0646ORDINANCE NO. 646
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE; ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF
BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR TERMS OF OFFICES; PROVIDING FOR
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARK AND RECREATION
BOARD; ESTABLISHING A YOUTH PARK AND RECREATION BOARD;
ESTABLISHING QUALIFICATIONS, THE NUMBER OF BOARD
MEMBERS AND THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE YOUTH BOARD; PROHIBmNG
CERTAIN TYPES OF CONDUCT IN CITY PARK; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 515; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Southlake, Texas, deems it advisable and
necessary to establish a Park and Recreation Board for the City of Southlake, to act as an
advisory board to the City Council relating to all nature of park improvements and
recreation programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable and necessary to establish a Youth
Park and Recreation Board for the City of Southlake, to act as an advisory board to the
Park and Recreation Board relating to recreation programs and park improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable and necessary to prohibit certain
types of conduct within city parks;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
Section 1. Creation of Park and Recreation Board. There is hereby established
the Park and Recreation Board for the City of Southlake, Texas, hereinafter referred to as
the "Board."
Section 2. Number of Board Members, Qualifications and Terms. The Board shall
consist of nine (9) citizens of the City of $outhlake, Texas, and who shall be appointed by
the City Council for three (3) year terms. Members shall serve until their successors are
appointed, without compensation. Places on the Board shall be numbered one (1) through
nine (9).
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The City Council in making the appointments to the Board, shall give due
consideration to the recommendations of the Chamber of Commerce, Planning and Zoning
Commission, and the Park and Recreation Board. The City Council if it deems it desirable,
may appoint ex officio members to the Board. In addition, the chairperson of the Youth
Park and Recreation Board shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board. Such ex
officio members shall be appointed on an annual basis and the term of office of such ex
officio members shall begin on January 1st of each year and end on December 31st of that
year. Such ex officio members shall have no voting authority for park and recreation
matters. Vacancies on the Board are to be filled by appointment by the City Council for the
length of the unexpired term.
Section 3. Board Meetings and By-Laws. The Board, shall meet in the first regular
session of each year and shall select from the members a chairman, vice-chairman, and
secretary for one year terms and until their successors are elected. The Board shall adopt
by-laws to govern the holding of its meetings which, at a minimum, shall encompass the
following:
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Regular meetings shall be held on the second Monday of each month.
Mann'er of holding and calling of special meetings.
Majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
Members not planning to attend a regular meeting or special meeting shall
notify the City Secretary or the Chairman of the Board by 12:00 o'clock noon
of the meeting day.
Any member with unexcused absences from two (2) consecutive regular
meetings or not exhibiting interest in the work of the Board shall be reported
to the City Council which may, at its discretion, remove the Board member
and appoint a replacement.
Minutes of each Board meeting shall be filed with the City Secretary.
Section 4. Board Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities of the
Park and Recreation Board shall be to:
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Act in an advisory capacity to the City Council in all matters pertaining to
parks and recreation including development of long range capital
improvements programs.
Cooperate with other City boards and commissions, other governmental
agencies, civic groups, and all citizens of the city in the advancement of sound
park and recreation planning and programming.
Recommend policies for recreation services and park improvements.
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Recommend programs for development of recreational areas, facilities and
improved recreation services.
Recommend the adoption of standards for recreational areas, facilities and
their financial support.
Review an annual report of existing park and recreation programs and
services.
Review the annual budget of the park and recreation programs prior to
submission to the City Council and submit a recommendation on the budget.
Section 5. Creation of Youth Park and Recreation Board. There is hereby
established the Youth Park and Recreation Board for the City of Southlake, Texas,
hereinafter referred to as the "Youth Board".
Section 6. Number, Qualifications and Terms.
The Youth Board shall consist of seven (7) citizens of the City of Southlake,
Texas, who must be students enrolled in school in grades seven through
twelve. The City Council shall appoint members for two (2) year terms. The
Council shall appoint the members using the following procedure:
(1) Interested persons meeting the qualifications shall submit an
application to the City Secretary.
(2)
An interview committee, comprised of four members, one City Council
member, one Park and Recreation Board member, one member of
City staff, as appointed by the City Manager, and one Board member
of the Southlake Park Development Corporation, shall review the
applications and conduct interviews if appropriate.
(3)
The committee shall make recommendations for members to the City
Council, ensuring an even distribution among the age of the applicants.
The Council shall appoint members who shall serve until their successors are
appointed, without compensation.
Places on the Board shall be numbered one (1) through seven (7). Vacancies
shall be filled in the same manner provided for regular appointments. In
making the initial appointments, the City Council shall appoint four (4)
members of the Youth Board for two-year terms and three members for one-
year terms.
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Section 7. Youth Board Meetings and By-Laws. The Youth Board, shall meet in the
first regular session of each year and shall select from the members a chairman, vice-
chairman, and secretary for one year terms and until their successors are elected. The
Youth Board shall adopt by-laws to govern the holding of its meetings which, at a minimum,
shall encompass the following:
Regular meetings shall be held once each month.
Manner of holding and calling of special meetings.
Majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
Members not planning to attend a regular meeting or special meeting shall
notify the City Secretary or the Chairman of the Youth Board by 12:00 o'clock
noon of the meeting day.
Any member with unexcused absences from two (2) consecutive regular
meetings or not exhibiting interest in the work of the Youth Board shall be
reported to the City Council which may, at its discretion, remove the Board
member and appoint a replacement.
Minutes of each Youth Board meeting shall be filed with the City Secretary.
Section 8. Duties of the Youth Park and Recreation Board. The duties and
responsibilities of the Youth Park and Recreation Board shall be to:
Act in an advisory capacity to the Park and Recreation Board in all matters
pertaining to parks and recreation, including development of long range
capital improvement programs.
Recommend policies for recreation services and park improvements.
Recommend youth-related programs for development of recreational facilities,
areas and improved recreation services.
Prepare and submit to the Park and Recreation Board an annual review of
youth-related parks and recreation programs and services.
Section 9. Definitions.
Alcoholic Beverage shall be defined to include any alcohol and any beverage
containing more than one-half (1/2) of one percent of alcohol by volume
which is capable of use for beverage, either alone or when diluted.
City park shall be defined to be any park, playground or recreational area
owned, leased, operated or under the control of the City of Southlake. This
definition shall include any athletic field, swimming pool, gymnasium, tennis
court, and other similar facility owned by the Carroll Independent School
District and specified in the joint-use agreement between Carroll Independent
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Schoel District and the City of Southlake.
Section 10. ,Mcoholic Beverages Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to
possess or consume any alcoholic beverage in any city park.
Section 11. Riding or Driving Horses in City Park. Except on designated horse trails,
it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride a horse or horses within any city park.
Section 12. Riding or Driving Off-Road Vehicles in City Park. Except on designated
off-road trails, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride an off-road vehicle within
any city park. For the purposes of this section, an off-road vehicle is a vehicle designed and
equipped for use off of any paved roadway with such definition to specifically include off-
road motor bikes, go-carts, and dune-buggies.
Section 13. Vehicular Traffic Prohibited in Certain Areas. Except in designated
overflow parking areas, it shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to stand, stop, park or
cross onto or into any portion of a city park other than upon a roadway or parking area so
designated for such purposes.
Section 14. Time Limitations on Public Use of Park. Except for a city sponsored
event, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, enter into or be within a city park during
any posted hours during which the park is closed.
Section 15. Littering. Littering is hereby prohibited in any city park. Littering shall
include leaving trash or other items by persons picnicking within a city park and not placing
trash and other items in appropriate trash receptacles provided in such park.
Section 16. Firearms Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or
about himself or to discharge a gun, pistol, rifle, or other firearm within any city park except
that a person duly l:censed by the State of Texas to carry a concealed handgun may carry
a concealed handgun in accordance with State law.
Section 17. Rollerblading prohibited except in designated areas.. It shall be unlawful
for any person to use rollerblades on tennis courts and other posted areas in any city park.
Section 18. Hitting Golf Balls Prohibited. Except in designated areas, it shall be
unlawful for any person to hit golf balls in city parks.
Section 19. Smoking Prohibited Except in Desi_maated Areas. It shall be unlawful
to smoke in bleachers, dugouts, or other congested outdoor areas at city parks.
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Section 20. Bicycling Prohibited in Certain Areas. It shall be unlawful for any person
to ride a bicycle on other than an improved vehicular road or path designated for that
purpose. A bicyclist shall be permitted to wheel or push a bicycle by hand over any grassy
areas or wooded trail or on any paved area reserved for pedestrian use only.
