ORDINANCE 750ORDINANCE NO. 7-72-750
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,.
FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE FOR
SETTING 'HOURS OF USE OF CITY PARKS AS
DEFINED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY
FOR VIOLATIONS; EXPRESSING INTENT OF
SEPARABILITY; EXPRESSING INTENT THAT
ORDINANCE BE INCLUDED IN CODE AND FIX-
ING EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. As used herein the term "City ;Park" shall
a park, playground, recreation center, or any other area in the
City of South. Miami, owned or used by the City, and devoted to
active or passive recreation.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter set forth City parks
shall be open to the public on such days ;and between such hours
as the City Council may designate by resolution. Following adoption
of resolution the opening and closing hours for each individual
park shall be posted thereon at the entrance of such park and at
such other places as shall reasonably notify the public of such
hours
Section 3. Where the extension of hours of use of a
park will not result in undue annoyance to occupants of surround-
ing areas and will not tend to create an unhealthful, dangerous,
or hazardous condition, the City fianaget upon, written application,
on .fors to he prepared by the City Nanagdr,, toy grant in uriting
permission. to orris, educational, teligiou-4 or social groups to
ose the park, for periads ether than the hours daaignatad by so-
A separate appllcati.@p stall bd tequind for each occasl
lut low. / that, the park is teo he a and o
gt My ra" uhb shall V Ins ft,, or ornot a
r,"S le, rk vn§ted as ttrebi grmlered deft prehffifted hot&
punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, or by imprisonment not
to exceed six months, or by 'both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the Municipal Judge; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to persons in, on, or upon a park
pursuant to an application approved by the City Manager as _aforesaid.
Section 5, If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this ordinance ;is for any reason held or declared to be un-
constitutional, inoperative or void, such holding or invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance; and it
shall be construed to have been the intent of the Council of the
City of South Miami to pass this ordinance without such unconstitu-
tional, invalid, or inoperative part therein; and the remainder of
this ordinance, after the exclusion of such part or parts ,shall be
deemed and held to bevalidas if such parts had not been included
therein.
Section 6, It is intended that this Ordinance be permanent
in nature and shall be included in the Code of Ordinances, city of
South Miami, Florida.
Sen_,tion 7.
This Ordinance shall: rake
effect April 1,
1972.
PASSED and
ADOPTED this_27 _Ct- day of_
March
1972.
APPROVED
Atteat
city Cierk.