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Ord 097-2000 9/19/2000ORDINANCE NO. 97 -2000 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, AT ARTICLE II, NOISE, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (C) TO SECTION 20 -32 TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF A DEVICE THAT CREATES VIBRATION ABOVE THE VIBRATION PERCEPTION THRESHOLD, AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 20 -33, PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS TO THIS ORDINANCE; 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: SECTION 1. That Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, at Article Il, Noise, is hereby amended by the addition of Subsection (c) to Section 20 -32, so that such section shall hereafter read as follows: "Sec. 20 -32. Unnecessary and disturbing noise. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, or cause to be made, noise of such character, intensity and duration as to be detrimental to life or health of any individual in the city. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in the city which is offensive to the ordinary sensibilities of the inhabitants of the city, which noise renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable, or interferes with peace and comfort. (c) It shall be unlawful to operate, or to permit or to cause the operation of any device that creates vibration which is above the vibration perception threshold of an individual at or beyond the property of the source if on private property or at fifty (50) feet from the source if in a public space or public right -of -way. For the purpose of this section, "vibration perception threshold" means the minimum ground- or structure -borne vibrational motion necessary to cause a reasonable person to be aware of the vibration by such direct means as, but not limited to, sensation by touch or visual observation of moving objects." SECTION 2. That Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, at Article II, Noise, is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 20 -33, so that such section shall hereafter read as follows: "Sec. 20 -33. Exemptions. The following activities are exempt from Article II: 1) The emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to an emergency; 2) Sound produced by emergency vehicles; 3) Sound produced by a vehicle motor while the vehicle is moving on a public right -of -way, public waterway, airport runway, or railway; 4) Sound produced by any governmental body in the performance of a governmental function; 5) Sound generated at a scheduled stadium event; by parade spectators and participants in the parade route during a permitted parade; by outdoor celebration participants sponsored or co- sponsored by the City for the general welfare of the public; 6) Amplifiers used on vehicles to attract patrons that are operated by ice cream and snow cone vendors that produce jingles or music from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; 7) the use and operation of an amplified, mechanical bell system in connection with the use and occupancy of a church structure. However, such systems shall not be used or operated in a manner so as to be offensive to the ordinary sensibilities of a reasonable and prudent person; and 8) The sound produced by the erection, excavation, construction, demolition, alteration, or repair work, or the permitting or causing thereof, of any building or other structure, or the operation or the permitting or causing the operation of any tools or equipment used in any such activity conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m." SECTION 3. It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the provisions of this ordinance shall become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention. SECTION 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith is hereby repealed. SECTION 5. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect. 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 19th day of September 2000. ATTEST: "Ll) City Clerk MAYOR ORDINANCE NO. 92-2000 ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32-20 OF THE CODE OF OR- DINANCES TO ADJUST WATER RATES FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS; FINDING AND DETER- MINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO 'THE PUBLIC AS RE- QUIRED BYLAW. ORDINANCE NO. 93-2000 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL '. OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TE l - ' A5,TO AMEND SEC- davit of Publication TION 15.127 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANC- ES, WHICH CLASSI- FIES THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATED CIV- IL SERVICE POSI- TIONS IN THE WICHITA FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT; FIND- ING AND DETERMIN- ING THAT THE THE STATE OF TEXAS MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS iCOUNTY OF WICHITA 1213087 PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS RE- QUIRED BYLAW. ORDINANCE NO. 94-2000 ORDINANCE DESIG- NATING THE STRUC- TURE AT 3 1 0 0 HAMILTON BOULE- j YARD AS A WICHITA i On this 3`d dayof October 2000 personally FALLS LANDMARK; h y FINDING AND DETER- MINING THAT THE ! appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Saundra Barnett, •MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS bookkeeper for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, PASSED WAS OPEN TO THIR PUBLIC AS RE- publishers of the Wichita Falls Times /Record News, a newspaper LAW. ORDINANCE 0f NO. published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, and upon ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, advertisement is a true and correct copyof advertisingpublished in AMENDING CHAPTER20 O THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTI- one (1) issues thereof on the following dates October 1st2000. TLED OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS •PROVISIONS,AT ARTI- CLE II, NOISE, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (C) TO SECTION 20-3 /�A� TO PROHIBIT THE OP- ERATION OF A DE- - VICE THAT CREATES VIBRATION ABOVE THE VIBRATION PER- Saundra Barnett CEPTION THRESH- OLD, AND BY ADDING Bookkeeper for the Times Publishing A NEW SECTION 20-33, PROVIDING FOR EX- Company of Wichita Falls EMPTIONS TO THIS ORDINANCE; FIND- ING AND DETERMIN- I N G THAT T H E MEETING AT WHICH .� THIS ORDINANCE WAS 4-• PASSED WAS OPEN TO i i THE PUBLIC As RE- QUIRED BY LAW.OR- y� r�j1• Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written: � • DINANCE NO.98-2000 • ORDINANCE AMEND- • ING SECTION 27-29 • • AND 27-30 OF THE MU- ; • ��s �J`� NICIPAL CODE OF OR- T • pier DINANCES s REGARDING SIDE- • WALKS; FINDING AND a DETERMINING THAT • THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDI- NANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW.