Ordinance No. 5,288Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUI1 890622 --1
Tuesday, June 28, 1989
dednesday, June 29, 1989
ORDINANCE NO. 5288
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 17 "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND
OFFENSES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION
17 -4.1 "PARKS, PARKWAYS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OTHER PUBLIC
PLACES FOR PUBLIC RECREATION "; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND N0 1100 ($200.00)
DOLLARS FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 17 "Miscellaneous Provision and
Offenses" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17 -4.1 Parks, parkways, playgrounds and other
public places for public recreation.
a) It shall be unlawful for any person within any
public park, parkway, playground or any other public
place for public recreation to commit or do any of the
following acts:
1. To drive, propel or park any motor vehicle over,
through, or on any park except along or upon public
streets or designated park drives and parking
spaces /area except by permit.
2. To ride any horse or other animal or animal -drawn
vehicle over or through any park except in areas or
on paths or trails so designated.
3. To hit golf balls, except "floating type" practice
balls which are incapable of doing injury to
persons or objects.
4. To shoot any arrow on or over any park.
5. To carry or discharge any firearm, firecrackers,
rockets, torpedos or any other fireworks, airguns,
BB guns or slingshots on or over any park.
6. To permit any dog, owned or possessed by him /her,
to run at- large, nor permit any such dog in a park
unless it shall at all times be kept on a leash.
No dogs shall be permitted in any manner,
whatsover, in any park in the proximity of any
athletics /sports facilities during practice
sessions, league or tournament activities.
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7. To possess or consume alcoholic beverages in
City Parks except at Bayland Park, and there only,
at times and under conditions and requirements
designated by the Director of Parks and Recreation,
in consultation with the City Manager and other
City staff. (See Item 9 of Policies,
Conditions /Requirements for Reservations.)
8. To possess glass containers in any City parks.
9. To dump, deposit or leave any litter, including,
but not limited to, paper boxes, cans, rubbish,
waste, garbage, refuse, brush, leaves, tires or any
other trash.
10. To camp overnight in any park, except by permit.
11. To start or maintain, in any park, any outdoor
fire, except for cooking fires which are started
and maintained only in a stove or barbeque pit,
except by permit.
12. To operate motor - driven model cars or airplanes on
or over park drives or parking areas.
13. To ride bicycles and skateboards on any park
tennis court.
14. To merchandise, advertise, and /or post signs
announcing or calling the public's attention to
articles or services for sale or hire in any City
park unless done pursuant to a permit.
15. To tack or otherwise place any sign, placard,
inscription or decoration on any tree, building,
equipment, or facility in any park unless done
pursuant to a permit.
b) Roseland Park shall be open to the public daily
only from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. It shall be
unlawful for any person to use or enter onto or upon
Roseland Park, for any purpose, at any time other than
during those times that the park is open to the public.
This provision shall not apply to properly authorized
personnel.
Section 2: Section 17 -4.3 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Baytown is hereby repealed.
Section 3: 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.
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Section 4: If any provisions, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or 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 5: Any person who shall violate any provision of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars.
Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect from and after
ten (10) 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 the City of Baytown, this the 22nd day of June,
1989.
EMMETT G. HUTTO, mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
RANDALL B. STRONG, C' Attorney
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