The daily sentinel., 1914-02-04
ORDINANCE NO

AND PROVIDING FOR THE GOV
ERNMENT, MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC
PARKS OF THE CITY OF GRAND
JUNCTION. AND FOR THE
BUILDINGS, TREES, SHRUBS.
AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN SAID PARKS. AND TO
PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR IN
JURING OR DESTROYING THE
SAME.
Be 1t Ordained by the City Council
of the City of Grand Junction.
Colorado:
Section /. That the care, custody.
management, improvement and con-
troll OF all the public parks. play
grounds, pleasure grounds. boule-
wards and parkways OF the City of
Grand Junction shall be under the
general supervision of the Commis-
sioner of Health and Civic Beauty,
who may. with the approval of the
City Council appoint a park superin-
tendent and such other assistants
and employees as may from time to
time be necessary for the proper care
and improvement of any of the parks,
pleasure grounds. boule-
Yards and parkways of said city.
Sec. 2. The Board of Park Com
missioners shall act as an advisory
board to the Commissioner of Health
and Civic Beauty, and in the improve
ment of any parks which are now or
may be hereafter owned by the city
of Grand Junction, shall pass upon
and approve the plans before such
improvements are made; said board
shall have power to make rules and
regulations for the government and
proper supervision of all parks and
of said city.
Soc. 3. The cutting, breaking,
digging. pulling up, destroying or in
any manner injurlng any tree, shrub.
bush, vine, flower, grass, or plant,
or any of the buildings, structures,
signs, fences, seats. benches, foun-
tains or ornaments of any kind, with
in any of the public parks of the
city OF Grand Junction is hereby pro-
hibited
Sec. 4. The building of any fires,
the posting of any bills or advertise
ments, or painting or marking any
advertisements, names, pictures,
characters. or signs of any deserip-
tion on any object or thing whatso-
ever within or connected with any of
said parks, is hereby prohibited.
Sec. 5. The hitching or fastening
of any horse, or other animal, to any
tree, shrub, fountain, monument,
lamp-post or other ornament or i'm
proyement in any public park is here
by prohibited.
Sec. 6. Persons passing through
any of the parks within this city
shall travel upon the walks provided
therefor. and any person in passing
through any of the said parks. who
shall travel over the sward, or
lawns, or through the shrubbery, and
not in said walks for any part of the
way, shall be fined in a sum of not
exceeding ten dollars for each Of
fense; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall prohibit any person
or persons occupying the seats pro-
vided in said parks or of resting in
the shade of any trees thereof, and of
upon the sward or lawns for
such purposes.
Sec. Z. No person or persons
shall use threatening. abusive. in
sulting or profane or indecent lam
guage in any of the public parks of
the city; nor shall any person create
any nuisance or offense, or throw or
cast any stone or other missile with
III odiu pdIhS.
Sec. 8. No person., persons, asso-
firm or corporation shall
hold any meeting, gathering, picnic,
musicale, concert, theatrical or other
in any of the parks of
the City of Grand Junction, without
first having obtained a permit from
the Commissioner of Health and Civ
ic Beauty or of the City Council.
Performances by any band. or bands,
of music shall be allowed in any
park with like permission.
Sec. .. No person shall throw or
deposit any dead animal, offensive
matter, waste paper, bottles, fruit
skins, or substance of any kind, into
or upon any park of said city, except
in the receptacles provided for
waste.
Sec. TO- No person, firm or cor
poration shall use any public park
for business purposes, and no busi-
ness of any kind shall be carried on
except such as may from time to time
be sanctioned and permitted by the
City Council. Picnics may be held in
such parts of the park as shall be
designated by the Commissioner of
Health and Civic Beauty; but no re-
freshlnents shall be permitted to be
sold or offered for sale in connection
without permit from the
City Council.
Sec. II. No person, firm or cor
poration shall wilfully violate any of
the rdles or regulations governing
the public parks, Fairgrounds, boule-
wards or parkways of the City OF
Grand Junction, made and adopted
by the Board of Park Commission
ers.
Sec. 70. Any person, firm or cor
poration violating any of the provi-
sions of this ordinance shall upon
be punished by fine of
not less than five nor more than
three hundred dollars.
Sec. 13. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Passed and adopted this ....
day of. f............... "A. ID. 1914.