8214-10ORDINANCE NO. 8214-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO PARKS; AMENDING CHAPTER
22, PARKS, BEACHES, RECREATION; SECTION 22.24,
AUTHORITY TO REGULATE BEACHES, PARK
PROPERTY, AND THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL
RECREATION AREA TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO
APPENDIX A, SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES AND
CHARGES; CORRECTING MINOR SCRIVENER'S ERROR
IN CHAPTER 22 SUBSECTION NUMBERING; AMENDING
APPENDIX A TO DEFINE PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR
PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION OF FEES;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Code of Ordinances currently empowers the city manager to
regulate the time, place and manner in which City park property is to be used and
enjoyed by the public, including the setting of fees, rates and charges; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with such authority, said fees, rates and charges are
provided for in Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances and are hereby cross-referenced,
where applicable, in Chapter 22; and
WHEREAS, Appendix A establishes the class of city residents, including one
occupying a "permanent residence" for purposes of applying resident and non-resident
fees; and
WHEREAS, the definition of "permanent residence" is hereby clarified for such
purposes; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA;
Section 1. That Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clearwater,
Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 22
Parks, Beaches, Recreation*
Article II. Use Regulations*
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Sec. 22.24. Authority to regulate beaches, park property, and the Courtney
Campbell Recreation Area.
(1) 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. See Appendix A for Schedule of
Fees, Rates and Charges for the use of Parks and Recreation facilities.
(2) The hours of operation for each city park, as may be amended from time to time,
are as follows:
TABLE INSET:
NO. SITE NAME
1. CLOSED FROM SUNSET UNTIL SUNRISE:
1 ALLEN'S CREEK PARK
2 ALLIGATOR LAKE
3 BAY PARK ON SAND KEY
4 MYRON A. SMITH BAYVIEW PARK
5 CEDAR GROVES
6 CHARLES PARK
7 CHARTER OAKS
8 LAKE CHAUTAUQUA PARK
9 CHAUTAUQUA PARK NORTH (Enterprise Rd.)
10 CHAUTAUQUA PARK SOUTH
11 CHERRY HARRIS PARK
12 CLIFF STEPHENS PARK
13 COOPERS BAYOU PARK
14 COUNTRY HOLLOW PARK
15 CYPRESS BEND PARK
116 CYPRESS POINT PARK
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17 D.D. DAVIS PARK
18 DREW PLAZA
19 GARDEN AVENUE PARK
20 GLEN OAKS PARK
21 GLENWOOD PARK
22 HARDING PLAZA
23 HIBISCUS LAKE
24 HILLCREST PARK
25 LAKE HOBART SOUTH
26 LAKE LUCILLE
27 MANDALAY PARK
28 NO. GREENWOOD REC/AQUATIC COMPLEX PLAYGROUND
29 NORTHEAST COACHMAN PARK
30 NORTHWOOD PARK
31 OVERBROOK PARK
32 SALLS LAKE 1 & 2
33 SOULE ROAD PARK
34 SPRING LAKE PARK
35 STATE STREET PARK
36 STATION SQUARE PARK
37 SUNSET POINT ROAD PLAYFIELD
38 TERRACE LAKE
39 TOWN PLACE PARK
2. CLOSED FROM 9:00 PM UNTIL 6:00 AM:
40 COACHMAN PARK
41 COURTNEY CAMPBELL RECREATION AREA
42 COUNTRYSIDE LIBRARY PLAYGROUND
43 MAGNOLIA STREET DOCK
44 MEMORIAL PARKS 1 & 2
45 MORNINGSIDE RECREATION COMPLEX
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46 NO. GREENWOOD REC. & AQUATIC COMPLEX
