ORDINANCE NUMBER 437-A
AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
WHEREAS, the City of Granite Shoals adopted Ordinance 437 on August 9, 2005, to regulate the sale and discharge of fireworks within the city limits
of the City of Granite Shoals; and
WHEREAS, the City of
WHEREAS, fireworks sales on those tracts of
land have historically been allowed because those tracts have been outside the
city limits; and
WHEREAS, the annexation process was recently
announced without allowing a great deal of time for operators of those
businesses to relocate their operations prior to final annexation; and
WHEREAS, although section 43.002 of the
Texas Local Government Code would allow the City of Granite Shoals to prohibit
sales of fireworks in the newly annexed areas, the city council desires to
allow landowners and fireworks businesses in the newly annexed areas to have a
one time exemption from the possession
and sale
of fireworks so that the persons and entities involved will have the ability to
relocate their operations with as little interference as possible;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SECTION
1:
That
Section
2 of Ordinance 437-A is amended by adding a new Section 2.3 to read as follows:
2.3 The provisions in Section 2.1 which
make it unlawful for a person to possess, store, offer for sale, expose
for sale, or sell at retail fireworks
in the
corporate limits of the City of
This
ordinance shall become effective upon passage and adoption in accordance with state law.
Passed and
approved this 12th day of December,
2006.
/s/________________________
Frank
M.
Reilly Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED
AS TO FORM:
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