Section 21. Glass Containers Prohibited in City_ Park. It shall be unlawful for any
person to possess a glass container in a city park.
Section 22. Variances. The City Manager may issue special permits or grant
variances to the provisions of this ordinance. The Southlake Park & Recreation Board will
make recommendat:.ons regarding variances to the City Manager. A special permit variance
shall not be granted by the City Manager unless a written request is submitted which
demonstrates:
Special circumstances ex/st which are peculiar to the applicant's ability to
utilize city parks; and
That use of the city park by other groups or individuals will not be adversely
affected by granting the special permit variance.
Section 23. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the
City of Southlake, Texas, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict
with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such
ordinances are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 515 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 24. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if
any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Section 25. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects
or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
Each day that a violation is permitted to ex/st shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 26. All fights and remedies of the City of Southiake are expressly saved as
to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 515 or any other ordinances
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affecting city parks which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance;
and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether
pending in court or ~mt, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance
but. may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
Section 27. The City Secretary of the City of Southlake is hereby directed to publish
the proposed ordinance or its caption and penalty together with a notice setting out the time
and place for a public hearing thereon at least ten (10) days before the second reading of
this ordinance, and if this ordinance provides for the imposition of any penalty, fine or
forfeiture for any violation of any of its provisions, then the City Secretary shall additionally
publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper one time
within ten days after passage of this ordinance, as required by Section 3.13 of the Charter
of the City of Southlake.
Section 28. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained.
__ PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON THIS / DAY OF
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Tarrant
:e me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day
personally appeared DAWN M. RIVERA Billing Specialist for the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, published by the Star-Telegram Inc. at Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and
who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the following clipping of an advertisement was
published in the above named paper on the following dates:
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ORDINANCE NO.646
I AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISH-
' ING A PARK AND RECRE-
ATION BOARD FOR THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE ESTAB-
LISHING THE NUMBER OF
BOARD MEMBERS AND
THEIR TERMS OF OFFICES-
PROVIDING FOR DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE PARK AND RECRE-
ATION BOARD; ESTABLISH-
ING A YOUTH PARK AND
RECREATION BOARD; ES-
TABLISHING QUALIFICA-
TIONS THE NUMBER OF
BOARD MEMBERS AND
THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE
PROVIDING FOR DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE YOUTH BOARD; PRO-
HIBITING CERTAIN TYPES
OF CONDUCT IN CITY PARK;
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TIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES•
REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO.515•PROVIDING A SEV- 25TH AUGUST 1995
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, THIS
THE 15TH DAY OF AUGUST,
1995.
/s/Gary Fickes
Mayor of Southlake
Attest:
Fort ort /s/Sandra L.LeGran: gram REMIT TO: 400 W.SEVENTH ST.•FORT WORTH,TEXAS 76102
City Secretary I
Approved as to Form:
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Tarrant AUG 1 6 1S95
,re me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day CITY SEC•
RETARY
personally appeared DAWN M. RIVERA Billing Specialist for the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, published by the Star-Telegram Inc. at Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and
who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the following clipping of an advertisement was
published in the above named paper on the following dates:
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS,
that the City Council of the
City of Southlake,Texas,will -- --- ----
be holding a public hearing
during the Regular City
Council meeting to be held
on August 15. 1995, begin-
ning at 7:00 p.m.The meet-
ing will be held in the City
Council Chambers of City
Hall, 667 North Carroll Ave-
nue,- -- - Southlake, Texas. The -- - - - -
purpose of the public hear-
ing is to consider the follow-
ing ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO.646
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISH-
ING A PARK AND RECRE-
ATION BOARD FOR THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE; ESTAB- C
LISHING THE NUMBER OF
BOARD MEMBERS ANDc......__.
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HIBITING CERTAIN TYPES
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or corporation who violates,
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who resists the enforcement
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of any of the provisions of-
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not more then Five Hundred
356259 Dollars (S500.00) for each ACCOUNT C I T 5 7 AMOUNT
offense.Each day that a vio- NUMBER DUE 37. 95
lation is permitted to exist
shall constitute a separate
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City of Southlake Texas I OF I IF ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL(817)390-7501
/s/Sandra L.Ledrand
City Secretary
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE
ATTN : Sandra L . LeGra
667 N CARROLL AVE
SOUTHLAKE, TX 76092-9595 PLEASE PAY 37.95
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