47 PROSPECT LAKE PARK
48 ROSS NORTON COMPLEX & ED WRIGHT PARK
49 TURNER STREET DOCK
50 WOOD VALLEY RECREATION CENTER
3. CLOSED FROM 10:00 PM UNTIL 6:00 AM:
51 BAYFRONT TENNIS COMPLEX
52 BELMONT PARK
53 CLW. BEACH FAMILY AQUATIC & REC. CMPLX.
54 COACHMAN RIDGE PARK
55 COUNTRYSIDE COMMUNITY PARK
56 DEL ORO PARK (Trail: Sunrise to Sunset)
57 FRANK TACK PARK
58 MARYMONT PARK
59 MONTCLAIR PARK
60 PLAZA PARK
61 SID LICKTON PARK & FRED COURNOYER CT.
62 SUNSET SAM PARK AT ISLAND ESTATES
63 U.S. 19 SOCCER PRACTICE FIELDS
64 VALENCIA PARK
4. CLOSED FROM 11:00 PM UNTIL 6:00 AM:
65 CREST LAKE PARK
66 EDGEWATER DRIVE PARK
67 FOREST RUN PARK
68 JOE DIMAGGIO COMPLEX
69 LONG CENTER
70 McKAY PLAYFIELD
71 PIER 60 PARK
72 WOODGATE PARK
5. OPEN 24 HOURS PER DAY:
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73 CLEARWATER BEACH
74 MEMORIAL CAUSEWAY
75 SAND KEY BAYSIDE PARK
76 SEMINOLE DOCKS
6. OPEN FOR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING ONLY:
77 CARPENTER FIELD
78 COOPERS POINT NATURE PARK
79 COUNTRYSIDE SPORTS COMPLEX
80 DAVID MARTIN SOCCER FIELDS
81 E. C. MOORE COMPLEX (1-9)
82 HENRY L. MCMULLEN TENNIS COMPLEX
83 LAWN BOWLS & SHUFFLEBOARD COMPLEX
84 MISSOURI AVE. (DOT)
85 MOCCASIN LAKE NATURE PARK
86 PHILLIP JONES PARK
CITY OWNED PROPERTIES- LEASED TO OTHERS (Hours of operation
established by Lessee):
87 BRIGHTHOUSE NETWORK FIELD
88 CHI-CHI RODRIGUEZ GOLF COURSE
89 CLEARWATER COUNTRY CLUB
90 CLEARWATER EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE
91 HARBORVIEW CENTER
92 HOLT AVE. PROPERTY
93 JACK RUSSELL STADIUM
94 KINGS HIGHWAY RECREATION CENTER
95 MARTIN LUTHER KING RECREATION CENTER
96 PERFORMING ART CENTER & THEATER (PACT)
97 SAILING CENTER
(43) Each city park shall have at least one prominently posted sign that states the
hours of operation for that park.
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(24) No person shall enter or remain upon park property at any time during which the
park is closed except by permit issued by the department or unless permission has
been given by the department or city manager.
R5) The City Manager or his or her designee may prohibit a party from parking a
vehicle in an area designated for parking or upon any other park property if said party
does not remain on the park property and such parking inhibits or prevents others from
parking at the park facility in order to use the facility as intended.
Section 2. Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clearwater, Florida, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Appendix A
Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges*
XI. Parks, Beaches, Recreation:
* * *
(2) The criteria which establish the class of city residents for the purpose of the fees
above are:
(a) Permanent residence within the incorporated boundaries of the city;. For
purposes of this Section, Permanent Residence shall mean a place where a
person has his or her true,- fixed, and permanent home and principal
establishment which, whenever absent, he or she has the intention of returning.
Residence shall mean such permitted uses of the use cate o "Residential" in
the Clearwater Community Development Code, as may be amended from time to
time.
(b) Ownership of real property within the incorporated boundaries of the city, as
evidenced by the official tax rolls maintained by the county;
(c) Tourists and guests temporarily residing at properties three months or less,
within the incorporated boundaries of the city as evidenced by a motel key or
another resident member;
(d) Persons who are employees of the city, and their family which is hereby
defined as: "Husband and wife or legal guardian and their children who live in the
same household, who are 18 years of age or under, or less than 23 years of age
and a full time college student";
(e) Persons who are retirees of the City of Clearwater;
(f) Active Military personnel and their family as defined in (d);
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(g) Full Time employees or clients of the Upper Pinellas Association for
Retarded Citizens (UPARC), for use of the Long Center facility and programs
only;
(h) Corporate memberships (for businesses within the incorporated boundaries
of the City) where the first ten memberships of the corporation are paid as
applicable non-resident fees; the eleventh membership and over are considered
resident memberships with applicable resident fees being applied.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING seRtember 22, 2010
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Ap oved as to form:
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aura Lipowski Mahony
Assistant City Attorney
Frank V. Hibbard
Mayor ,
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Attest:
Rosemarie Call
City Clerk
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