1995-161 Meridian Picnic SheltersRESOLUTION NO. 161
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN PROVIDING FOR A FEE FOR
RESERVATION OF AND USE OF MERIDIAN PARK PICNIC ,SHELTERS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Idaho Code, 50-302, the City of Meridian
is required to make, and may make, all such ordinances, by-laws,
rules, regulations and resolutions not inconsistent with the laws
of the state of Idaho as may be expedient, in addition to the
special powers in Title 50, Idaho Code, granted, to maintain the
peace, good government and welfare of the City and its trade,
commerce and industry.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Meridian
to establish reasonable fees for the reservation of the picnic
shelters in the parks of the City of Meridian to preserve the
peace and tranquility of the parks, prevent overcrowding of the
picnic shelters, and to provide funds for the maintenance of the
parks which reflect some of the costs that the City incurs as a
result of processing the applications for reservation of the
picnic shelters and some of the maintenance of the parks.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
1. That the fee set forth herein and adopted is reasonable
and reflects, as closely as reasonably possible, some of the costs
of the City to process the various applications and a portion of
the maintenance costs of the picnic shelters and the parks of the
City of Meridian.
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2. That there is hereby adopted a fee of TEN DOLLARS
($10.00) for the reservation of a picnic shelter in the City parks
for not longer than ONE day; applicants reserving a picnic shelter
shall state the duration of their, or its, use of the shelter and
if used longer than the time set forth shall be subject to removal
as set forth hereinafter; the City may allow more than one
reservation per day if time is allowed.
3. That persons, associations, corporations, and other
entities, desiring to use the Meridian park picnic shelters shall
apply at the Meridian City Hall for the use of a picnic shelter,
reserve a time of use of a picnic shelter, if their requested time
is available, and pay the appropriate fee; the City Clerk's office
shall keep a record of the scheduled times and fees paid for
reservations.
4. If persons, associations, corporations, and other
entities, using a picnic shelter have not reserved the time and
paid the appropriate fee, and are using the picnic shelter at a
time that has been reserved for another person, association,
corporation, and other entity, they shall be removed from the
shelter, either by City of Meridian park employees or by the
Meridian City Police Department and they may be cited under 8-
1618, FRAUDULENTLY AVOIDING PAYMENT OF ADMISSION FEES, of the
Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, for
failure to pay the reservation fee which is hereby declared to be
the admission fee for the use of a picnic shelter.
5. A list of reservations for a particular picnic shelter
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shall be maintained at that particular shelter to inform the
public who has reserved the picnic shelter and the time, or times,
for which the shelter has been reserved; if the reservations have
been removed from the picnic shelter the list maintained by the
City Clerk's office shall still be controlling.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, this l¢ day of __- , 1995.
ATTEST®
APPROVED:
WILLIAM G. BERG, JO.,ACITY CLERK
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