Allegheny County Council - File #: 5264-09

• File #: 5264-09
• Version: 2
• Name: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 07-06, the existing schedule of facility and recreational rates and fees for the use of County recreational and park facilities.
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 12/1/2009
• In control: Committee on Parks
• Final action: 12/15/2009
• Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 07-06, the existing schedule of facility and recreational rates and fees for the use of County recreational and park facilities.
• Sponsors: Nick Futules, Bob Macey, Matt Drozd, Michael Finnerty

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/17/2009	2	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
12/15/2009	2	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
12/8/2009	1	Committee on Parks	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
12/1/2009	1	County Council	Referred

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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 07-06, the existing schedule of facility and recreational rates and fees for the use of County recreational and park facilities.
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Whereas, the County of Allegheny (hereinafter referred to as “County”) owns and operates certain recreational and park facilities; and

Whereas, the County desires to establish and revise rates and fees for the public use of the recreational and park facilities; and

Whereas, Article IV, Sections 2.j. of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter vests the County's Council with the power to establish and revise rates and fees for the public use of the recreational and park facilities; and

Whereas, Ordinance No. 07-06 establishes the schedule of rental rates for the County's park facilities, and

Whereas, in 2008 Council established a program to recognize the valor of and contributions to the community by the County's volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) by providing discounts for their usage of certain County park facilities; and

Whereas, it is the judgment of Council that an additional privilege be granted to members of the Voluntary First Responders Park Pass Program to include free lift tickets to the Boyce Park Ski Slopes;

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

Section 1. Amendment of Ordinance 07-06

Section 2, entitled Parks Department Rates and Fees, of Ordinance 07-06 is hereby amended as follows:

Effective April 1, 2006 and continuing thereafter unless and until modified by subsequent Ordinance, the rates and fees for the use of County recreational and park facilities shall be as set forth in this section.

A. Refund/Readmission Policy: Unless otherwise stated no refunds or readmissions will be made at facilities. This applies to inclement weather. If a facility or mechanical failure should occur that would cause closing of a f...