Any act, the commission of which constitutes a violation of any law of the State of Texas, is prohibited within the Town of Double Oak, Texas (the town) and, if committed within the town, is hereby declared to be an offense; provided, however, that the penalty therefore shall not exceed the penalty prescribed in this article or the penalties prescribed by the state law, whichever is less.
(Ordinance 04-04 adopted 3/1/04)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, use, discharge, explode, or fire any fireworks within the town limits of the town, with the following exceptions:
(1) 
Public displays of fireworks may be held with written approval of the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen may impose any restrictions or make any requirements it deems necessary, if it sees fit to issue such approval.
(2) 
Signal flares, or devices, designated and used for the purpose of emergency warning, or by RR as signal devices, are not prohibited.
(3) 
Sparklers are allowed to be sold and used.
(b) 
“Fireworks” means any firecracker, rocket, roman candle, aerial bomb, or other device used to obtain visible or audible display of fireworks.
(Ordinance 21-3 adopted 11/13/80)
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued, any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of persons of ordinary and reasonable sensibilities.
(Ordinance 21-3 adopted 11/13/80)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit in or on any public road, street or alley, any public highway, or in or on any public property of any nature in the Town of Double Oak, any glass bottles, glass, nails, tacks, hooks, wire, cans, box, bale, bundle, sack, paper, pasteboard box, cloth or any other kind of rubbish or trash.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit in or on any private property, not belonging to or under the control of such person, any bottles, glass, nails, tacks, hooks, wire, cans, box, bale, bundle, sack, paper, pasteboard box, cloth or any other kind of rubbish or trash. It shall also be littering if a person allows litter on private property to be blown or carried onto the property of others.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally or knowingly allow occupants of the vehicle he is in control of to litter any street, easement, right-of-way, public property, or private property not belonging to him.
(d) 
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent or contractor in charge of any construction or demolition site to cause, maintain, permit or allow to be caused, maintained or permitted the accumulation of any litter on the site before, during or after completion of the construction or demolition project.
(2) 
It shall be the duty of the owner, agent contractor to have on the site adequate containers for the disposal of litter.
(3) 
The owner, agent, or contractor may be required at any time to show proof of appropriate collection or if transported by self, of final disposition at an authorized facility.
(Ordinance 21-3 adopted 11/13/80)
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally and negligently allow animals in his control to damage or destroy property of others.
(Ordinance 21-3 adopted 11/13/80)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provisions set forth in Section 1.109 of this code, and each transaction or violation of any of the provisions hereof shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ordinance 21-3 adopted 11/13/80)