HomeMy WebLinkAbout313 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 313
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 12.04.010 (P) TO
CHAPTER 12.04 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO THE PROHIBITION OF SWIIt~IING AND DIVING
WITHIN ANY POND, REFLECTING POOL, ETC., OF A CITY PARK OR
OTHER RECREATION FACILITY
A. Recitals.
(i) Section 12.04.010 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code contains
those regulations concerning prohibited activities within any park or other
recreation facility owned or operated by the City.
(ii) At present, certain City parks and recreational facilities have
been developed including water features such as ponds, reflecting pools,
etc. More specifically, Red Hill Park is presently developed with a shallow
pond. This, and other similar water features, have been designed and
developed to provide a pleasing aesthetic environment in such City parks and
recreational facilities and have not been designed to accommodate swimming
and diving.
(iii) At present, said Section 12.04.010 does not prohibit the use of
such water features for recreational activities such as swimming and diving.
Due to the fact that many children are presently on vacation, and in view of
the current warm weather, a number of children may be induced to utilize the
existing pond within Red Hill Park, and other similar water features, for
swimming and diving. Accordingly, this Council feels that it is immediately
necessary to adopt regulations prohibiting the recreational use of ponds and
water features within City parks and recreational facilities.
(iv) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance
have occurred.
B. Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ordained by the City Council of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga as follows:
Section 1. In all respects as set forth in the ~Recitals, Park A, of this
Ordinance.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby finds
as follows:
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a. Certain parks and recreational facilities within the City of Rancho
Cucamonga have been developed with the aesthetic features of ponds,
reflecting pools and waterscape features. Such ponds, etc., have
not been designed or developed to accommodate recreational
activities such as swimming, diving, wading, etc.;
b. At present, various schools are on vacation and the region is
experiencing unusually warm weather. Due to these facts, a number
of children are likely to be in City parks and induced to utilize
such ponds and water features in a manner for which they have not
been designed; and,
c. The unregulated utilization of such ponds and water features without
appropriate regul.ation to insure the safe use thereof would result
in an immediate-threat to the public health, safety or welfare of
those persons utilizing such City parks and recreational facilities.
Section 3. Section 12.04.010 (P) is hereby added to Chapter 12.04 of the
Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, to be read, in words and figures, as
fol 1 ows:
"P. Swim, dive, wade or in any way enter into any pond, lake, water
feature, reflecting pool or any similar body of water."
The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same
to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in
The Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 1987.
AYES: Brown, Stout, King, Wright
NOES: None
ABSENT: Buquet
~Dennis L~St~ou--t, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Beveriy A. Authelet, city Clerk
I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at
a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
15th day of April, 1987, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 20th day of May,
1987.
Executed this'~ 20th day of May, 1987 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Beverly ~. Authel:/ ,,
et, Ci Clerk