2011-002 ORD AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 23 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 23-5 (B) TO INCLUDE THE TRAIL DE PARIS AND ITS HOURS OF ACCESSIBILITY

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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-002 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 23-5(b) TO INCLUDE THE TRAIL DE PARIS AND ITS HOURS OF ACCESSIBILITY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, all parks owned by the Ciry of Paris are closed from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m.; and, WHEREAS, the Trail de Paris is now a part of the parks of the City of Paris and therefore, fall under the same ordinances, but require clarification within certain sections of the Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That new Section 23-5(b) of Article I, Parks and Recreation In General of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, is hereby enacted to read as follows and all remaining subsections to be renumbered accordingly: "Sec. 23-5. Parks closed during certain hours. * (b) All Trail de Paris walking and nature trails shall be closed every day beginning thirty (30) minutes after sundown until thirty (30) minutes before dawn and it shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play on the Trial de Paris during such period when it is closed. However, if anyone applies for permission to carry out a special activity in a park during such hours and the city manager determines that such activity will not create a disturbance or public nuisances, such manager shall have authority to issue a special permit of such activity.