CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZATION REGARDING SIGNAGE
WHEREAS, Ordinance 22.24 states, "The City Manager is empowered in
the exercise of the City Manager's discretion to regulate the time, place and
manner in which the public beaches, park property of the City, and the
Courtney Campbell Recreation Area, or any portion thereof, are to be used
and enjoyed by the public and to authorize the posting of signs regulating
public use. In so doing, the City Manager is to give due regard to the
safety facilities available thereat, the preservation of public property, the
number of persons who can be safely protected and safeguarded at the
particular location, and the health and welfare of the public using and
wishing to use such facilities. The directions of the City Manager given
pursuant to the authority contained in this section are declared to have the
effect of law and shall be enforced by the police officers of the City."
WHEREAS, Persons have been entering the Sand Key beach/park area at
night with their vehicles without the use of a permit by:
. Waiting for a person accessing the area with a permit and going in
after the vehicle before the gate closes.
. Slowly inching their vehicle below the gate to a point where the gate
will automatically open because the gate sensor thinks that a vehicle
is exiting the park.
. Breaking the gate.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, William B. Horne II, City Manager of the City of
Clearwater, Florida, do hereby authorize the posting of signs at Sand Key
Park/Beach stating that access/parking between the hours of 9:00 pm and
6:00 am is by permit only and that violators will be subject to citation.
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illiam B. Horne II
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand hereto and caused the Seal
of the City of Clearwater, Florida, to be affixed this .!J~ day of ~ 2003.
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City Manager letter of approval for Sand Key Park/Beach signage