Ord 08-90 2/20/19901 -
ORDINANCE NO. 0 Q-
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, BY THE
ADDITION OF SECTION 20-17 . 1 TO PROHIBIT
TRESPASSING ON CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, City Councilors and administrative staff have
received numerous complaints that youths are using concrete
drainage ditches within the City limits as skateboarding ramps;
and,
WHEREAS, many such ditches are located adjacent to City
streets with the result that the safe and orderly flow of traffic
is impaired; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to prohibit the playing of
children in stormwater drains and other public facilities in
order to protect the health, safety and welfare of those
trespassing as well as motorists lawfully using streets adjacent
to said stormwater drains, as well as other public facilities
which may expose trespassers to danger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
The Code of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls is
hereby amended by the addition of Section 20-17. 1 which shall
read as follows:
"Sec. 20-17. 1. Trespassing on City Property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass upon, enter
into or upon any of the property owned or controlled by the city
without the consent of the city or some authorized officer, agent
or employee of the city; provided, that the word 'property' , as
herein used, shall not be construed to mean any public highway,
street, park or public place in the City. "
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ,-7/(1-X,'-day of c C L-c u`
1990.
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Affidavit of Publication
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.$-90
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COUNTY OF WICHITA
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE OF WICHITA FALLS,TEXAS,I
BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION
20-17.1 TO PROHIBIT }here)
TRASPASSING ON CERTAIN 28th F e b r u a r y
CITY PROPERTY. 11-015 On this day of
1990
A.D. personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
Darice Ming bookkeeper
for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, publishers of the Wichita Falls
Times/Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County,
Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached
advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published
in one ( 1 ) issues thereof on the following dates:
R7C5..IVED IN February 28 , 1990
Crri CLERK'S OF ICS
Data, _
`l: Time -a — Bookkeeper for Times Publishing Company
of Wichita Falls
(:SEAL) u Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written.