HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1992-2494 ORDINANCE NO. 2494
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING, AS AN
URGENCY MEASURE, SECTION 2.66.270 OF THE CHULA VISTA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE PARK HOURS TO PROHIBIT
ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC PARKS DURING CERTAIN HOURS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION I: That Section 2.66.270 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.66.270 Activities prohibited during certain nighttime hours -
exception.
All City parks, with the exception of Rohr Park and Hilltop Park re closed
between during the hours of ten-thirty p.m. and six a.m. Rohr Park is
closed between during the hours of ten-thirty p.m. and seven a.m.; and
Hilltop Park is closed during the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during
the months of April through October, and during the hours of 7:00 p.m. to
7:00 a.m. during the months of November through March. All activities
except walking or proceeding along designated sidewalks or pathways
through the parks during closing hours are prohibited.
SECTION II: Urgency Findings.
The City Council does hereby declare that this ordinance is necessary as
an emergency measure in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety and
general welfare. The reasons for such urgency is as follows: There is and has
been an increase in criminal activity occurring at Hilltop Park that increases
the risk of injury to persons of the residents and users of said park, and to
their property, and to such persons' peace and general welfare. Said risk is
significantly enhanced by the unrestricted entitlement of persons inclined to
conduct such criminal activity to gather after ten thirty p.m. at Hilltop Park
both as a staging area and as a situs for such activity. Prohibiting such
entitlement will immediately provide the law enforcement officials with the
authority to require dispersal of park users after the hour of close, thereby
lessening the risk of injury to the neighbors and other victims of the criminal
activity.
SECTION III. Effective Date.
Pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 311 (d) and 312(d)(4), this
ordinance shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon the
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introduction and adoption hereof, which occurred at a single meeting of the City
Council upon the passage hereof by at least four affi~ative votes.
Presented by Appro d as to fo~by
0 ' Bruce ~. 8ooga~rd [ ~
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 11th day of February, 1992, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Grasser Horton, Malcolm, Moore, Nader
Rindone
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Tim Nader, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly A.~uth~let, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2494 was approved as an urgency
measure on the 11th day of February, 1992.
Executed this 11th day of February, 1992.
Beverly A.~Auth~'/let, City Clerk