(1958 Code, sec. 33-36; 1978 Code, sec. 23-32)