Allegheny County Council - File #: 2324-06

• File #: 2324-06
• Version: 2
• Name: An Ordinance repealing the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation as established by Ordinance on January 1, 1977 and amended by Ordinance on June 14, 1982 to aid in the preservation of County property and promoting a
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/17/2006
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 3/21/2006
• Title: An Ordinance Repealing the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation as established by Ordinance on January 1, 1977 and amended by Ordinance on June 14, 1982 to aid in the preservation of County property and promoting and preserving the public health, safety and welfare in the parks owned and maintained by the County of Allegheny, and replacing such Rules and Regulations with Parks Department Regulations.
• Sponsors: Vince Gastgeb

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/27/2006	2	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
3/21/2006	1	County Council	Amended and Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
3/16/2006	1	Committee on Public Safety	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
2/1/2006	1	Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
1/17/2006	1	County Council	Referred

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An Ordinance Repealing the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation as established by Ordinance on January 1, 1977 and amended by Ordinance on June 14, 1982 to aid in the preservation of County property and promoting and preserving the public health, safety and welfare in the parks owned and maintained by the County of Allegheny, and replacing such Rules and Regulations with Parks Department Regulations.

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WHEREAS, Allegheny County, pursuant to the authority granted under the Second Class County Code, 16 P.S. §6028, created Rules and Regulations for the former Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation by Ordinance on January 1, 1977 and amended those Rules and Regulations by Ordinance on June 14, 1982; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation has since been succeeded by the Department of Parks; and

WHEREAS, Allegheny County Council is granted the power to adopt, amend and repeal ordinances by Article IV, Section 2(a) of the Home Rule Charter; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of Council to revisit the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation with the purpose of bringing such rules into conformity with the current needs of the Department of Parks in promoting and preserving the public health, safety and welfare in the parks owned and maintained by the County of Allegheny;

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

SECTION 1.

Articles I, II, III and IV of the Rules and Regulations for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation are hereby repealed and replaced with the following Parks Department Regulations:

RULES AND REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 1 - PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

The below-listed activities are specifically prohibited in any area lying within a County Park. Exceptions to these prohibitions will be recognized only upon possession and presentation of a written authorization signed by the Di...