HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3749... . ' • • 0Rorn11~:~I~AFNc.;HE 3:~~r OF PALO mo ORIGINAL
AMENDING THE PARK REGULATIONS ORDINANCE
TO PROHIBIT ~IRBS EXCEPT IN CITY PROVID~O
BARBEQUes, FtRe RINGS AND OTHER SUCH FIXTURES
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure the safety,
health, and welfa.re of all persons using City parks: and
WHEREAS, the use of private, portab~e barbeques has c~used a
potential risk to perso~s using the City's parks because ot the
their mobility and possibility of spillage;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN
as tollows:
SECTION 1. Section 22.04.300 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as tollows:
22.04.300 Fires.
1. Lighting or maintaining £ires of any sort
within any park of t~e City of Palo Alto is
prohibited, except that, a fire may be lighted or
maintained in those barbeques, fire rings, or
other similar fixtures placed in the parks by the
City specifically for such purpose. Portable
barbeques and other fixtures for lighting or
maintaining fires may not be brought into or used
in any City park.
2. This section shall not apply to City
sponsored events or to the exclusive group
use of a City park permitted under S22.04.040.
SECTION 2. The Council finds that the enactment of this
ordinance will have no significant environmental impact.
SECTION ·J. This ordinance shall becom~ effective upon the
commencement of the. 31st day after· the day of its passage.
INTRODUCED: Apri 1 27, 1987
PASSED: May U, 1987
AYES: Cobb,-Fl etcher, Klein, Levy, Pat itucc i, Renze 1, Sutorius, Woolley
NOES: None
ABSTEN'X'IONS: None
ASSENT: Bechtel
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