OR 60-30 Public Safety Gasoline & Kerosene 6030
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
SHALL NOT BE SOLD OR DELIVERED IN ANY CONTAINER
EXCEPT METAL CONTAINERS; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or deliver any gasoline
or kerosene in any container except a metal container;provided that all
containers in which gasoline is sold or delivered shall be painted or
colored red, and that all containers in which kerosene is offered for
sale or delivered shall be painted of some color other than red.
2. The violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine
of not to exceed Twenty-five ($27.00) Dollars.
The fact that .the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, are
in imediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this ordinance
oreates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demanding that any
and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than one meeting
be suspended, and that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its
passage, and it is se ordained.
Ordinance 60-30 ,
The ordinance as finally passed is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
SHALL NOT BE SOLD OR DELIVERED IN ANY CONTAINER
EXCEPT METAL CONTAINERS; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or deliver any gasoline
or kerosene in any container except a metal container;provided that all
containers in which gasoline is sold or delivered shall be painted or
colored red, and that all containers in which kerosene is offered for
sale or delivered shall be painted ef some color other than red.
2. The violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine
of not to exceed Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars.
The fact that .the Town of Coppell, Texas, and its inhabitants, are
in immediate need of the relief afforded by the provisions of this ordinance
creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demanding that any
and all rules requiring ordinances to be passed at more than one meeting
be suspended, and that this ordinance_ take effect immediately upon its
passage, and it is so ordained.
Ordinance 60-30 was passed and approved by the Town Council
of the Town of Coppell, Texas on December 5, 1960.