TC Ord. No. 1994-02 Amending Chapter 9.16 of the Avon Muni Code of relating to abuse of toxic vaporsORDINANCE NO. 94 - 2
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.16 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF AVON RELATING
TO ABUSE OF TOXIC VAPORS; AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON,
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Section 1. Amendment. Section 9.16.110 of Chapter
9.16 of Title 9 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Avon is
amended with the addition of a new section as follows:
if 9.16.110 Abuse of Toxic Vapors Prohibited. No
person shall knowingly smell or inhale the fumes of toxic vapors
for the purpose of causing a condition of euphoria, excitement,
exhilaration, stupefication, or dulled senses of the nervous
system. No person shall knowingly possess, buy, or use any such
substance for the purposes described herein, nor shall any person
knowingly aid any other person to use any such substance for the
purposes described herein. This section shall not apply to the
inhalation of anesthesia or other substances for medical or
dental purposes.
"(a) For purposes of this section, the term 'toxic
vapors' means the following substances or products containing
such substances: Alcohols including methyl, isopropyl, propyl, or
butyl; Aliphatic acetates including ethyl, methyl, propyl, or
methyl cellosolve acetate; Acetone; Benzene; Carbon
tetrachloride; Cyclohexane; Freons including freon 11 and freon
12; Hexane; Methyl ethyl ketone; Methyl isobutyl ketone; Naptha;
Perchlorethylene; Toluene; Trichlorethane or Xylene.
"(b) In prosecution of a violation
evidence that a container lists one or more of
described in subsection (a) of this section as
ingredients shall be prima facie evidence that
such container contains toxic vapors and emits
thereof."
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Section 2. Severability. If any part, section,
sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the Town Council
for the Town of Avon hereby declares it would have passed this
Ordinance and each part, section, sub - section, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
parts, sections, sub - sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared invalid.
Section 3. Penalty. It is unlawful for any person to
violate any provision of, or to fail to comply with any of the
requirements of, this Ordinance. Any person who violates any of
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a
period of not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such
fine and imprisonment; provided, no person under the age of
eighteen years shall be punished by imprisonment.
INTRODUCED, PASSED
ORDERED POSTED, this 25t]7day
hearing on this Ordinance sh
the Town Council of the Town
February , 1994 at 7:30
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE TOWN
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE 8TH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1994, AT THE TOWN MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 94 -2, SERIES
OF 1994:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.16 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE TOWN OF AVON RELATING TO ABUSE OF TOXIC
VAPORS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
HEREOF
A copy of said Ordinance is attached hereto, and is also on file
at the office of the Town Clerk, and may be inspected during
regular business hours.
Following this hearing, the Council may consider final passage of
this Ordinance.
This notice is given and posted by order of the Town Council of
the Town of Avon, Colorado
Dated this 26th day of January, 1994.
TOWN OF AVON, COLORADO
BY
Patty Ney art
Town Cler}
POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE TOWN OF AVON ON
JANUARY 26, 1994;
AVON POST OFFICE IN THE MAIN LOBBY
CITY MARKET IN THE MAIN LOBBY
COASTAL MART, INC.; AND
AVON MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN THE MAIN LOBBY