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OR 96-751 Designate Game Fields AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 96751 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9-11-7 TO ADD SUBSECTION H TO DESIGNATE GAME FIELDS AND TO ADD SUBSECTION I TO DESIGNATE CLOSED FIELDS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS.' SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 9, Section 9-11-7, in part, to add subsection H and I to read as follows: "See. 9-11-7 FACILITY SCHEDULING H. GAME FIELDS; DESIGNATION 1. The Director of Leisure Services is authorized to post a sign on fields designated by the Sports Council as game fields. Such signs shall state: "Game Field - No unauthorized practice or games." 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, sponsor or participate in any unauthorized game, tournament, practice or athletic event on any designated game field. i AGG07C3E I. CLOSED FIELDS; DESIGNATION 1. The Director or Leisure Services is authorized to post a sign on fields designated by the Sports Council as closed fields for purpose of maintenance or to protect the surface of the playing field. Such sign shall state: "Field Closed for Public Use." 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to go upon any field which has been designated as a closed field except for the purpose of performing maintenance." SECTION 2. That all ordinances and provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose. SECTION 5. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a 2 AGG07C3E misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense; and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense. SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the /~-7 '- day of /~/O 2 ~ ,1996. APPROVED: TOM MORTON, MAYOR ATTEST: (/f~/~ 7~/' f/4 LINDA GRAU, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: PETER G. SMITHI~~A~ORNEY (PGS/Im 3-19-96) 3 AGG07C3E