Ord 26-2012 5/1/2012ORDINANCE NO. 26 -2012
Ordinance Waiving The Application Of Article IV, Pyrotechnics, Of
Chapter 50 Of The Wichita Falls City Code To The Daytime Use Of
Propane Cannons And Pistol- Launched Pyrotechnics For Bird
Control At The Intersection Of Maurine Street and Loop 11,
Conditioned Upon Sheppard Air Force Personnel Notifying All
Property Owners Within 500 Feet Of The Boundary Of Said Location
Of The Impending Use Of Said Noise - Making Devices, Declaring An
Emergency, And Declaring An Effective Period Of This Ordinance
From May 1, 2012 To December 31, 2012.
WHEREAS, Article IV , Pyrotechnics, of Chapter 50 of the Wichita Falls City
Code prohibits the use of a wide variety of pyrotechnic devices, and impliedly requires
a state - licensed pyrotechnician for their use; and,
WHEREAS, Sheppard Air Force Base desires to use propane cannons and
pistol - launched pyrotechnics in the vicinity of Maurine Street and Loop 11 to persuade
birds to leave its premises and thereby reduce its bird - nuisance problem; and,
WHEREAS, the limited use of bird - harassment devices does not create the fire
dangers posed by normal civilian use of pyrotechnics; therefore, City Council finds that
it is proper to allow the limited use of such devices to the extent nearby citizens are
appropriately notified to avoid alarm.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The application of Article IV, Pyrotechnics, of Chapter 50 of the Wichita Falls
City Code is waived to the daytime use of propane cannons and pistol - launched
pyrotechnics for bird control in the vicinity of Maurine Street and Loop 11, conditioned
upon Sheppard Air Force Base notifying all property owners within 500 feet of the
intersection of Maurine Street and Loop 11 of the impending use of said noise - making
devices.
2. The immediate need to protect military, commercial and general aviation,
balanced against the needs of the citizens of Wichita Falls for peace and quiet creates
an emergency, and in order to protect the public health, welfare and to preserve the
peace, this ordinance shall take effect on the date designated below, conditioned upon
Sheppard Air Force Base first notifying all property owners within 500 feet of the of the
intersection of Maurine Street and Loop 11 of the impending use of said noise - making
devices and providing copies of such notification letters (and proof of sending thereof)
to the City's Aviation, Traffic & Transportation Department. The effective period of this
ordinance shall be from May 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1St day of May 2012.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk