HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7555 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7555
October 1, 1991
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
Subject: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PARKS
With regard to alcoholic beverages in parks, Section 24• 18 of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth states:
"The director of parks and recreation of the city is
authorized to determine and designate any park or
portion of a park as an area where the drinking of
alcoholic beverages is prohibited and to place or
erect appropriate signs indicating same. It shall be
unlawful for any person to consume or to possess with
intent to consume any alcoholic beverage in any park
or portion of a park in which such consumption is
prohibited."
Alcoholic beverages are presently prohibited at the following parks
and park areas:
Camp Joy Diamond Hill M.G. Ellis Patricia LeBlanc
Marine Ridglea Hills Riverside Rodeo
Rosemont Rosenthal Sunset Sycamore
Tadlock Thomas Place Worth Hills Wildwood
Harmon Field Park Ballfield and Parking Lot
Rockwood Park Ballfields #1 and #2
All Recreation Centers
Zoological Park (excluding portions of Texas ! Exhibit)
Section 24-17 of the"Code of the City of Fort Worth states:
"It shall be unlawful for any person to possess alco-
hol within any portion of a baseball or softball
field which is totally enclosed by a fence in any
park in the city. A sign shall be conspicuously
posted at each entrance to such baseball or softball
field prohibiting the possession of alcohol as
follows:
POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL WITHIN THESE PREMISES IS PROHIB-
ITED UNDER SECTION 24-17 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH. PERSONS IN VIOLATION MAY BE FINED UP TO
$200.00."
-ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No.7555
October 1, 1991
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Y Subject: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PARKS
During the last year alcohol has been sold in parks at these
events:
Mayfest in Trinity Park (Mayfest, Inc. )
Cinco de Mayo Festival in Marine Park (Boys and Girls Club of
Greater Fort Worth, Inc.)
Shakespeare in the Park in Trinity Park (Shakespeare in the
Park, Inc.)
Hispanic Scholarship Concert in Marine Park (Tejanos for Onda
Music, Inc. )
Concerts in the Garden at the Botanic Garden (Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra Association and the Fort Worth
Botanical Society)
Mexican Independence Day Festival at Marine Park (All Saints
Polk Catholic Church, Diocese of Fort Worth)
Softball Tournament at Gateway Park (Knights of Columbus)
When alcoholic beverages are sold in parks, the Park and Recreation
Department requires that the sponsors provide public liability
insurance, sign an4greement fully indemnifying the City, present a
plan to prevent consumption of alcohol by minors, and hire off-duty
police. At Marine Park, the ban on alcohol is temporarily sus-
pended for special events, subject to the preceding conditions.
Da id�Ivor
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City ity Manager
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS