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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1413ORDINANCE NO. /1775 AN ORDINANCE creating and providing for the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Port Angeles, providing for the appointment of the members of such Board, and prescribing the powers and duties thereof under council - manager form of government and repealing Ordinance No. 777. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles as follows: Section 1: Definition. The word "Park" when used in this ordinance means an area of land, with or without water, developed and used for public recreational purposes, including landscaped tracts, picnic grounds, playgrounds, athletic fields, recreation centers, camps, foot, bicycle and bridle paths, motor vehicle drives, wild -life sanctuaries, museums, zoological and botanical gardens, facilities for bathing, boating as well as other rec- reational facilities for the use and benefit of the public. 'Board" means the Board of Park Commissioners. Section 2: There is hereby created a Board of Park Commissioners consisting of three (3) members who shall be appoin- ted by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council from citizens who reside within the City of Port Angeles. No member of said Board shall receive any compensation for his services. Section 3: Said Board of Park Commissioners shall advise the City Manager, the Mayor and the department of the city administering parks regarding the general supervision and control of all parks and recreational facilities and programs of the City of Port Angeles, and shall also further advise regarding the establishment of recreational activities that will employ the leisure time of the people in a constructive and wholesome manner, and to advise regarding the control and supervision of all parks belonging to said City and regarding the planning, promoting, management, acquisition, construction, maintenance and operations, including restrictions on and compensation to be paid for con- cessions or privileges in parks or other municipally owned recreational facilities, including community buildings and :improvement and ornamenta?tzon of the same. Section 4: The Board shall have the power to accept in the name of the City of Port Angeles donations for park purposes and also with the consent of the City Council to accept real property for park purposes. Section 5: The Board shall submit to the City Manager each year at the time of the submission of the budget and for the information and guidance of the G'-ty Manager in preparing the budget for the ensuing year an estimate of the amount of honey required for the operation and maintenance of the city parks and recreational program and necessary facilities and shall further recommend requirements and regulations for the government, management, supervision and control of City parks and recreational facilities. Section 6: That Ordinance No. 777 passed April 15, 1925, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Section 7: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its passage, approval and;•lawful publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles, Washington and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of February, 1958. ATTEST: City Clerk Approved as to form: City Attorney Published: re b , I , 1958.