HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2193_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2193
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
AMENDING CHAPTER 12.44 OF THE REDLANDS
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC PARKS
WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution empowers cities to
make and enforce within their limits all local police, sanitary and other ordinances not in
conflict with general laws; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority the City has adopted park regulations
prohibiting persons from staying or remaining in public parks between the hours of eleven
p.m. and seven a.m. of the following day and prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic
beverages in public parks without permission of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redlands ("this City Council") has
determined that a change in park operating hours would help seduce criminal activity in City
parks; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has also determined that the prohibition of the
consumption of alcohol beverages in open areas of City parks is in the best interests of the
health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Redlands; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has further determined that all persons should be subject
to the city's fee schedules for the reservation of park facilities;
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Redlands as follows;
Section-1. Section 12.44.250 of the Redlands Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"12.44.250 Park Hours.
No person shall stay or remain in any public park between the hours of
nine p.m. and five a.m. of the following day without permission of the
Director. The provisions of Sections 12.44.100 and 12.44.110 shall govern the
granting or denial of such permission."
tion 2. Section 12.44.270 of the Redlands Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
12.44.270 Consumption of alcoholic beverages.
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic beverages or liquors in
any open area of any public park. A person may drink or consume alcoholic
beverages or liquors in public parks only in enclosed public areas as defined by
resolution of the City Council pursuant to a written permit from the Director."
Section 3. Section 9.16.020 of the Redlands Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"9.16.020 Drinking on public street.
It is unlawful for any person within the City to drink or consume any
intoxicating liquor upon any public street, highway, road, alley or lane, whether
public or private within the City."
Section 4. Section 12.44.290 of the Redlands Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"12.44.290 Reservation -- Without formal permit.
A. Groups of less than fifty (50) persons desiring the use of park
areas or structures may request the Director to reserve designated park areas for
such use. All persons reserving picnic areas shall be subject to the fee schedules
applicable to these reserved areas.
B. If the Director is satisfied from the information presented to him
that the desired area may be reserved for the intended use without unreasonably
interfering with the use of the park by other persons and without disturbing the
peace of the surrounding neighborhood, he may grant a reservation upon such
conditions as he deems necessary. The Director will issue reservation forms as
necessary to verify the granting of such reservations.
C. If for any reason the Director is not satisfied as to the
reasonableness of the proposed activity in relation to the use of the park by
other persons, or an as to the effect of such use upon the peace of the
neighborhood, or if he finds that he is unable to agree with the person
requesting the reservation as to conditions to be imposed, he shall ask the
person to fill out a request for formal permit in accordance with the procedures
in Sections 12.44.300 through 12.44.360."
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Section 5. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City;
and thereafter, this ordinance shall take effect in accordance with law.
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ATTEST:
City C rk
I, Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 15th day of December, 1992, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Larson, Cunningham, Milson, Foster;
Mayor DeMirjyn
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clem
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