HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1984-019 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 84-19
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 16 RELATING TO
PARKS AND RECREATION BY ADDING A NEW SECTION RE-
LATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC USE OF PARR
PARK, TO BE CALLED SECTION 16-12; PROHIBITING PUBLIC
USE OF SAID PARK BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30 P.M. AND
6:30 A.M.; PROVIDING EXCEPTION; DIRECTING PLACEMENT OF
SIGNS AND GATES; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TNE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered to impose reasonable time
limitations on public use of the parks within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does find and determine that due to the
isolated location of Parr Park that for the greater safety and welfare of the
inhabitants of the community that it is in the best interest of the citizens of
the City to impose time limitations on the public use of Parr Park; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the time
restrictions on the public use of Parr Park recommended by the City staff are
reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 16 of the City Code of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, relating to Parks and Recreation is hereby amended in the following
particulars and all other existing Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs, Sentences,
Definitions, Phrases and Words of said City Code are not amended, but shall
remain intact and are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed:
A. That a new section relating to time limitations on public use of
Parr Park, Section 16-12, is hereby added to read as follows:
Section 16-12. Time limitations on public use of
Parr Park; providing exception;
authorizing placement of signs
and gates.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use,
enter into or be within the area delineated as Parr
Park located within the City of Grapevine, Texas,
during the hours of 8:30 o'clock p.m. and 6:30 o'clock
a.m., except when city-sponsored or co-sponsored
events are being held.
(b) The city manager is authorized and directed to
place signs at appropriate locations in Parr Park to
notify all persons of the prohibited hours. Such signs
shall state "No Persons Allowed in Parr Park Between
the Hours of 8:30 P.M. to 6:30 A.M."
(c) The city manager is authorized and directed to
erect a gate at the main entrance to Parr Park on
Parr Lane, and is further authorized and directed to
lock the gate so erected on Parr Lane and the gate
located at the low water crossing adjacent to Old Mill
Run Road during the hours of 8:30 o'clock p.m. and
6:30 o'clock a.m.
Section 2. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions 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 3. 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 committed upon each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the
public business, property, health, safety and general welfare of the public which
requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of
its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 17th day of April , 1984.
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Mayor, City of Grapevine, '��xas
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ATTEST:
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City Secretary, C ty of Grapevine, Texas
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney, City of Grap ne, exas