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DRAFT <br />S:\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Adding Sec. 23-5(b) to include Trail de Paris ORD 2011.docx <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 23-5(b) TO <br />INCLUDE THE TRAIL DE PARIS AND ITS HOURS OF ACCESSIBILITY; <br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />WHEREAS, all parks owned by the City of Paris are closed from 12:00 midnight to <br />5:00 a.m.; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Trail de Paris is now a part of the parks of the City of Paris and <br />therefore, fall under the same ordinances, but require clarification within certain sections <br />of the Code of Ordinances; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the <br />changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and <br />should be adopted; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That new Section 23-5(b) of Article I, Parks and Recreation In General <br />of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, is hereby enacted to read as follows <br />and all remaining subsections to be renumbered accordingly: <br />"Sec. 23-5. Parks closed during certain hours. <br />* * * <br />(b) All Trail de Paris walking and nature trails shall be closed every day <br />beginning thirty (30) minutes after sundown until thirty (30) minutes before <br />dawn and it shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or <br />play on the Trial de Paris during such period when it is closed. However, if <br />anyone applies for permission to carry out a special activity in a park during <br />such hours and the city manager determines that such activity will not create <br />a disturbance or public nuisances, such manager shall have authority to issue <br />a special permit of such activity. <br />* * <br />155 <br />