HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 741 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORmNANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE RELATING
TO PARKS AND RECREATION; AMENDING SECTION 14-6;
UNLAWFUL ACTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY RELATING TO PARK AND RECREATION EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT OF CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($$00.00) AND A SEPARATE
OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITI~ED EACH DAY
DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR
CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The
Colony, Texas (the "City") relating to Park and Recreation is hereby amended in the
following particulars, and that all other chapters, sections, subsections, paragraphs,
sentences, words and phrases of said Code are not amended but are hereby ratified, verified,
approved and affirmed:
A. That Section 14-6 of Chapter 14 relating to UnlaWful Acts is amended by
adding the following:
Sec. 14-6 Unlawful Acts
Within the limits of any city park, it shall be unlawful for any peron to do any
of the acts hereinafter specified, except as they may be otherwise provided:
"(21) To appear nude or in a state of nudity as defined below:
a. The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals,
pubic region or female breasts; or
b. A state of dress which fails to opaquely cover a human buttock,
anus, male genitals, female genitals, pubic region or areola of
the female breast.
Section 2. If any section, article paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in his ordinance, or application thereto any persons or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares
it would have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of
the City relating to Park and Recreation and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said
ordinances except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
.be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine
in a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
the Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace,
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, Texas, creates an
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emergency for the mmed~ate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety,
and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance become effective from
and after the date of its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the o~,~t> day of~, 1992.
William W. Manning, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, CMC
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney