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1 CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE TEXAS ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE DENTON COUNTY TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEIOUS PROVISIONS BY ADDING SECTION 587 ILLEGAL SMOKING PRODUCTS TO PROHIBIT THE USE PURCHASE POSSESSION AND SALE OF THE SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID KNON OR SOLD UNDER SUCH NAMES AS SPICE GENIE DSCENTS ZOHAI SAGEK2 AND KO KNOCK OUT 2 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PURPOSES PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED TO THOUSAND DOLLARS 2000 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREAS the City Counil of the City of Highlnd Villge Texs hs determined tht ertin businesses within the City my be selling ertin substnes tht when ingested produe intoxiting effets similr to THC or mrijun nd HEREAS the substnes identified bove re onsidered to be generlly desribed s syntheti nnbinoids or slvi divinorum distributed sold nd mrketed under suh nmes s K2 K2 SUMMET K2 SEX GENIE DASCENTS ZOHAI SAGE SPICE KOKNOCK OUT2 SPICE GOLD SPICE DIAMOND YUCATAN FIRE SOLAR FLARE PEP SPICE FIRE N ICE AND SALVIA DIVINORUM nd HEREAS the substnes desribed bove re not yet tegorized s illegl ontrolled substnes under stte or federl lw nd HEREAS the substnes desribed bove my be mrketed s inense but re ommonly being used s n lterntive to mrijun whih is n identified nd doumented ontrolled substne the sle nd use of whih is prohibited under the lws of the Stte oftexs nd the United Sttes nd HEREAS the syntheti nnbinoids substnes identified bove my be presented under vriety of street nmes but shre ommon ingredients inluding JH 018 nd JH 073 nd HEREAS slvi divinorum ontins the ingredient known s Slvinorin A nd HEREAS these unregulted syntheti nnbinoids nd slvi divinorum produe very potent intoxiting effet whih is estimted by the medil ommunity to produe effets rnging from three to one hundred times greter nd more potent thn THC the tive ingredient in mrijun nd HEREAS the substnes identified bove mnifest ll of the demonstrted ttributes of substnes tht deprive individuls of judgment oordintion nd the bility to ondut themselves in sfe nd pproprite mnner in modem soiety nd HEREAS the vilble medil nd lw enforement informtion on these produts individuls under the effets of these substnes my be ler nd present dnger to themselves nd others further the long term effets of these substnes re not yet known nd indites tht HEREAS it is ntiipted tht the Texs Legislture will onsider pproprite regultion of these type of ommodities in its upoming legisltive session but tht it is essentil for the muniiplity to impose some type of resonble restrition on these produts until stte wide regultory system my be properly implemented nd

2 HEREAS it hs been determined tht the effets of these substnes re helth onern to the itizens of the City Highlnd Villge nd HEREAS the City Counil of the City of Highlnd Villge Texs hs determined tht it is in the best interest of the publi helth sfety nd welfre to immeditely ddress the helth onerns to the itizens of the City of Highlnd Villge Texs by dopting lol ordinne prohibiting the substnes identified bove BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE DENTON COUNTY TEXAS THAT SECTION 1 Tht the delrtions ontined in the prembles to this ordinne re hereby repeted nd inorported herein s prt of this ordinne SECTION 2 The Code of Ordinnes of the City of Highlnd Villge Texs be nd the sme is hereby mended by mending Chpter 58 Offenses nd Misellneous Provisions in prt by dding Setion 587 Illegl Smoking Produts to prohibit the use purhse possession sle nd offering for sle the syntheti nnbinoid known or sold under suh nmes s Spie Spie Dimond Spie Gold Pep Spie Yutn Fire Solr Flre Fire n Ie Genie Dsents Zohi Sge Slvi Divinorum K2 K2 Summet nd KO Knok Out2 to red s follows Se 587 Illegl Smoking Produts Purpose The purpose of this rtile is to prohibit the use possession sle ingestion or smoking of illegl smoking produts nd ingestion devies hereinfter defined within the ity limits of the City of Highlnd Villge b Definitions Person shll men n individul orportion liensed or unliensed business prtnership wholesler retiler or ny Illegl Smoking Produt shll men ny substne whether desribed s tobo herbs inense spie or ny blend thereof regrdless of whether the substne is mrketed for the purpose of being smoked whih inludes ny one or more of the following hemils 1 Slvidivinorum or slvinorum A ll prts of the plnt presently lssified botnilly s slvi divinorum whether growing or not the seeds thereof ny extrt from ny prt of suh plnt nd every ompound mnufture slts derivtive mixture or preprtion of suh plnt its seeds or extrts 2 21 R 3S3hydroxyylohexyl 52methylotn 2ylphenol CP nd homologues lso known s 3 6S 10S 9hydroxmethyl 66dimethyl 32methylotn 2yl tetrhydrobenzo hormen 1ollso known s HU or Dexnbinol Ordinne Pge 2 of 4

