1977-050NO 77-So
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, SECTIONS 15-6, 15-7 AND ADDING A
NEW SECTION 15-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY THERE-
FORE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Chapter 15 "Parks $ Recreation" is hereby amended by
deleting and amending Sections 15-6, 15-7 and amending them to
hereby read as follows, and by adding a new Section 15-10 to here-
by read as follows
Section 15-6 VEHICLES AND ANIMALS IN PARKS
(a) Commercial Vehicles Prohibited It shall be unlawful
for any person to operate any heavily laden vehicle or any vehicle
engaged in business or commercial transportation or activity of
any kind over any street, drive, parkway or boulevard in any public
park in the city, except under authority expressly granted by the
Director of Parks and Recreation
(b) Vehicles and Animals Limited to Certain Areas it
shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any automobile,
motorcycle or other vehicle or to lead, drive or ride any animal
over or through any park, except along and upon park streets, drives,
parkways or boulevards so designated and marked by the Director of
Parks and Recreation
(c) Hitching, Tethering or Pasturing Animals Prohibited It
shall be unlawful for any person to tether or pasture any animal in
or upon any park or playground, or to hitch any horse or other animal
to any tree shrub, fence, railing or other structure in any park or
playground
Section 15-7 PROHIBITED ACTS
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
ether perform or permit to be performed any of the following acts
(a) Mark, deface, disfigure, in3ure, tamper with, or dis-
place or remove, any building, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces,
railings, paving or paving material, water lines or other public
utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or
placards whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts,
or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment,
facilities or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either
real or personal
(b) Throw, discharge, or otherwise place or cause to be
placed in the waters of any fountain,
other body of water in or adjacent to
stream, storm sewer, or drain flowing
stance, matter or thing, liquid or so
in the pollution of said waters
(c) Bring in or dump, deposit
pond, lake, stream, bay or
any park or any tributary,
into such waters, any sub-
lid, which will or may result
or leave any bottles, broken
glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage, or
refuse, or other trash No such refuse or trash shall be placed in
any waters in or contiguous to any park, or left anywhere on the
grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the proper receptacles where
these are provided, where receptacles are not so provided, all such
rubbish or waste shall be carried away from the park by the person
responsible for its presence, and properly disposed of elsewhere
(d) Swim, bathe, or wade in any waters or waterways in or
adjacent to any park, except in such waters and at such places as
are provided therefor, and in compliance with such regulations as
are herein set forth or may be hereafter adopted
Section 15-10 PENALTY
The violation of any provision of this chapter relating to
the use and enjoyment of parks shall be deemed an offense and
punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00),
and each violation thereof shall be and is hereby deemed to be a
distinct and separate offense and punishable as such
SECTION II6
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
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person or circumstances is
jurisdiction, such holding
remaining portions of this
City of Denton, Texas, her
remaining portions despite
SECTION III
That this ordinance
held invalid by any court of competent
shall not affect the validity of the
ordinance, and the City Council of the
aby declares it would have enacted such
any such invalidity
shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is here-
by directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published
twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the
City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its
passage
PASSED AND APPROVED This the
All
day of
SeopMll.rgol2 ,
A D 1977
E~L,'INOR HOGHh6, MAYUIV
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
SECRETAR7
CITY OF DENTON$ TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C SRAM, CITY ATTORM
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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