Ord 087-2001 9/12/2001ORDINANCE NO. F3 q - 1,00
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, DECLARING DISASTER EMERGENCY IN THE CITY;
PROMULGATING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES FOR CERTAIN GOODS
AND SERVICES IN THE CITY; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. It is hereby declared that a state of disaster emergency exists in the
City of Wichita Falls because of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington,
D.C., and other areas of the United States of America of September 11, 2001.
SECTION 2. Finding that there has been a substantial disruption of the local
free, competitive market in the purchase or sale of the hereinafter described goods and
services, the maximum retail cost to the consumer shall not exceed the wholesale cost
plus the mark -up in dollars and cents charged per unit by the seller of such goods and
services in the city limits of Wichita Falls in effect on September 11, 2001, at 8:00 a.m.
CST, to -wit:
1. Groceries, beverages, toilet articles and ice;
2. Construction and building materials and supplies, electrical and gas
generating and transmission equipment, parts and accessories;
3. Charcoal, briquettes, matches, candles, lamp illumination and heat
unit - carbides, dry batteries, light bulbs, flashlights and hand
lanterns;
4. Hand tools (manual and power), earth - moving equipment and
machinery, automotive parts, supplies and accessories;
5. Apartment, duplex, multi - family dwelling, rooming house, hotel and
motel rentals, insofar as such regulations are not inconsistent with
laws concerning federally insured housing units;
6. Gasolines, diesel oils, motor oils, kerosenes, grease and
automotive lubricants;
7. Restaurant, cafeteria and boarding -house meals;
8. Medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, equipment and
supplies;
9. Blankets, quilts, bedspreads, bed linens, mattresses, bedsprings,
bedsteads, towels and toilet paper.
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SECTION 3. Anyone convicted of violating this ordinance shall be subject to a
fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars. Each sale to a different consumer
of any goods or services in Section 2 shall be a separate offense.
SECTION 4. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure because
of the acts of terrorism in the United States of America, and the resulting declaration of
emergency by the City of Wichita Falls, County of Wichita, and it shall become effective
immediately upon its passage.
SECTION 5. The City of Wichita Falls Ordinance No. 86 -2001 is hereby
repealed, and this Ordinance is hereby substituted in its place.
SECTION 6. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th day of September, 2001.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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MAYOR