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) 
The making, causing, or permitting to be made of any unnecessary noise within the corporate limits of the Town, and in any section thereof, in such a manner as to disturb the peace and comfort of the people in that vicinity, by the honking of a horn, ringing of a bell, sounding of a gong, blowing of a whistle, operation of a radio receiving set, or racing of a gasoline engine, or by any means of any instrument, machinery, or device, or in connection with the operation or repair of an automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and to be unlawful.
(b) 
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be construed as to prevent the giving of any kind of sound as a warning of danger, if the giving of same is necessary or required by law.
(1971 Code, sec. 10-10)
(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)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any group or assemblage of persons, or any two (2) or more persons, whose standing, remaining or congregating upon any public street or sidewalk in the Town shall obstruct, prevent or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of such street or sidewalk by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or to disperse upon being ordered to do so by any Police Officer of the Town or any other Peace Officer.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or group or assemblage of persons, whose standing, remaining or congregating upon any entrance, alcove or steps leading from a public street or sidewalk to the entrance or exit of any public or private building or structure in the Town shall obstruct, prevent or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of such entrance or exit or of the street or sidewalk adjacent thereto by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or to disperse upon being ordered to do so by any Police Officer of the Town or any other Peace Officer.
(1971 Code, sec. 14-3)
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)