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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-2000-1184 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WORTH Council Bill No. 04-2000 Ordinance No. 1184 Series of 2000 TITLE. AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PARK HOURS AND AMENDING SECTION 17.26(a) OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS WHEREAS, Section 17 .26(a) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws currently provides for normal park hours from 5.00 a.m. to 10'00 p.m daily; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to give the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation or his agent the authority to change the hours for certain locations within the park system and to post these changed hours; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS. Section 1. Section 17.26(a) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws IS hereby amended to read as follows' (a) UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED BY THE DIRECTOR OR HIS AGENT, ~ PARKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED RECREATIONAL FACIL TilES shall normally be open daily from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p m. and normally be closed from 10'00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., except for activities and events sponsored by the department or authorized by permission of the director Any park or recreational facility may be declared closed to the public by the director or his agent or by the chief of police or his agent at any time within a temporary or stated interval as the director or chief of police shall find reasonably necessary in order to protect the public, and individual members thereof, from dangerous persons, conditions or situations. It shall be unlawful to go into or upon an area or part of any park or recreational facility of the city when it has been declared to be closed to the public under this prOVISion Section 2. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the MHJ\53027\335624.01 City of Wheat Ridge, that It IS promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the Ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained. Section 3. Severability; Conflictina Ordinances Reoealed. If any section, subsection or clause of thiS ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after final publication, as provided by Section 5 11 of the Charter. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to o on this 14th day of February , 2000, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for March 11 , 2000, at 7.00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 7 to 0 ,this 13th day of March , 2000. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 13th day of March ,2000 ATTEST: First Publication: February 18, 2000 Second Publication: March 17, 2000 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: March 31, 2000 MHJ\53027\335624.0 1 -2-