HomeMy WebLinkAbout016 - 02/06/2018 - AMENDING ARTICLE 5, SECTION 23-140 OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING A DEFINITION OF ''FACILITIES'' ORDINANCE NO. 016, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING ARTICLE 5, SECTION 23-140 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS BY ADDING A DEFINITION OF "FACILITIES"
WHEREAS, the City has acquired and constructed various recreational, cultural,
educational, transportation and other facilities, which it operates for the benefit of the citizens of
Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS,the City is responsible for managing its facilities in a manner that protects and
preserves the facility, protects City staff and property, and enhances the use and enjoyment of
those facilities by the public for their intended purposes; and
WHEREAS,the City desires to manage the conduct of users of those facilities so that visitor
enjoyment, safety and the facilities themselves are appropriately protected; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the specific day-to-day operations of those facilities,
and to address the particular needs of each facility, which may vary substantially from one to
another, the City Manager currently follows certain procedures to adopt administrative rules and
regulations governing conduct of users of City facilities; and
WHEREAS,the City desires to add a definition of"facilities"to clarify that this-procedure
to adopt rules and regulation applies to all property owned or operated by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 23-140 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 23-140. - Rules and regulations.
(a) For purposes of this article, the term "facility" shall include, but not be limited to,
buildings, structures, vehicles, buses, and public parking areas, excluding streets, sidewalks and
other City rights-of-way.
(b) The City Manager is hereby authorized to establish such rules and regulations governing
the conduct of the general public's use of facilities owned or operated by the City, as the City
Manager may determine are necessary and appropriate to serve one (1) or more of the following
purposes:
(1) The protection of such facilities, or any other City property or facility;
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(2) The protection of the safety, well-being and property of persons using such
facilities;
(3) The protection of the use and enjoyment of such facilities by the general public; or
(4) The needs and objectives of the City in maintaining and operating such facilities,
and/or the natural environment in general.
(c) Such regulations may be established for selected individual facilities or groups of facilities,
provided that the scope of any regulations shall be clearly stated therein,and shall become effective
upon the filing of such regulations with the office of the City Clerk and the posting of a notice of
the adoption of the regulations at all public entrances of the affected facilities. Such notice shall
include the effective date of the regulations, and notice that the full text of the regulations is on
file in the office of the City Clerk and at the affected facilities, and is available for public review.
The City Manager, or his or her designee, shall have the power to exclude any and all persons who
willfully or knowingly violate any such regulations from the use and benefit of any or all City
facilities, subject to any enforcement procedures set forth in such regulations. No such regulations
shall be deemed to apply to emergency or law enforcement operations, or to City management and
maintenance activities, to the extent their application would impair the performance of the same.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of February, A.D. 2018.
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