HomeMy WebLinkAbout2794Ordinance No. 2794
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
NOTE: Sec. 2.30.211 changed to 4.01.080 in the KCC for 1993
Amended by Ord. 3406
Sec. 4.01.170 (old Sec. 2.30.213) Amended by Ord. 3587
Sec. 4.01.180 (old Sec. 2.30.209) Repealed by Ord. 3587
ORDINANCE NO. 71��
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to the Department of Parks
and Recreation, adding a new Section 2.30.223
to the Kent City Code, granting to pedestrians
right of way within parks, and prohibiting
bicycling and skateboarding in certain posted
areas, as designated by Parks Director.
61 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
WASHINGTON DOES
Section 1. Chapter 2.30.200 Kent City Code is amended to
add 2.30.223 as follows:
2.30.200.
REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
2.30.201. No person shall use, place, or erect any sign -I
board, billboard, bulletin board, post, pole or device of any kind
for advertising on any park properties, or to attach any notice,
bill, poster, sign, wire, rod or cord to any tree, shrub, railing,
post or structure within any park properties, or without the writ-
ten consent of the Direct of Parks and Recreation to place or
erect on any park property a structure of any kind.
2.30.202. No person shall remove, destroy, mutilate or
deface any structure, monument, statue, vase, fountain, wall fence
railing, vehicle bench, shrub, tree, fern, plant, flower, lighting
system, or sprinkling system or other property lawfully on any
park property.
2.30.203. No person shall allow or permit any animal
under that person's exclusive control to run at large on any park
properties, or enter any lake, pond, fountain or stream therein.
2.30.204. No person shall shoot, fire or explode any
fireworks, firecrackers, torpedo or explosive of any kind or carr
any firearm or shoot or file any firearm, air gun, bows and
arrows, B.B. guns or use any slingshot on any park properties.
2.30.205. No person shall, in any manner, tease, annoy,
disturb, molest, catch, injure or kill or throw any stone or mis-
sile of any kind at or strike with any stick or weapon any animal,
bird, fowl or fish; or feed any fowl on the park properties except
at areas designated by the Director.
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2.30.206. No person shall take up collections, or act as
or play the vocation of solicitor, agency, peddler, fakir, mendi-
cant, beggar, strolling musician, organ grinder, exhorter, barker,
showman or bootlack; or operate or use any loudspeaker or other
I mechanical means of amplifying sound on any park properties with-
out a written permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation,
j except for public address systems at sporting events.
2.30.207. No person shall hold, operate or conduct a
circus, carnival, or traveling exhibition on any park property
except such activities as may be a regular part of the parks and
recreation program conducted by the Department of Parks and
Recreation.
2.30.208. No person shall sell refreshments or
merchandise without the written permission of, or a concession
contract with, the Department of Parks and Recreation.
2.30.209. No person shall hold any religious or
political meeting or other assembly, or to distribute literature
on any park properties without first obtaining the written
permission of the Director of Parks and Recreation.
2.30.210. No person shall have, keep or operate any
boat, float, raft or other water craft in or upon any bay, lake,
slough, river, or creek, within the limits of any park property,
or launch the same at any point upon the shores thereof bordering
upon any park property, except at places set apart for such
purposes by the Department and so designated by signs.
2.30.211. No person shall ride or drive any bicycle,
tricycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle, horse or pony over or through
any park except along and upon the park drives, parkways, park
boulevards; or at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour; or
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stand or park any vehicle, except in designated areas or in accor-
dance with signs, striping, or other methods which make clear the
appropriate method or manner of parking. Improperly parked
vehicles are subject to tow away.
2.30.212. No person shall camp on any park property
except at places set aside for such purposes by the Department and
so designated by signs.
2.30.213. Permits and schedules, officially issued or
distributed by the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall have
priority over other activities. Participants shall yield to the
holder of such permits or schedules. Participants with/without a
permit or schedule shall abide by rules and regulations when.
posted at a facility.
2.30.214. No person shall throw any refuse, litter,
broken glass, crockery, nails, shrubbery, trimmings, junk or
advertising matter in or on any park properties or deposit any
such material therein, except in designated receptacles.
2.30.215. No person shall deposit any refuse, not gener-
ated in parks, in. any receptacle within any park or upon any park
properties.
2.30.216. No person shall engage in conduct or hold any
trials or competitions for speed, endurance of hill climbing
involving any vehicle, boat, aircraft or animal in any park.
2.30.217. No person shall build any fires in any park
except in areas designated by the Department of Parks and
Recreation.
2.30.218. No person shall bring into or consume in or on
any park property or facility any alcoholic beverages unless
application has first been made to and approved by the Director.
2.30.219. No person shall play golf except in areas
designated by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
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2.30.220. Park facilities shall be used for their
designed or intended purposes, and it shall be a violation of this
,Chapter for any person to interfere with or prevent any person
from using a park facility for its designed purposes.
a. It is a violation of this subsection for a
person, not playing tennis, to interfere with or prevent tennis
;players from using tennis courts.
2.30.221. It is unlawful to remain in any park after the
posted closing time.
2.30.222. BAN OF MOTORBOATS ON LAKE FENWICK. It is
unlawful to use or operate any boat with an internal combustion
engine on Lake Fenwick, except as necessary for public employees
and their agents or construction company employees to perform
their authorized duties. (0.2661)
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a). At all times and at all locations within any
park, pedestrians shall enjoy the right of way over any motorized
or unmotorized vehicle, bicycle, tricycle, animal, skates, or
skateboard.
b). No person shall ride, drive, or operate any
bicycle, skates, or skateboard in any area within any park where
such activity is prohibited by means of posted notice. The Park
Director is authorized to place the appropriate notice or notices
at such times, and/or with such areas, of any park which shall
make it unlawful to ride, drive or operate any bicycle, skates, or
skateboard within such designated areas, according to the posted
notice.
Section 2. The provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this
ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any
person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of the ordinance, or the validity of its application to
other persons or circumstances.
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Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority and
prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified
and confirmed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RIE JENSW,) CITYk CLER
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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S NDRA DRISCL�U�
CL , ITY ATTORNEY
PASSED the /_day of _ , 1988.
APPROVED the day of ��y 1988
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PUBLISHED
PUBLISHED the day of 1988.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereo
indicated.
5960-210
(SEAL)
MARIE J S N, CIr�Z CLERK
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