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HomeMy WebLinkAbout034 - 03/06/2001 - AMENDING CITY CODE BY ADDING A PROVISION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO G ORDINANCE NO. 34, 2001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BY ADDING A PROVISION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO GOVERN CONDUCT IN CITY 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 the 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 operation of those facilities, and to address the particular needs of each facility, which may vary substantially from one to another, the City Manager has recommended that the Council establish certain procedures by which the City Manager may adopt administrative rules and regulations governing conduct of users of City facilities; and WHEREAS,in view of the terms of this Ordinance and other changes in the City Code since the adoption of Ordinance No. 88, 1992,Adopting Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of City Cultural,Library and Recreational Services Facilities,by the Council on September 1, 1992,it is the Council's intent that Ordinance No. 88, 1992, shall have no further force and effect upon the effective date of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Council wishes to authorize the City Manager to establish such rules and regulations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the addition of a new Article V to read as follows: ARTICLE V. CITY FACILITIES GENERALLY Sec. 23-140. Rules and regulations. (a) 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, excluding streets, sidewalks and other public rights-of-way, 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 or public property or facility; (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. (b) 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 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. Section 2. That Section 23-171 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 23-171. Care and custody. The city shall have the immediate supervision,care and custody of the Fort Collins public library, which shall be free for the use of the residents of the city subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to § 23-140. Section 3. That Section 23-172 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 4. That Section 23-187 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 5. That Section 23-188 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 6. That all Articles in Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins subsequent to new Article V are hereby renumbered accordingly. Section 7. That Ordinance No. 88, 1992, is superseded by the Code provisions enacted herein, and shall have no further force and effect upon the effective date of this Ordinance Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of February, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2001. a� ATTEST: Mayor ., City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of March, Aff tool. Ma or ATTEST: City Clerk