It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having charge of any ice box, refrigerator, safe or vault, which is not in use or under continuous supervision by such owner or person in charge, or in any manner deemed hazardous by any duly authorized officer of the City of Sundown, Texas, to store or permit the same to remain on the outside of any building or inside any unlocked building within the City of Sundown, Texas, unless the doors, lids, or locks of such ice box, refrigerator, safe or vault have been completely removed, so that the same shall in no manner constitute a hazard or danger for children playing in and around the premises or in any manner be hazardous for the public generally.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 5, Section 9-5-1)
It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the city council designee or any duly authorized police officer of the City of Sundown, Texas, to make such investigation and/or inspection within said city as may be necessary to determine whether any ice box, refrigerator, safe or vault is being stored or permitted to remain in or upon any premises within the City of Sundown in violation of the provisions of this article and constitutes any character of danger or hazard for the public.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 5, Section 9-5-2; Ordinance adopting Code)
That in the event the city council designee or any duly authorized police officer of the City of Sundown, Texas, shall discover or ascertain that any ice box, refrigerator, safe or vault is being stored or permitted to remain in or upon any premises within said city in a hazardous or dangerous condition and in violation of this article, it shall be the duty of such officer to notify immediately, in person, the owner or person in charge of any such articles to remove the lids, doors or locks therefrom within twenty-four (24) hours from the time of giving such notice, or dismantle same sufficiently to abate any hazardous condition with reference thereto which may exist. In the event of failure upon the part of such owner or person in charge of any such articles to comply with such notice within said twenty-four (24) hour period, or in the event such owner or person in charge of any of such articles cannot be located and personally notified, as above provided, after reasonable diligence upon the part of such officer, then it shall be the duty of such officer to dismantle such article to the extent necessary under the circumstances to abate any hazardous or dangerous condition thereof which may exist, immediately, to the end that public safety and welfare may be secured without delay.
(1986 Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 5, Section 9-5-3)