Use of candles on certain city properties.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-32
in effectSec. 28-32. - Use of candles on certain city properties.
(a) No person shall light a candle on the grounds of the Sam Houston Coliseum, the Coliseum Annex, the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, the Music Hall, the Albert Thomas Convention and Exhibit Center and underground parking garages, the City Hall, the Margaret Westerman City Hall Annex, the Police administration building, the Underground Telephone Exchange and Emergency Operating Center, the Fire Alarm Building, the Municipal Courts Building, the Julia Ideson Building, and the Central Library Building of the Houston Public Library System unless the base of the candle is surrounded by a container sufficiently large enough to catch and to retain the wax droppings.
(b) A violation of subsection (a), upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by section 1-6 of this Code.
(Code 1968, § 28-70; Ord. No. 79-867, §§ 1, 2, 5-23-79; Ord. No. 79-911, §§ 1, 2, 6-5-79; Ord. No. 92-1449, § 45, 11-4-92)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28MIOFPR_ARTIINGE_S28-32USCACEPRFetched: 10/26/2026