It shall be unlawful for persons to play golf or practice golf
within the city parks of the city. Any person driving a golf ball
by striking it with a golf club within a city park in the city shall
be deemed to have violated this section and shall be subject to a
fine, upon conviction.
[Code 1984, ch. 7, § 12; Ord. No. 820-97, § I, 7-22-1997]
(a) It
shall be unlawful for any person to enter any portion of a park or
recreation area which is designated as restricted, or to enter or
remain in any area during the hours of the day when such area is not
open to the public where there is notice thereof by signs posted or
by oral or written communication by a city employee.
(b) Any
municipal park, section or part thereof, may be declared closed to
the public by the city manager, or designee, or a law enforcement
officer at any time and for any interval of time on a temporary basis
(daily or otherwise), either entirely or merely to certain uses, as
the city manager, or designee or law enforcement officer shall find
reasonably necessary.
(c) Special
permission may be granted by the city manager or designee, for organized
sports or special events which may last past the hour of closing,
in which case any park containing the permitted activities shall remain
open until the activity shall cease, at which time the park shall
be closed. No person other than law enforcement personnel or park
employees shall enter or remain in a park at a time when it is closed.
(d) The
city manager or his designee may permit groups to reserve for their
exclusive use municipal park pavilions during the hours of the day
when the park is open to the public, subject to availability. The
city manager may designate peak dates and times, including, but not
limited to, holidays and holiday weekends, when such pavilions will
not be available for such exclusive use, based upon the city manager's
or the city manager's designee's determination as to whether such
exclusive use will unreasonably interfere with expected demand for
use of such pavilion by the general public, or with planned city functions.
(e) The
city manager or his designee may establish and promulgate procedures
for reserving such pavilions, scheduling functions and resolving conflicts
among scheduled functions, and such procedures shall be set forth
in the City of Richland Hills facility rental policy, as such policy
now exists or as such policy may be revised from time to time. A copy
of the current Richland Hills facility rental policy is available
at the community center office, located at 3204 Diana Drive, Richland
Hills, Texas, or at the city secretary's office.
(f) The fee to reserve a municipal park pavilion shall be $25.00 per each four-hour period for residents, and $35.00 per four-hour period for nonresidents, which fees shall be included in appendix
A to this Code.
(g) Any
person or group reserving the pavilion shall be responsible for cleaning
the pavilion following use, and for any damages caused by the person,
group or their invitees, and shall be required to provide the city
with a security deposit of $100.00, payable at the time the reservation
is made to secure any costs incurred by the city to clean the pavilion
or repair damaged items.
(h) No
person in any city park shall engage in any activity which will unreasonably
interfere with or detract from the public health, safety, welfare,
use or enjoyment of such parks. Conduct that unreasonably disturbs
any citizen or members of the public in the park, or that hinders
such persons from using the parks is prohibited. No person may physically,
verbally, or with gestures, threaten, disrupt, abuse, assault or otherwise
intimidate another person in a park.
(i) Illegal drugs, firearms, illegal knifes, clubs, and any prohibited weapons listed in V.T.C.A., Penal Code ch.
46 are strictly forbidden anywhere in city parks and other city recreational facilities. However, this section does not prohibit a person licensed to carry a handgun under V.T.C.A., Government Code ch. 411, subch. H, from carrying a handgun in city parks and other city recreational facilities, unless entry on the premises of the city recreational facility with a handgun is prohibited under V.T.C.A., Penal Code §§ 46.03 or 46.035.
(j) To
insure that all citizens and members of the public may have a reasonable
opportunity to enjoy the use of the parks, all persons must comply
with the terms of these regulations at all times. These regulations
may be enforced by the city police department whenever necessary.
(k) Any
violation of any of these regulations, or of state law or city ordinance
in the parks may result in disciplinary action being taken against
the person violating such regulation, law or ordinance, including,
but will not be limited to any of the following: (1) a warning; (2)
expulsion from the property by order of a member of the police department;
(3) having the privilege to use or be in the city parks suspended
or permanently revoked, and being temporarily or permanently banned
from the city parks and other recreational facilities, at the reasonable
discretion of the chief of police or the chief of police's designee;
and (4) for violation of any criminal law or ordinance, arrest or
the issuance of a criminal citation, as may be determined appropriate
by the city police department.
(l) Any
person whose privilege to use or be in the city parks is suspended
or permanently revoked, and who has been temporarily or permanently
banned from the city parks, may appeal such suspension or permanent
ban to the city manager by submitting a notice of appeal in writing
to the city secretary within ten days of such suspension or permanent
ban. The decision of the city manager shall be final.
[Code 1984, ch. 7, § 17; Ord. No. 925-02, § 1, 2-26-2002; Ord. No. 1086-07, § 1, 6-12-2007; Ord. No. 1309-16, § 1, 2-16-2016]
There is hereby established a voluntary contribution of $1.00
to be added to the monthly statement for water consumption, as an
optional payment, and the proceeds received therefrom shall be deposited
into the parks and beautification fund.
[Code 1984, ch. 7, § 22]
(a) The
following definitions shall apply to this section:
City park
means any area designated by the city as a public park.
Smoke or smoking
means inhaling, exhaling or burning a lighted cigar, cigarette,
pipe or other lighted tobacco product in any manner or form.
(b) A person
commits an offense if the person possesses a lighted or burning tobacco
product or smokes a tobacco product or otherwise engages in the conduct
of smoking within any city park.
(c) The
city manager is hereby directed to have placed in conspicuous locations
within all city parks signs stating:
SMOKING PROHIBITED IN CITY PARKS Pursuant to section
70-164 of the City Code of the City of Richland Hills, smoking is prohibited in all city parks within the City of Richland Hills. Violations of this regulation may be punished by a fine up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 1094-07, § 2, 9-11-2007]