Loading...
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: Ordinance No. 313 Page 2 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 Ordinance No. 313 Page 3 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