HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2008-O0082 - Amending Chapter 19 Titled, "Parks, Recreation And Related Matters; Curfew - 09/11/2008First Reading
September 11. 2008
Item No. 5.8
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-Q0082
Second Reading
September 25, 2008
Item No. 5.20
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ENTITLED "PARKS, RECREATION
AND RELATED MATTERS" TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVIEW AND
APPROVAL BY THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE OF
REQUESTS TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC PARKS; AND
TO CREATE A CONFORMING EXCEPTION TO THE CURFEW ESTABLISHED
THEREIN FOR APPROVED CAMPING ACTIVITY.
WHEREAS, City ordinance prohibits camping in any park within the city,
except in designated areas; and
WHEREAS, City ordinance establishes a curfew, making unlawful the
entering or remaining on the premises of any city park between the hours of 12:00
midnight and 5:00a.m.;
WHEREAS, City periodically receives requests for designation of camping
areas for overnight camping in the city parks; and
WHEREAS, no authority to make said designation has been delegated by the
City Council to any city official; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the review and approval of requests
for camping designations would be more efficiently and more timely processed if the
Code of Ordinances expressly delegated authority to review and approve said
requests to the City Manager or his/her designee; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for conforming exceptions to the park
curfew set forth in the Code of Ordinances for approved camping activity; NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 19-1(5) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(5) To camp in any park within the city, except at the places set apart and
designated as grounds therefor by the city manager or his/her designee."
SECTION 2. THAT Section 19-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person, except authorized employees of the city
or persons authorized by the city manager pursuant to Section 19-1(5) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, to enter into, or remain upon, or to be upon the
premises of the Meadowbrook Golf Course or any public park or playground in the
city, except Mackenzie Park, between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00a.m."
SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause, or word
of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of
publication provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 11th day of September , 2008.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 25th day of September , 2008.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
ms/Camping Ord.
09.17.08
TOM MARTIN, MAYOR