It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or permit to remain
outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any
unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under
his control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended
or discarded icebox, refrigerator, deep freeze, oven or other container
which has an airtight door or lid, snaplock or other locking device
which may not be released from the inside.
(1971 Code, sec. 10-2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, injure, mutilate,
break or destroy any shrub, plant or tree in the Town, in or upon
any property not belonging to such person, without the permission
of the owner thereof.
(1971 Code, sec. 10-4)
(a) Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following
terms, words, and the derivations thereof shall have the meanings
given herein:
Airgun.
Any gun that discharges a pellet, BB, or paintball by means
of compressed air, gas propellant, or a spring.
Facsimile firearm.
Any device that is a replica firearm and that so closely
appears to be a firearm in size, shape, color, or design that it:
(1)
Can only be differentiated from a firearm through close inspection;
or
(2)
Is likely to be reasonably perceived as a real firearm.
Firearm.
Any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile
through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or
burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use.
(b) Offenses.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, explode, or discharge
any firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, or slingshot within
the corporate limits of the Town.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to display or brandish a facsimile
firearm in a public place within the corporate limits of the Town.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person under seventeen (17) years of
age to possess a facsimile firearm in a public place within the corporate
limits of the Town.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or exhibit a facsimile
firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, cross bow, or slingshot in any manner
that causes alarm or reaction of any type by an officer or official
of a public safety agency or an agency organized to deal with emergencies.
(c) Defenses.
It is a defense to prosecution under this
section that the person was engaged in any of the following:
(1) The protection of persons or property as authorized by chapter
9 of the Texas Penal Code;
(2) The enforcement of any State, federal, or local law by a legally
authorized Peace Officer;
(3) An event, performance, demonstration or ceremony authorized through
the Town permitting process, or sponsored and conducted by a subdivision
of the federal, State or local government or a school district wherein
the firearm or facsimile firearm is essential to the activity.
(Ordinance 1989 adopted 1/11/16)
(a) A
person commits an offense if he creates any noise or odor which is
unreasonably offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities who occupy
surrounding property. The owner or person in control of property where
unreasonable noise or odor is generated commits an offense if he fails
to cause such unreasonable noise or odor to be abated.
(b) Loading,
unloading and handling of construction materials, and the use of any
tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, or demolition work
shall be permitted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday, except by special permission given by the
Building Department. The same construction activities shall be prohibited
to occur on the holidays of: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, the
Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas
Day. The owner or person in control of such property commits the offense
if he fails to prohibit such construction during the prohibited hours
or days.
(c) Emergency
work done in case of storms, sewer stoppages, water main breaks, municipal
and utility construction, as well as security requirements, are exempted
from all of the restrictions.
(1971 Code, sec. 5-23.1; Ordinance 1904 adopted 1/14/13; 1971 Code, sec. 5-23.1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to play at a game of ball
or practice at passing a ball upon any street or alley in the Town.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-4)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface or injure any
of the street signs of the Town by throwing any rocks, stones or other
hard substance against same, or by scratching or defacing or damaging
same in any manner or injuring in any manner the posts on which such
signs are erected.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface any sidewalk in
the Town by placing thereon any marks or signs, by stencils or otherwise,
of any nature or character.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to mix concrete or mortar
or any mixture or substance containing cement on any existing pavement
on public property or to leave or cause to be left any excess concrete
or mortar or any mixture or substance containing cement on any existing
pavement on public property, or to allow same to leak or fall from
any container or receptacle onto pavement on public property. If any
concrete, mortar or any mixture or substance containing cement is
accidentally dropped or placed upon any pavement on public property
within the Town, the person responsible shall immediately remove same
before such substance hardens or sets on such pavement.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-7)
Wherever water from roofs of adjacent buildings is drained or
conducted under sidewalks from downspout drains to the street gutters
through aqueducts or concrete troughs, these openings in the sidewalk
shall be fitted with strong metal covers, which shall be securely
held in place with screws or other fasteners which will not rust or
corrode. Such cover shall be set flush with the surface of the sidewalk
and securely bolted, fastened or so constructed that it cannot slip,
shift, or become out of alignment with the surface of the sidewalk.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-8)
In addition to the unlawful conduct cited in section
8.01.006 above, and where such obstruction or encumbrance is not first permitted by the Town, it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or encumber any street, alley, sidewalk, park or public right-of-way of the Town with inanimate things or materials whatsoever including, but not limited to, landscape material and/or construction material such as fences, gates, trash dumpsters, sand, gravel, dirt, cement, stones, appliances, wires, boxes, or rubbish.
(Ordinance 1701 adopted 6/25/07)
(a) Statues/sculptures,
topiaries, pots, planters, containers, and other similar free-standing
landscape receptacle(s) that individually or collectively take up
space in excess of 5% of the area of the front yard shall be prohibited
in the front yard in all residential districts.
(b) Where
side yards are visible from a public roadway, statues/sculptures,
topiaries, pots, planters, containers, and other similar free-standing
landscape receptacle(s) that take up space individually or collectively
in excess of 5% of the side yard area are prohibited in all residential
districts.
(c) No
front yard or side yard in residential districts, visible from a public
roadway, is allowed to have more than 1 statue/sculpture, topiary,
pot, planter, container or other similar free- standing receptacle
per 100 square feet of yard area (measured in minimum increments of
one square foot). The area of coverage will be calculated in a square
based on the widest point of the statue/sculpture, topiary, pot, planter,
container or landscape receptacle.
(d) Topiaries,
pots, planters and other free-standing landscape containers are required
to have year-round living vegetation.
(e) Exceptions:
(1) Holiday themed decorations occurring between the time period of November
15th and January 6th each year.
(2) Architecture features and/or extension of the main structure are
not intended to be included.
(Ordinance 2080 adopted 8/3/21)