HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-353ORDINANCE NO. NS'3~3 REGULATING THE HOURS OF PRENTICE
PARK ZOO AND PROHIBITING ENTRY DURING CLOSED HOURS
WHEREAS, on numerous occasions during the nighttime persons
have entered Prentice Park Zoo while the same was closed to the public,
and therein damaged property, ar~oyed, frightened and injured the ani-
reals and birds there kept, a~ d have stol en therefrom birds and other
items, and it is now deemed necessary to establish regulations govern-
ing admission thereto, and penal izing certain conduct therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the S~ta Aha ~unicipal Code be and it is here-
by amended by adding new sections at the end of Part 6 of Chapter 2
of Article IV thereof, in words and figures as follows:
"SECTION 4264. Prentice Park Zoo, Hours.
The Zoo in Prentice Pa~ shall be open to the public be-
tween the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. during the months
of May through September, both inclusive, and from 10:00 A.M.
to 5:00 P.M. during the months of October through April, both
inclusive.
SECTION 4264.1. Same. Area Defined.
Prentice Park is located on the south side of First Street
immediately east of Mabury Street. Prentice Park Zoo is lo-
cated in the northerly part of Prentice Park inside of a com-
pletely fenced area, immediately south of the parking area
adjacent to First Street, and is bounded and fenced as follows:
Beginning at a point located ll0 feet south of the center line
of First Street and 40.5 feet east of the center line of
Mabury Street; thence east 230 feet to a point on the south-
westerly right-of-way line of the Santa Ana Freeway; thence
southeasterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line of
the Santa Ana Freew~ 615 feet to a point; thence west 360
feet to an angle point in said fence; thence north to a gate
and continuing northwesterly approximately 430 feet to a point
which is the south post of a gate; thence no,oh to the point
of beginning.
SECTION 4264.2. Same. Trespassing Prohibited.
No person, except employees of the Police Department, mud
Fire Department, ~nen in response to a call or when investi-
gating a report or observed trouble in said Zoo, and employees
of the Park and Recreation Department duly authorized to be
in said Zoo during the hours when the s~ne is closed to the
public, shall enter, be or remain inside of Prentice Park
Zoo boundary fence, as defined in Section 4264.1 of this Code,
at any time other th~ the hours when the same is open to
the public, as set forth in Section 4264 of this Code.
SECTION 4264.3. Same. Conduct Prohibited.
No person shall wilfully frighten, molest, injure, chase or
annoy any animal or bird in Prentice Park Zoo. No person
shall open, unlock or enter any cage, animal house, runway,
or display or exhibit pen in Prentice Park Zoo, without ex-
press authorization ~ to do fr~n the attendant in charge.
No person shall throw or propel any thing of any kind or
character, or squirt any water into any cage, animal house,
runway or display area, or into my pen or place where animals
are kept, fenced in, housed or caged in Prentice Park Zoo."
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days from and
after the time of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by
at its~ regular meeting held on the 17th
ATTEST:
CLER~
the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
day of November, 1958.
i ] ~ice MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF S~NTA ANA )
I, ERMA HUNTER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of Santa Ana, california; that the foregoing
Ordinance was regularly introduced at its regular meeting held on the
3rd d~ of November .., 1958, and was again considered by said
Council at its regular meeting held on the 17th day of November ,
1958, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said
Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, COUNCIL~EN: Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Go~ld, Jr.,
A. A. Hall, J. Ogden Msrkel
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Dale H. Heinly
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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