COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Jonathan Letz OFFICE: Commissioners Court
MEETING DATE: May 29, 2001 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
Consider and discuss approving rules and regulation for parks and recreation areas and set public
hearing on same.
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KERR COUNTY
RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR PARK AND RECREATION AREAS
SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY
The County ofKen shall have and shall exercise the power to control all activities, hours
of visitation, and days and times of opening to the public in all County Pazks in order to
properly serve and protect the citizens of this community. The said Parks shall be under
the direct supervision of the Facilities and Use Department and the Kerr County Sheriff.
The Facilities and Use Department is chazged with the responsibility of scheduling and
supervising the use of County Pazks in accordance with policy and procedures approved
by the Commissioners Court. The Sheriff s Department of Ken County is chazged with
the responsibility of maintaining law and order in all of the County Parks as well as
protecting the public peace, health, safety and general welfaze. In order to carry out this
provision, the Sheriff's Department, and any and all officers therein, shall have the
authority to make any arrests for violation of any state law or Kerr County
Commissioners Court Order.
Ken County Pazk and Recreation Areas shall be defined the property owned by Ken
County as outlined on the attached plat.
SECTION 2. APPROVAL AND SCHEDULING OF EVENTS
All Events must be approved and scheduled in advance by making application for such
use at the Facilities and Use Department.
SECTION 3. CLOSING HOURS
All County Pazks and Recreation azeas shall be open daily to the public during the hours
of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., except as provided hereafter, and shall be closed to the
public from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. However, access to all boat ramps and the immediate
azeas adjacent thereto shall be open 24 hours per day for the purpose of launching and
retrieving boats. All azeas may from time to time be closed by orders of the
Commissioners' Court, through the Facilities and Use Department or Sheriffs
Department for the purpose of rehabilitation, cleaning, general supervision, or to protect
the health, safety and general welfare of the public. Permission to use any Pazk or
Recreation Areas during the hours they aze normally closed, must be obtained by
submitting a written application for approval to the Ken County Commissioners' Court.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain in a County Pazk or Recreation azea
during hours when they aze closed as set out above without written prior approval of the
Kerr County Commissioners Court.
SECTION 4. OVERNIGHT CAMPING, PARKING, ETC
It shall be unlawful within any County owned Pazk or Recreations area to:
1. Camp overnight, or
2. Park any portable building, camping unit of any type, or motor vehicle
overnight, or
3. Allow any equipment of activity between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. each day; and
Exceptions to this Section shall only be with prior written approval granted by the Kerr
County Commissioners' Court, through the Facilities and Use Department.
SECTION 5. VEHICLES
A. It shall be unlawful in a County Pazk or Recreation azea for any person to:
1. Drive any motor driven vehicle into, along or across any grassy azea
unless it is a public roadway maintained by Kerr County for the operation
of such vehicles.
2. To drive upon any hike-bike trail, footpath or footbridge spanning a creek
or stream located therein.
This Section 6.A. shall not apply to powered golf carts or wheelchairs or vehicles used
strictly for the purpose of loading or unloading freight therein or in the construction,
maintenance or repair of said public Pazks or Recreation areas which aze owned or
maintained by Kerr County or with the prior written approval of the Kerr County
Commissioners' Court, through the Facilities and Use Department.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle on any street, drive,
roadway, or surface within any County Park or Recreations area at a speed greater
than ten (10) miles per hour.
C. No person shall park a vehicle upon any County-owned or maintained park lands, or
public recreation areas for the principal purpose of:
1. Displaying such vehicles for sale, or
2. Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicles except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
It shall be unlawful in a park or recreation azea for any person to:
1. Pick, pull, pull up, teaz up, dig up or out, mutilate, break, bruise,
injure, burn, remove, carry away, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant,
vine, flower, moss or vegetation, or portion thereof, including but not
limited to leaf, mold, foliage, berries, fruit, grass, turf, humus, cones,
dead or downed wood, except by prior written approval issued by the
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Kerr County Commissioners' Court for scientific or educational
purposes, through the Facilities and Use Department.
2. Build ground fires except in designated fire rings, pits, or grills.
3. Climb trees.
4. Maintain noise and sound levels of groups, individuals, radios, or any
sound equipment at a level considered to be a nuisance as deemed by
Kerr County.
5. Engage in any commercial venture without the prior written
permission of the Kerr County Commissioners' Court, through the
Facilities and Use Department.
SECTION 7. LITTERING
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Bring, use, carry or dispose of a glass container in any County Pazk or
Recreation area.
2. Throw, deposit, place or drop loose paper, cans, bottles, sacks, boxes,
cloths, waste materials, or any kind of rubbish on or alongside any
street, alley sidewalk, body of water, playground, or recreation azea of
County Pazk land within the County of Kerr.
SECTION 8. PETS
It shall be unlawful for any person to have any pet unleashed in a Ken County Park or
Recreation Area.
SECTION 9. PENALTY
A violation of any of the provisions of Sections 3 through 7 herein shall be deemed a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof a person shall be fined pursuant to the Texas
Penal Code and other applicable laws.
SECTION 10.
All other Orders or parts of Orders in conflict herewith aze hereby repealed to the extent
that they are in conflict.
SECTION 11.
If any provision of this Kerr County Commissioners' Court Order shall be held void or
unconstitutional, all other parts which are not held void or unconstitutional shall remain
in full force and effect.