It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building, or other structure, or within any warehouse or storage room or any unoccupied or abandoned dwelling, building, or other structure, under such circumstances as to be accessible to children, any icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of 1-1/2 cubic feet or more and an opening of 50 square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with a latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid shut. An offense under this section is punishable as provided in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code section 756.013.
(1967 Code, sec. 16-2; 2008 Code, sec. 50-1)
(a) 
Prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage while on any street, sidewalk or other public way in the city.
(b) 
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, all definitions of words, terms, and phrases as set forth in V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code section 1.04 are hereby adopted and made a part of this section.
(c) 
Penalty.
Any person found to be in violation of the terms contained in this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed that provided in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code section 54.001 et seq., unless otherwise provided by law.
(Ordinance 983, secs. 5-1, 5-7, 5-8, adopted 3/15/04; 2008 Code, secs. 10-1, 10-7, 10-8)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city, without obtaining a permit, to erect, place, construct, reconstruct, alter or repair or to permit the erection, placement, construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any fence, wall, hedge, object or structure or any other character of obstruction:
(1) 
Over, on or across any public property, way, alley, street, sidewalk or park;
(2) 
Between the property line of any lot and a public street or alley line; or
(3) 
Obstructing access to any city utility equipment or property.
(b) 
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or fail to comply therewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The owner or occupier of any building or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this section shall be placed or exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent or person assisting in the commission of any such violation, shall also be guilty of a separate misdemeanor.
(c) 
Any object that is obstructing access to any city utility equipment or property can:
(1) 
If the situation is deemed an emergency by the city fire marshal, said object will be removed immediately by the city at the cost of the property’s owner or occupant. And the property’s owner or occupant may be cited for the violation of this section.
(2) 
If the situation is not an emergency, a seventy-two (72) hour notice to have the obstruction cleared away from the city utility equipment or property will be delivered either in person to the occupant of the property, or posted visibly on or near the front door of the property by a city police officer or code enforcement official. If the object that is obstructing access is not cleared to allow access to the city utility equipment or property by the end of that seventy-two (72) hour time period, said object will be removed by the city at the cost of the property’s owner or occupant. The property’s owner or occupant may be cited for the violation of this section.
(1967 Code, sec. 24-2; 2008 Code, sec. 62-5; Ordinance 1194 adopted 8/3/21)
A person shall not stop or stand in the way so as to in any manner obstruct the use of the sidewalks, streets, or any other public places in the city by loafing, lounging or standing in or upon such places.
(1967 Code, sec. 24-3; 2008 Code, sec. 62-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any materials, boxes, or other objects whatsoever in or upon any street, alley or sidewalk in the city without first obtaining the written permission of the city. If written permission is obtained, then it shall be unlawful to remove the material so placed without first obtaining the written permission of the city engineer to remove such material.
(1967 Code, sec. 24-4; 2008 Code, sec. 62-7)
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or obstruct any public improvements authorized by the city commission, the mayor or other city officials by means of threats, coercion, duress, or any other method whatsoever, either directly or indirectly.
(1967 Code, sec. 24-5; 2008 Code, sec. 62-8)