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ORDINANCE N0. B -1381
AN ORDINANCE approving rules and regulations. for the government, management and use of
all parks• and play grounds within the City of Yakima; prescribing the
powers and duties of officers and others in relation thereto; providing
penalties for the violation thereof, and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Park °District of Yakima,
maintain and operate public parks within the City of Yakima; and
WHEREAS, said Metropolitan Park District Commissioners of Yakima have
adopted rules and regulations for the government, management and 'use of all parks and
play grounds situate in the City of Yakima, a copy of which rules and regulations is
hereto attached and by this reference made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Yakima has approved said rules
and regulations, and said rules and regulations are for the preservation of public
peace,, health, welfare and safety of the people of the City of Yakima. Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1.. The rules: and regulations of the Metropolitan Park District of
Yakima hereto attached, and approved and adopted for the government,, management and use
of all parks. and play grounds within the City of Yakima, as though fully set out herein.
Section 2. Any person. who shall violate any of the rules and regulations
provided for in this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $300.00, or imprisoned in
the City Jail not exceeding 90 days, or by both fine and imprisonment. . •
Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide far the immediate preservation
of public peace, property, health and safety of the people of the City of Yakima; an
emergency is hereby declared to exist; and said ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage, approval and publication as provided for
in the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION,: signed and approved, this 7th day of July,
1952..
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( SEA L ) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
RULES AND REGUALTIONS
RELATING TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT OF YAKIMA
1.. No vehicle shall enter, drive within, or leave any park or playground by other
than the established ways.
2. No person shall pick, cut, break or take, or in any way injure, any flower, plant,
shrub or tree in any park or playground.
' 3. No person shall cut, break, mark upon, or in any way injure or deface, any of the
buildings, seats, fences, gates or other property in any park or playground.
4. No person shall throw or break bottles. or break glass of any kind in any park or
playground, but same must be placed in receptacles provided for such purposes.
5. No camp fires or other outdoor or open fires shall be lighted or made anywhere in
any park or playground, except in places prepared for such purposes.
6. No person shall post, paint, or affix any placard, bill, notice, sign or advertise-
ment, nor distribute, nor offer for sale, any papers, circulars, cards or written
or printed matter in any park, playground, or parkway.
7. No intoxicating liquor of any kind or nature shall be brought within the limits of
any park or playground. Liquor will be confiscated, in addition to the penalties •
provided for violation of these rules and regulations.
• 8. No papers, boxes, food, litter, trash or material of any kind, shall be thrown on
the grass, walks, or driveways, but the same must be placed in the receptacles
provided for that purpose. The Comfort Stations and Toilets shall not be defaced
nor imporperly used, nor the plumbing thereof obstructed or injured. .
9. No person shall ride, drive, or operate any automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, or
other vehicle, or any horse or animal, upon the grass or footpaths of any park
or playground.
10. No public assembly calculated to attract a large concourse of people, shall be
allowed in any park or playground, without the written permit of the Park
Commissioners.
11. No cattle, horse, dogs or other animals, shall be turned into, or allowed to run
at large in any park, playground or parkway, nor shall any dog or other animal be
permitted to enter any pool, or waters of any park. All dogs brought into any
park' or playground must be held on leash.
12. No person other than an authorized peace office shall carry any firearms, nor shall.
any person throw or other missiles, in any park or playground, or into the
waters of any pond, wading pool, or swimming pool.
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13. No person shall molest or attempt to touch, any bird or animal in any park.
14. No person shall sell or offer for sale, in any park or playground, any goods, wareg
refreshments, or other articles, nor sell, expose for sale, or take or solicit .
orders for future delivery of photographs in any park or playground, save persons:,
authorized by the Park Commissioners for that purpose, and carrying certificates
to that effect.
The foregoing rules: and regulations are hereby adopted and q proved this 14 day
of July, 1952.
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRIOT OF YAKIMA
By /s/ John F. Chesterley,
President
Ls/ George W. Wilkins _
Commissioner
/s/ Caryl M. Linn
Commissioner
ATTEST: /s/ E. M. Fisher
Commissioner
/s/ Betty J. Walker /s/ J. S. Applegate
Secretary Commissioner
The foregoing rules and regulations are hereby approved this 14 day of July, 1952 -.
CITY OF YAKIMA.
City Commission
/s/ G. W. Burns
Mayor
ATTEST: , /s/ Owen 0. Carpenter
Commissioner of Finance
/s/ Pearl. Benjamin ( SEAL ) /s/ Grant E. Huey
City Clerk Commissioner of Public Works
111 I hereby certify that the foregoing is full, true and correct copy. of Ordinance
No. B -1381 entitled "AN ORDINANCE approving rules.'' and "regulations= 'for:rthe
management and use of all parks and play grounds within the City of Yakima; prescribing
the powers and duties of officers and others in relation thereto; providing penalties
for the violation thereof, and declaring an emergency." as passed this 7th day of July,
1952. and that same has been published as required by law.
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