1979-026AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 15
"PARKS AND RECREATION" BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 15-10 PROHIBITING
POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 100 FEET
OF A PLAYING FIELD, DESIGNATING THE POSTING OF SIGNS, CALLING FOR
ENFORCANENT, DECLARING A PENALTY, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE coUNCIL OF THE CITY OF~ENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 15 "Parks and Recreation" is hereby amended by
adding a new Section 15-10 "Possession and Consumption of Alcohol
Prohibited" which hereafter shall read as follows
"Section 15-10 POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL
PROHIBITED
(1) Within the limits of any public park within the City of
Denton, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to possess
or consume any alcoholic beverage within 100 feet of any portion
of any playing field where the participants are under the age of
eighteen (18), except ~f such possession or consumption ~s inside
a motor vehicle located upon a designated parking area Playing
f~eld is hereby defined as a marked f~eld area or the enclosure
surrounding or setting apart a designated field area, including
but not limited to a fence, for the purpose of conducting or engag-
ing in an athletic game or activity Such actlvmtles would include
but not be limited to football, baseball, softball, soccer, rugby,
lacrosse, field hockey, tennis and basketball
(2) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall cause signs
to be erected at the playing f~elds within the various public parks
not~fyi~g the p~blic of the Drovlsions of this ordinance
(3) The Director of Parks and Recreation, Parks Attendants
designated by the Director, and the Police Department, shall, in
connection w~th their duties impose by law, diligently enforce the
provisions of this ordinance, and they shall have the authority to
eject from the park any person acting in violation of this ordinance
SECTION II
Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a m~sdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollar~ ($200 00) Each
day such a violation shall continue or be permitted, shall be treated
as a separate offense
SECTION III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or application thereof to any per-
son or circumstances ~s held ~nval~d by any court of competent juris-
diction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the C~ty Council of the C~ty of
Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining
portions despite any such ~nvalld~ty
SECTION IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen days from
the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary ~s hereby d~rected
to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the
Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of
Denton, Texas, wlthln ten (10) days of the date of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED This the 20th day of March, A D 1979
~y ~ITCtrEnL'; MAYOR
~TY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATT~ ~
~BROOKS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C ISHAM, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS