HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-31.docJANUARY 28, 2003 03 - 31 ORDINANCE
FIRST READING
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PURPOSE: AMEND REGULATIONS RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES – CONTESTS OR AWARDS
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINSTRATION
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH REPEALING AND
RECREATING SECTIONS 29 - 1(L) AND 29 - 13 OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 29 - 1(L) of the Oshkosh Mun icipal Code pertaining to
weights and measures, adoption of codes, is hereby repealed and recreated to read as
follows:
(L) NIST Handbook 44, U.D. Department of Commerce, Specifications,
Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial
Weighing and Measuring Devices except as such regulations may
apply to weighing and measuring devices used for the purposes of
contests or awards.
SECTION 2. That Section 29 - 13 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
Weights and Measures, Notice to Sealer of Use of Scales, is hereby repealed and
recreated to read as follows:
SECTION 29 - 13 NOTICE TO SEALER OF USE OF SCALES
It shall be the duty of every person owning or having in possession or
under their control any weight, measure, scale, scale beam, patent
bal ance, steel yard, computing or automatic scale or other instrument
used for the purpose of weighing or measuring any article, animal or thing
intended to be purchased or sold within the City, to notify the Sealer in
writing of the acquisition of such devic e and have same sealed before
using commercially. Such notice shall also contain the number thereof
and a general description of the same, and the street and number of the
place where the same may be found for the purpose of inspection, and
such notice sh all be signed by the person owning or having such weight or
instrument in possession or under control.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication.