HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1979-017 ORDINANCE NO. 79-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE
PROVIDING FOR IT TO BE UNLAWFUL FOR
UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES TO ENTER INTO OR
BE WITHIN THE AREA DELINEATED AS THE
GRAPEVINE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE DURING
CERTAIN HOURS ; PROVIDING FOR SIGNS TO
BE POSTED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS , the City of Grapevine is the owner of a
Municipal Golf Course located within an area leased from the
United States Government , Army Corps of Engineer , on property
owned by the United States Government at Grapevine Lake, and;
WHEREAS , the City of Grapevine has made substantial
and valuable improvements to the leased area by construction
of a Golf Course, and;
WHEREAS , it is extremely important to the citizens
and taxpayers of the City of Grapevine that the course be well
maintained and kept in good playing condition and that the prop-
erty not be damaged or vandalized, and;
WHEREAS , it is deemed in the best interests of the
City that within the Golf Course area no unauthorized parties
be allowed in the area after a specified time , which time shall
be posted on signs located on the main streets , roads or arteries
leading into the Golf Course.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE , TEXAS :
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to
enter into or be within the area delineated as the Grapevine
Municipal Golf Course located on the United States Government
property at Grapevine Lake during the time that duly posted
signs preclude unauthorized persons within said area.
Section 2 . The City Manager or his duly designated
employee shall be authorized and directed to post signs at a
point where the primary streets , roads and arteries leading to
the Golf Course enter the Golf Course which signs shall state
"No Unauthorized Parties Allowed on Grapevine Municipal Golf
Course Property Between the Hours of P .M. to A.M. " .
Section 3 . The definition of "Unauthorized Parties"
means any individual who has not been authorized by the Federal ,
State, County or Local Government to be on the property pursuant
to his or her official duties or any individual who is not at-
tending a City approved function at the Golf Course.
Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed
two hundred dollars ($200 . 00) and a separate offense shall be
deemed coumuitted upon each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues after the notice period provided herein has
expired. The Court shall order removal and abatement of the nui-
sance.
Section 5 . Severability. If any section, article ,
paragraph, sentence, clause , phrase or word in this ordinance ,
or application thereto to any person or circumstances is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining por-
tions of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it
would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite
such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 6 . Emergency. The fact that no present ordi-
nance of the City of Grapevine regulating unauthorized parties
to be allowed in the Golf Course area exist , creates an urgency
and an emergency and in the preservation of the public health,
safety and welfare requires that this ordinance shall take effect
immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the
caption as the law and charter in such cases provides .
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine ,
Texas , this the 3rd day of April , 1979 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
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