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~~ NANCE NO. 1857 N.C.S.
Introduced by Councilman Seconded by Councilman
Bonnie Nelson
Brian Sobel
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AMENDING CHAPTER 13.28 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA THIS ORDINANCE PROHIBITS THE
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN POSTED PUBLIC PARKS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
This ordinance adds Section K and L to definitions listed under
13.28.030.
This ordinance amends section 13.28.185 expanding the ban on
possession/consumption of alcoholic beverages in parks to include all
parks designated by the City Manager.
13.28.030 Definitions as used in this chapter:
A. "Amplified Sound" means .music or speech projected or transmitted
by electronic equipment, including but limited to amplifier,
loudspeakers or any similar device.
B. "City Manager" means and refers to the City Manager or his
designee.
C. "Director" means and refers to the. Director of the department of
Parks and Recreation or his designee.
D. "Exclusive Use" means the right to use a park, or area thereof,
for any activity at a specified time, to the exclusion of all
others.
E. "Facility permit" means written permission by the director for a
specified use of a park or area thereof, including a community
building, community ground, barbecue pit area, city pool,
athletic facility or any other park facility.
F. 11Parade" means an organized march or procession of persons,
animals or vehicles or combination thereof whose march route
crosses park property.
G. "Park" means all city parks, community buildings and grounds,
athletic facilities, open space areas and other grounds and
facilities owned or operated by the city for park, recreation or
open space purposes.
H. "Permit application fee" means the non-refundable fee to be
paid by an applicant for a facility permit. The fee shall
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be set by the city council and shall cover the full cost (or
portion thereof) of processing and. investigating the
application, and administering the park facility permit
program.
I. "Permitee" means the person or group which has been granted
a facility permit.
J. 11Publicize" means to inform the public of a planned activity
by means of newspaper articles, notices, radio or television
notices, announcements at public places, leafletting,
posting signs or written notices in places used by the
public, or by any other means calculated to notify the
public of any activity.
(Ord. 1586 NCS &2(part), 1984)
K. "Alcoholic Beverage" means and includes alcohol, spirits,
liquor, wine, beer and every liquid or solid containing
alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, and which contains one-half
of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit
for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed,
or combined with other substances.
L. "Consumption" of an alcoholic beverage means and includes
drinking, swallowing, sipping, snorting and imbibing.
13.28.185
Possession/Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public
parks.
No person shall possess any bottle, can or any other
receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been
opened or a seal broken or the contents partially removed,
or consume any alcoholic beverage, in any public park within
the City which
A. Has been designated by the City Manager as a park where
the consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited,
without permit and
B. Has .been posted with signs indicating that the consumption
ofalcoholic beverages is prohibited, without permit and
C. When the person does not have a permit allowing possession/
consumption of alcoholic beverages from the Parks and
Recreation Department.
D. Parks so designated will be at the discretion of the City
Manager, and he will have the Recreation, Music and Parks
Commission notified of such decisions for their comments and
recommendations to the City Council at the next meeting.
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INTRODUCED and ordered Posted/Published this 3rd day of
1991.
ADOPTED this 17th day of June , 1991, by the following
vote:
AYES : Read, Davis, Woolsey, Sobel, Nelson, Vice Mayor Cavanagh
NOES: 0
ABSENT : Mayor Hilligoss
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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VICE MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney