1147 ORD AMEND ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING FISHING AT NEW CITY LAKE" ETCO1MIIuJTCF1 NO.
kE OFMIK.,iPICE TO 1,~'~? O:R1)LtiT<.:;C?+a 727TIT..2M "An prdinance prohibiting iishing at
New City iake, prescribing rules and re,_•ulations for huntinproviding for boat
privileges, prhhibitinE drading, svrirnmin~; and all rianner of polution, creating a
zon.e in which boating is prohibited and declaring an emerL:encyq" being Ordinance
No, 734 of the City of Paris, and declarin.g an emer;. ency.
BE IT ORDf'MTID BY mI~~ CITY CvLfi?CIL GF 'lM CIZ'Y OF P.':_RIS:
Section l.- That Section Five of an ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Urhhibiting
ffshing at P1etiv City LaKe, p2escribing ruies and refn,lations for hunting, providing
for boat privileees, prohibiting tivading, mvimrning and all rranner of polution,
creating a zone in vrliich boating *is -orohibited and declaring an emel-gency," being
Ordinance ATo, 734 of the City of Pasis, _gublished ana recorded on Pa€e 332 of Ordinance
Book l, of the City of Paris, and readznc- as fol-ows:
a,
"Section five:-A1.1 boats placed on the lalce situated on the property herein above des-
cribed shall be subject to insDeetion bv <z person or persons authorized by the City
to act tor it and, sahen condemned, the license thereof sYiall at once be cancelled and
such boat shall be removed from the pretnises. A11 boats shall be equipped ti°aith such sani.
tary device as the City my require and each shall have proper spittoon, ti^Jhich shall be
cleaned each tircie the boat has been used ar_d no ui rt.~7 apittoon shall be left in the boat
by the o-viner or othcr L)erson usin; the sarle -aithou first beihg pronerly cleaned as here-
inafter Drovided. A11 spittoons shull be cleaned at the place ancl i,i the ri:anner pre-
scribbed bv the City, which shall be ofF of the vratersnea of the lake.
No person shall be permi.tted to row iii_s b03t to or wit'riin ar_ area 1100 feet distarice
from the intake to the .^iater supply, situated near the south end of the dat:., nor to or
Uaithin an area t~rithin a radius of 500 f e~.i, from any poin or_ the spillvaay, near t.t7.e cen-
ter o-f the dar,i. It shall be the dut~, of 1,he o~'ficers and personf s in charge of the Cityt~
property to place markers to designate suc;h zone as above described and to warn the ,:)ublic
aCains'u entering same, but failure to do so, anci fa?_lu,°e to see or hear any such aarnin`
shall in no event rnitira'ue the offense or be conside.red an act of neE;li,;ence on the part
of the City this :orovision bein.p, for the t1irection of, the officres of the Cit;r -;nd not
for the benaf it of the rnib.li.c,
~~o boat shall ee ~laced u~~on the la'~e or used in riulation of the lavas of the Sate
of Texas or the L'nited ~tates, and a11 bo<ats sha11 be under the care and kee~aing of the
owner, subject to the regulations of the t;it;1 btit the City shail in no event be liable
to the owner for any loss or dar.ria,=-e to such boats excent the intentional wronEs of its
employees resultint in damaFres."
be and the same is lzereby arrended as follotiYS:
Section 2.
Section Five: All boats nlaced on the lake situated on the I)roperty hereinabove des-
cribed shall be subject to ins7)ection by a nerson. cr nersons zuthorized bv the City to
act for it and havirig authority to conde.mn any suc h boat -ohich is, in the opinicn of
such insLLpector or inspectors, ur.fit or unsuited for L?se on the lake, arzd yahen conderqned
the lieense tha:reof ssall et onco ne cancelled and such boat shal1 be removed from the
Dremises. A11 boats shall be equiuped vrith sI-ich sanitary device or devices as the City
may rel-_Liire and each shall nsve proper spittoon, .,lhich shali be cleaned each time the
boat has been used and no dirty snittoon shall. be lett in the boat by the ovuner or other
person usin(; the same :aithout first being pro-nerly cleaned as hereinafter provided. xll
spittoons shall oe cleaned at the place and in the manrzer -orescribed by the City, ,.,.hich
shall be off the -vratershed of ttie lakee
i1o person shall be permitted to rova or otherwise propel his boat or any boat to or
within an area 2640 feet (1/2 mile) distant f:rom the intake to the vaater supply, situated
near the South end of the dam, r..or to or withi.n an area within a radius of 500 feet from
any point on the spillvray, near the center of the dam. It shall be the duty of the offi-
cers and persons ir charge of the City's proper ty to place markers to designate such
zone as above de$cribed and to warti the publi,r, against antering same, but failure to do so,
and failure to see or hear any such warning shall in no event riitigate the offense or be
considered an act of neg;liFence on the part of the City, this provision beinE for the
direction of the officers of the City and not for the benefit of the pub~ic.
No boat shall be placed unon the lake or used thereon in violatior_ of the laws of the
State of Texas or the t?nited States, and all boats shall be under the care and kkeeping of
the o-an.er, subject to the regulations of the City, but the City shall in no event be lia-
ble to the owner for an,y loss or dFUnaee to such boats, said boats bein.g placed on said
lake entirely at the risk of the ovaner or person placing- them there.
Section 39 That this orninance take effect from and after its passage. The fact that the
present provisions of the amended ordinance du not comply 4°aith the laws and rer,uireraents
of the State of Texas, and trat it is to the ir..terest of public health that tliis amendinent
become eff ective immediately c-reates a public ei:n::rgencv tiairich is hereby declared, an.d the
rules and Eharter provisions prohibitin-; the ;assarre of an ordinance at the meetinE intro-
duced, and submitting the same to a Conunittee, are suspended, the same is accordingly done,
and this 6rdinance vrill take effect from and after its passagee
Adopted Octouer 14th, 19460
Ayes . Nays .
Appro•red October ) 1946•
A'!TEST :
Mayor of the City of Paris,
C3.ty Secretaryo