OR 2002-1003 Appropriate times for closing of specified City parks for public useAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-1003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER
9, SECTION 9-11-3(P) TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TIMES FOR
CLOSING OF SPECIFIED CITY PARKS FOR PUBLIC USE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, currently Section 9-11-3(P) provides the hours of closing Andrew Brown,
Jr. Community Park (east and west) for public use; and
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell now has several facilities which have been constructed
for the purpose of organized sports and are lighted for night use; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been determined that Section 9-11-3(P) should be
updated and amended to provide for all facilities wherein this provision applies;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That the City of Coppell Code of Ordinances, be, and the same is, hereby
amended by amending the Section 9-11-3, by amending Subsection (P) to provide the
appropriate closing hours for public use of Park facilities, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 9-11-3. General regulations.
Within the limits of any park, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
do any of the acts hereinafter specified, except as may be otherwise provided:
To loiter or remain in any city park at a time when the park is closed. The
following parks shall be closed to the public during the times indicated exept
for scheduled athletic events authorized under this Article. Signs indicating
time for closure shall be posted at conspicuous places to give notice thereof.
All City parks and/or athletic facilities which have outdoor lighting,
including but not limited to, Andrew Brown Jr. Community Park (East,
West, and Central), MacArthur Park, Moore Road Park, Wagon Wheel
Park and the Carter Crowley, shall be closed from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
the following day.
All other parks not named or outlined in subsection 9-11-3(P)(1) shall be
closed from sunset to 6:30 a.m. the following day.
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 of the Ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to
be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the q--~ day of
,2002.
CANDY SHEEHA~, MAYOR
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