19-1851 Amending City Code Section 13-2-9(B) Ejectment from City ParksCITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1851
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BERNT, BORTON, CAVENER,
LITTLE ROBERTS, MILAM, PALMER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY CODE SECTION 13-2-9(B), REGARDING
EJECTMENT FROM CITY PARKS; ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is currently a misdemeanor for any person ejected from the park to fail to leave,
or to return to the park on the same calendar day of his ejectment, and it is the recommendation of the
Meridian Parks & Recreation Department and the Meridian Police Department that such violation be
charged as an infraction instead; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council find that it is in the best interest of the public to
implement such recommendations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Meridian City Code section 13-2-9(B) is hereby amended to read as follows:
B. Ejectment: A police officer, the Director or a duly authorized City of Meridian representative, shall
have the authority to eject from the p ly a City Park, as defined in this chapter, any person acting
in violation of this chapter. Any person ejected from the p a Ci1y Park shall leave promptly and
peaceably and shall not return to the pthe City Park for any reason on the same calendar day of
his ejectment. It shall be unlawful for any person ejected from the park to fail to leave promptly
and peaceably, or to return to the p the Cily Park on the same calendar day of his ejectment. A
violation of this provision shall be an infraction, punishable by penally of fifty dollars ($50.00)
Section 2. That all ordinances, resolutions, orders, or parts thereof or in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby voided.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho this I lT day of September, 2019.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this IU- • day of September, 2019.
APPROVED:
Tammy de rd, Mayor
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STATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO
ADEQUACY OF SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 19-1851
The undersigned, William L.M. Nary, City Attorney of the City of Meridian, Idaho, hereby certifies
that he is the legal advisor of the City and has reviewed the following summary of Ordinance No. 19-
1851 of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and has found the same to be true and complete and provides
adequate notice to the public pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-901A(3).
DATED this 104" day of �j,m , 2019.
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William L.M. Nary, City Attorn
NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1851
An ordinance amending Meridian City Code section 13-2-9(B), regarding ejectment from city parks;
adopting a savings clause; and providing an effective date. A full text of this ordinance is available for
inspection at Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. This ordinance shall be
effective upon its passage and publication.
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By: Chris J,
Council
)n, City Clerk
First Reading: �-lo '/
Adopted after first reading by suspension of the rule
as allowed pursuant to Idaho Code
§ 50-902: YES NO
Second Reading- A
Third Reading: JQ
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF IDAHO )
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County of Ada )
Sharon Jessen
of Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That I am a citizen of the United States,
and at all times hereinafter mentioned
was over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to the above entitled action.
2. That I am the Principle Clerk of the
Meridian Press, a weekly newspaper
published in the City of Meridian, in the
County of Ada, State of Idaho; that
the said newspaper is in general
circulation in the said County of
Ada, and in the vicinity of
Meridian, and has been
uninterruptedly published in said
County during a period of seventy-eight
consecutive weeks prior to the first
publication of this notice, a copy of
which is hereto attached.
3. That the notice, of which the annexed is
a printed copy, was published in said
newspaper 1 time(s) in the regular and
entire issue of said paper, and was
printed in the newspaper proper, and not
in a supplement.
That said notice was published the following:
09/20/2019
*STATE OF IDA
County of Canyon
On this 20th day of Septemberin the year of
2019 before me a Notary Public, personally appeared.
Sharon Jessen, known or identified
to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument, and being by me first
duly sworn, declared that the statements therein
are true, and acknowledge to me that he/she
exec/�y)ed the same.
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