3 41Pentyl 31nphthoyl indole lso known s JH 018 or 5 Butyl 31nphthoyl indole lso known s JH 073 Ingestion Devie shll men equipment produt or mteril tht is used or intended for use in ingesting inhling or otherwise introduing n illegl smoking produt into the humn body inluding 1 metl wooden ryli glss stone plsti or ermi pipe with or without sreen permnent sreen hshish hed or puntured metl bowl 2 wter pipe 3 rburetion tube or devie 4 smoking or rburetion msk 5 hmber pipe 6 rburetor pipe 7 n eletri pipe 8 nir driven pipe 9 hillum 10 bong or 11 n ie pipe or hiller Sell Offer Gift Disply or Possession It shll be unlwful for ny person to use possess purhse brter give publily disply sell or offer for sle ny illegl smoking produt d Use or Possession of Ingestion Devies It shll be unlwful for ny person to use or possess with intent to use n ingestion devie to injet ingest inhle or otherwise introdue into the humn body n illegl smoking produt e Defense It shll be defense to violtion of this rtile tht ny t desribed in this rtile is under nd pursunt to the diretion or presription of liensed physiin or dentist uthorized to diret or presribe suh t SECTION 2 All ordinnes of the City of Highlnd Villge in onflit with the provisions of this ordinne shll be nd the sme re hereby repeled provided however tht ll other provisions of sid ordinnes not in onflit herewith shll remin in full fore nd effet Nothing ontined herein shll be onstrued to onflit with the Texs Controlled Substne At or ny other stte nd or federl lw governing the sme Ordinne Pge 3 of 4

4 SECTION 3 Should ny word sentene prgrph subdivision luse phrse or setion of this ordinne or of the Code of Ordinnes s mended hereby be djudged or held to be void or unonstitutionl the sme shll not ffet the vlidity of the remining portions of sid ordinne or the Code of Ordinnes s mended hereby whih shll remin in full fore nd effet SECTION 4 An offense ommitted before the effetive dte of this ordinne is governed by prior lw nd the provisions of the Code of Ordinnes s mended in effet when the offense ws ommitted nd the former lw is ontinued in effet for this purpose SECTION 5 Any person firm or orportion violting ny of the provisions or terms of this ordinne or of the Code of Ordinnes s mended hereby shll be subjet to the sme penlty s provided for in the Code of Ordinnes of the City of Highlnd Villge Chpter 1 Generl Provisions Se 19 s mended nd upon onvition shll be punished by fine not to exeed the sum of Two Thousnd Dollrs2000 for eh offense Every dy violtion ontinues shll onstitute seprte offense SECTION 6 Tht this ordinne shll tke effet immeditely from nd fter its pssge publition in ordne with the provisions of the Chrter of the City of Highlnd Villge ordingly so ordined nd nd it is PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE TEXAS ON FIRST READING ON THIS THE 10T DAY OF AUGUST 2010 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE TEXAS ON SECOND READING ON THIS THE 24T DAY OF AUGUST 2010 APPR VED Sott MDermont Myor ATTEST uncd i Alii Rihrdson City APPROVED AS TO FORM AND Np v IICq roftpogq F 2 FEB O n 1963 SEAL Uj 20 LAGO tun D C Dorothy G P Jumbo City Attorney Ordinne Pge 4 of 4

5 City of Highlnd Villge Dine Cllhn Ad At THE STATE OF TEXAS The County of Denton The County of Trrnt Julie Hmmond Being duly sworn she Denton Reord Chronile X is the Publisher uthorized designee of the in City of Denton surrounding res in Denton County The Grpevine Sun Newspper of generl irultion whih hs been ontinuously nd regulrly published for period of not less thn one yer preeding the dte of the tthed notie nd tht the sid notie ws published in sid newspper on the following dtes Publition of the following neighborhood newsppers begn on My Lewisville Flower Mound HighlndVillge NeighborsGo nme hnged from Southern Denton County Neighbors effetive Crrollton NeighborsGo Coppell Vlley Rnh NeighborsGo Ordinne No Denton Reord Chronile Lines47 90 Subsribed nd sworn to before me this dy of Au ust 2010 itness my hnd nd offiil sel Notry Publi Denton ounty Texs r Jt or Otober Meliss O Tredwy Notry Publi Stte of Texs MY COMMISSION EXPIRES Cy7Z Affidvit of Publisher to Publition of Legl Notie Here Pste the Notie by Publition Cut from Newspper p q2 m b GO N y S r UON 6u 5O mr R t0 jlloo5 m pfir 1s Ly NS 9Q 3 jy V 6 7dtANd fa 1 43 LL i g U o vgv22 O mc