Ordinance 631 - Prohibits Placing Electric Wires Over SidewalksME
ORDINANCE NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PLACING OF ELECTRIC WIRES OR ELECTRIC EXTENSION
CORDS OR THE.'LIKE OVER OR ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS, BOULEVARDS OR PUBLIC WAYS IN
ORDER TO PLUG IN AND HEAT MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE OR FOR OTHER USES, WITH
CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS: MAKING THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE A MISDEMEANOR
AS WELL AS A NUISANCE AND PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF SUCH NUISANCE: AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE: AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARTSOF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH:
WHEREAS, it appears that some residents of the City of Kalispell
have conducted electricity from their residences to their motor vehicle
engine heaters by means of extension cords from their premises on or over
the sidewalks and boulevards of the City of Kalispell, to their motor vehicles
parked in the public streets of the City of Kalispell, and have left such
extension cords in the public streets which are accessible to children and
which are dangerous as well as unsightly, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,
STATE OF MIONTANA:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation
to conduct electricity over or across the sidewalks, boulevards, or public
ways of the City of Kalispell by means of extension cords or electric wires
for the purpose of heating the engines of motor vehicles, or for any other
purposes, and no such electric wires shall be placed or left either on public
sidewalks, boulevards, or ways of the City of Kalispell, nor shall they be
strung over such public sidewalks, boulevards, or ways of the City of Kalispel]
provided, however, nothing herein shall be construed so as to interfere with
the work of contractors, artisans, or any other persons, firms, or corporations
conducting their business in the regular way wherein it may be necessary and
proper to conduct electricity over the public ways of the City of Kalispell
under their direct and constant supervision.
1 Section 2. Any violation of this ordinance shall constitute a
nuisance which may be abated as provided in the Revised Ordinances of the
City of Kalispell of 1947, as the same has or may be amended, and any person,
firm, or corporation violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable as such.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to inspect
the City at reasonable intervals in order to discover possible violations
and to initiate appropriate prosecution of offenders hereunder.
Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana,
this 3rd day of May, 1954.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Kalispell, Montana, this
3rd day of May, 1954.
D. M. McBride
Mayor
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ATTEST H. J. Hunt
City Clerk
I, H. J. Hunt, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do hereby
certify that on the 4th day of May, 1954, I posted a copy of the foregoing
ordinance in my office and the same remained posted for a period of five days
and the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the ordinaice as passed
by the City Council.
pity Clerk of the C y of Kalispell, Montana