Ordinance No. 16,420 (Item 5.b.) ORDINANCE NO. 16,420
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "PARKS AND RECREATION," SECTION 70-1 "PARK
HOURS," SECTION 70-1(B) "EXCEPTIONS," TO ADD SUBSECTION (3), TO
EXEMPT ATTENDEES, PARTICIPANTS, OR INDIVIDUALS OTHERWISE
INVOLVED IN A PROPERLY PERMITTED TOURISM-IMPACT EVENT HELD AT
A MUNICIPAL PARK FROM THE APPLICATION OF STANDARD PARK HOURS;
CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE;CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 70 "Parks and Recreation," Section 70-1 "Park Hours" of the Code of
Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 70. PARKS AND RECREATION
See. 70-1. Park hours.
(a) Offenses. A person commits an offense if he enters or remains:
(1) In the Baytown Nature Center during hours in which the park is closed,which hours, periods
and days of closure are posted at the park's entrance and include:
a. Between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise as determined monthly by
the director of parks and recreation;
b. All times during inclement weather conditions as determined by the director of parks and
recreation; and
C. Between 12:01 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on December 25; or
(2) In any other municipal park, between 10-00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., when such hours are posted at
the park.
(b) Exception. It is an exception to the application of this section, if:
(1) The person is conducting official city business as an authorized municipal employee, an on-
duty law enforcement, fire suppression or emergency medical service officer; or
(2) The person enters or remains in the Wayne Gray Sports Complex during the prohibited hours
specified in subsection(a)(2)
(3) The person is an attendee, host, participant or otherwise involved in a properly permitted
tourism-impact event held at a municipal park, and only during the duration of the tourism-
impact event. Tourism-impact event shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
70-8 of this code.
(c) Defense. It is a defense to prosecution under subsection(a)(2) herein that:
(1) The person holds a valid permit authorizing the individual to be in the park between the hours
of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. issued by the director of parks and recreation;
(2) The person is launching or recovering a boat from a park boat ramp; or
(3) The person is actively engaged in fishing activities on piers, docks or bulkheads designed, in
whole or in part, for such activities.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing
the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of the ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances, shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional,void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: That this ordinance shall take effect from and after ten(l0)days from its passage
by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this
ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of Baytown,
this the 121h day of March, 2026.
CHARLES J 4N, Mayor
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