HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-12-8754ORDINANCE NO. 2022-12-8754
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70, SECTION 70-5
"RULES OF CONDUCT FOR RECREATIONAL AREAS" AND
SECTION 70-32 "PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, this Ordinance amends Chapter 70, regarding the rules of conduct for recreational
areas and the list of public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas available to the public.
NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by the City Commission of the City of Paducah as
follows:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky hereby amends Section 70-5 of the Paducah Code of
Ordinances as follows:
Sec. 70-5. - Rules of conduct for recreational areas.
The rules of conduct for recreational areas shall be as follows:
(1) Alcohol is not allowed in any city park facility.
(2) Soliciting or sale of material is not allowed in city parks.
(3) Parking is not allowed on grass in city parks.
(4) Do not nail signs to trees.
(5) Obey posted hours of operation.
(6) Dogs must be leashed in all city parks that are not designated dog parks. Dog droppings must
be picked up and disposed of in a waste receptacle when in city parks. Service animals must be
harnessed, leashed, or tethered while in city parks unless these devices interfere with the
service animal's work or the person's disability prevents use of these devices. Service animals
must be under the control of the handler at all times.
(7) Place all trash in waste receptacles.
(8) Overnight stays are not allowed in a city park.
(9) Except as authorized in section 46-91, mechanical games, carnivals, or use of animals are not
authorized in city parks.
(10) If a public address system or other amplification of voice and/or music is used, sound must not
extend beyond the perimeter of the facility being utilized.
(11) Ice-skating is not allowed on Noble Park Lake.
(12) Personal watercraft are not allowed in Noble Park Lake.
(13) Signs or banners cannot be hung from or on towers/front of Noble Park entrance.
(14) Permits for special events and/or nonconforming uses must receive approval from the Parks
and Recreation Director or designee arc the 'urisdietio of the Darks Se: ,ices D:.cctc.].
Special event [9]organizers are responsible for securing permits for such use from the City of
Paducah [t1ff eugh the Parks Setwiees Difeet,._].
(15) The City of Paducah Parks and Recreation Department [Serviees] may permit for exclusive use
shelters, athletic fields, buildings, facilities and/or specific zones for [e€] the park througha
reservation process or by securing a special event permit with the City of Paducah. Other park
users may not interfere with the permitted use.
(16) The Parks and Recreation [Servie€s] Director is authorized to temporarily adjust or suspend
park rules as required to serve public safety and/or program logistics.
(17) The Parks and Recreation [Sen,iees] Director is hereby authorized to adopt additional rules
specific to each facility. Said rules shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the relevant facility
and shall be followed as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky hereby amends Section 70-32 of the Paducah Code
of Ordinances as follows:
See. 70-32. - Public parks, playgrounds, and recreational areas available to the public.
(a) There is hereby created, identified, and established for the City the following non-
exclusive list of public parks, playgrounds, and recreational areas available to the public
for their recreation purposes. This list shall not prohibit charge for specific parks and/or
park areas.
(1) Perkins Creek Nature Preserve.
(2) Forrest Cove Park.
(3 ) Lanelle Park
(3)(4) Clyde F. Boyles Greenway Trail.
(4)(3) Cherry Park (41).
(5)(6) Stuart Nelson Park.
(6)(7) Floodwall Right -of -Way Trail.
(7)(8) Bob Noble Park.
(8)(9) Keiler Park.
(9)(19) Paxton Park Golf Course.
(10)" Pat and Jim Brockenborough Rotary Health Park.
(11)(12) Langstaff Park (Betsy Ross Park).
(12)" Oak Grove Cemetery.
(13)(14) Lang Park.
(14)" Brooks Stadium and Park.
(15)(1-6) Albert Jones Park.
(I6)(II) Caldwell Park.
(17)(14 Voor Park.
(18)" Midtown Park.
(19)(29-) City Hall Square.
(20) Dolly McNutt Memorial Plaza.
(21) Riverfront Park.
(22) Shultz Park.
(23) Robert Coleman Park.
(24) Island Creek Sanctuary (Cherry Park #2).
(25) Kolb Park.
(26) Lower Town Texaco Park.
(27)Independence Park.
(28) Market Square Art [R -T] Park.
(29) Ohio River Boat Launch.
(b) This list is non-exclusive as other public parks, playgrounds, and recreational ordinances
may be added by the City. The City invites and permits without charge any person to use
the City public parks, playgrounds, and recreational areas for their recreational purposes in
compliance with the Kentucky Recreational Use Statute (KRS 411.190). The Parks and
Recreation [Sen4ees] Director or designee may close parks or park areas.
(c) The charge for exclusive use of City -owned facilities and amenities inside public park
areas shall be in the amount established by municipal order from time to time.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shall be
held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section,
paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS. The City Commission hereby
finds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this Ordinance were taken in an
open meeting of this City Commission, and that all deliberations of this City Commission and of its
committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in full
compliance with applicable legal requirements.
SECTION 5. CONFLICTS. All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed and the provisions of
this Ordinance shall prevail and be given effect.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance s be read on two separate days and will
become effective upon summary publication pursu KR hapt r 424.
Ge" rge Bray, Mayor
ATTEST
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Lindsay Parish,nty Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, November 15, 2022
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, November 29, 2022
Recorded by the City Clerk, November 29, 2022
Published by The Paducah Sun, December 6, 2022
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