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Home My Public Portal AboutORD06838 ORDINANCE NO. 6838 ,i AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTIONS 948-955 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, 1956 (BEING ORDINANCES NUMBERED 2723 AND 328 ) RELATING TO HOUGH PARK, AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE RELATING TO SAME SUBJECT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITE' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOUEjI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Repeal Clause. Sections 948-955 of the Revised ordinances of the City- of Jefferson, 1956 (being Ordinances numbered 2723 and 3285) relating to Hough Park be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SECTION 2. Board of Directors. The Board of Directors for the operation, management, supervision, control and government of the City Park designated and known as Hough Park, consisting of the tract and parcel of land containing 50 acres, given and conveyed to the City of Jefferson, by Hon. Arthur M. Hough, by deed dated the 30th day of August, 1917, and recorded in book 45 at page 468, Cole County Recorder' s Office, ,which said gift and conveyance has been accepted by the City, shall consist of seven persons to be appointe by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. Within ten dayzi from the effective date of this ordinance, the Mayor, with the appr oval and consent of the City Council, shall appoint seven suitable perso to the Board of Directors who shall hold their office until January 1, 1961. Thereafter, the members of said board shall hold office for a term of one year and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. SECTION 3. Power of Board. Said directors shall, annually, meet and organize by the election of a president and secretary from among their number and other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall keep a record of their acts and proceedings, and the same sha 2 be open to public inspection, and they shall make an annual report o the mayor and council on or before the 31st day of December, 1960. The Board of Directors may formulate and adopt rules and regulation for the supervision and control of said park not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of said instrument of conveyance and the ordinances of this city. SECTION 4. Members may be removed. It shall be the special duty o said board to take such steps as are necessary to make strict compliance with all the terms and conditions set forth in the said deed conveying said tract of land to the city within the time stipulated .therein, not already fulfilled, and to fully protect the title of the' city to such land a nd park. Any failure to take such steps in a due and timely manner shall be deemed a sufficient group for the removal from the board of such member or members responsible for such failure, to be determined by the mayor on hearing after five days' notice in writing, which notice shill contain a statement reasonably indicating in what the failure consists. All vacancies created by quch removals shall be filled by appointment by the mayo I for the unexpired term, in like manner as an original appointment. i+ SECTION 5. Penalty for Trespass. No person shall wilfully injure, damage, mar, disfigure or otherwise despoil any property, building, fence, play ground, instrument of recreation of any part thereof, or any portion of said park grounds. A SECTION 6. Intoxicating beverages. No beverage containing any quantity of alcohol shall be used or drunk on said premises. i SECTION 7. Certain Things Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for an I person to dump or place refuse, trash or other waste matter in said park or in or along any highway adjoining said park. It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb the peace of any individual, or or company, or persons, or assembly of people in said park by loud and unusual noise, or by offensive or indecent or profane conversation, or by threatening, quarreling, challenging or fighting, or by any other rude and boisterous conduct. Lewd or lascivious co du drunkenness, crap shooting, or engaging in any game of chance with dice or cards in said park shall be unlawful. ( SECTION 8. Establishment of Fees. The Board of Directors shall annually establish a schedule of fees for the use of the golf facilities within said park and said schedule of fees shall be submitted to the Mayor and the City Council for their approval on or before the lst day of January, 1960, and annually on -or before the same date thereafter. Upon approval of the schedule of fees by the Mayor and the City Council, no person shall use the golf facilities within said park without first having paid the appropria e fees. SECTION 9. Penalty Clause. Anyone violating any of the terms of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One ($1.00) Dollar nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail for not less than one or more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon its passage and approval. Passed: 11/16/1959 Approved: 11/18/1959 C. F. Whaley /s/ C. F. Whaley /s/ President of the Council Mayor Attest: Henry W. Ells /s/ City Clerk RDINANCE NO. 6839 LN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE REPLAT OF PART OF DAWSONS UBDIVISION OF PART OF OUTLOT 52, A SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF EFFERSON, MISSOURI BY ROBERT R. PRATT AND ELIZABETH A. PRATT, AS EREINAFTER DESCRIBED, E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOUR S FOLLOWS: ECTION 1. Robert R. Pratt and Elizabeth A. Pratt, owners of the Val estate hereinafter described and situate in the City of efferson, Missouri, having submitted to the Council for its approva plat of said real estate, being located in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows; eginning at the northwest corner of Outlot 52, thence south 35 egrees 05 minutes west 92.2 feet; thence south 4 degrees 10 minutes east 453.65 feet; thence north 54 degrees west 317.25 feet; thence orth 35 degrees 05 minutes east 267.9 feet; thence northeasterly 90 eet more or less along the south .line of a city street to the oint of beginning. All of said land being in Outlot 52 in the City if Jefferson, Missouri. All bearings stated herein are magnetic. d it appearing that said plat has been duly and properly signed an ccepted by the said owners of the said Addition known and referred o as Replat of Part of Dawsons Subdivision, that all taxes have een paid, and that in all respects the requirements of Chapter 445 evised Statutes of Missouri, 1949, and amendments thereto, entitled fats have been fully complied with by the aforesaid owners of the aid addition; now therefore: