HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 08101891 - 0054 f ORD11INCB Nn. 54
An Ordinn.nc e for 1,e mana gemen t and :trot.ec tion of Public Parks
in the County of Contra Costa.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of C.)n tra Costa do ordain
as f f)llo�-rs.
Section 1. All lands , Parks , Sauar es -,-)r Plazas in the County of
Contra Cos ta. t•rhich has been orher hereafter may be set apart by lata
donation or othert,fise as and f.-)r Public Pares shall remain and con
tinue to be public oar":s together t-Tith the improvements of every
kind and nature therein, thereon or in any manner connected with or
attached thereto for the benefit c,^)nvenienca comfort or enj•)yrnent of
the public is hereby declared to be public property and the same
shs,ll be sub.lect to management and con troll as in this Ordinance here-
inaf ter 'fir ov ided.
Section 2, The management and c ontroll of said -oublic narks shall
be vested in 'F?oards of Public Park Commissioners to consist of three
resident tax payers of the District or locality for which they are
to serve, Said Board of Public Park commissioners shall be aDnointed
by the Board of Supervisors upon the recommendation or petition of
at least fifteen resident tax payers of the district or locality In
which said board is desired. The first Board appointed under this
ordinance shall serve as follol•*s. one Member one year, one t1pro
year and one three years, And the term f)f office f)f all members of
said _..oard appninted thereafter shall be three
years , one member of
each board to be appointed annually a.f ter the appointments of the
first boards,
`}'he term of Office shall commence on the second Monday after
the annointment of such members. The first 73oard appointed shall
determine by lot as t,-) the terms each shall serve. Mi-embers {')f such
j boards shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the usual oath of
Office and filing the same with the County Clerk t-,rithin ten days
afU,,er their appointment. Such Board shall after vualifyinrr also elect
one of their number chairman and noticeof such selection 'shall also
be filed {r,ith the County Clerk immediately thereafter.
Sec ti can 3, As s o )n as said Ce)mmi s s inners shall have dual if ied and
elected their chnirriian It shall be their duty to take charge of the
Public Park or Pares within the district for which they are appointed.
Such Boards shall have full power and a.0 th��ar•i ty over such parks; t o
hermit or forbid the erection construction, placing, maintaining or
building in, upon or in c r)nnec t i on -r.ri th such narks any Improvements ,
matter thing or device as to such Boards may seem .Just and Drooer,
And such Boards or the members they a ,,f as such commissioners shall
be tr,nd they are hereby ems nT•rer ed and author iz,ed to remove or order
the removal from such parrs anything that may be ob3ectionable or
offensive to be ru,blic.
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Section 4, Nothing shall be placed erected c ons truc ted or built in
or upon ,)r in connection with such Darks without x)ermission of said
boards
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I Sect .nn . . Tt shall be unlat�rful for an -oerson or persons to injure
leface or remove any of the property within, upon, connected t•rith or
%tteohed to such barks ithout the Dei:mission .-)f the Board of public
para commissioners: l t shall be unl.awful.l. for any Pers in or 'oersons
to ride r)r drive any horse or animals in through or upon such pane
or "Co skate with roller skates upon any floor platform within such
parks not intended for that purpose: or to refuse or neglect to re-
move from such parks anything thereon t*Then ordered so to do by any
member of the Board of public nark commissioners,
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Section 6. Any Person or persons violating any of the provfsions of
I this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a .1-isdemea.nor and upon can-
j viction before a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not
exceeding one hundred dollars or impr i Boned un t it the f i ne be duly
satisfied in the oroDortion of one days Imprisonment for every dollar
of the fine.
This Ordinance shall take of f ec t and be in f orc e on and of ter
*ust 1Q ) 1891 s is il141 STOW .. Chairman
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^T Attest: F. L. Glass Clerk Entered July 20,1.891
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