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Home My WebLink About024226 ORD - 09/19/2000 I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHAPTER 12, BOATS, BAYS AND W A TERW A YS, ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL, SECTION 12-32. NO WAKE ZONES, BY ADDING PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING A NO WAKE ZONE ON THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF P ACKERY CHANNEL ADJOINING THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS FRONTING P ACKERY CHANNEL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances, Article 1.. Section 12-32. is amended to read as follows: Sec. 12-32. Slow. No wake Wake zones. (a) All man-made canals adjacent to and through residential developments and the entire width ofPackerv Channel adioining the residential develooments fronting Packerv Channel shall be designated "Slow. 00 No wake Wake" zones. (b) Tl,e: ~l'ce:d limit in fill n,ll.1, n,ade: e:finfil~ aJj!lt:e:lit tClle:~ide:ntifil ck,d('Jpn,e:I,t~ ~l,fill be: fatlt (4) IH~L..;) pGl houl. (b) "Slow. No Wake" means the ooeration of a watercraft at the slowest possible forward soeed necessary to maintain steerage and so as to create no breaking wave. (c) Nv 11"-'1..,on shall "A...."".....J fum (4) 111~k.., 1-'''-'1 LvUl 01 GIG8.1( a "val\..- ~u UJ..l) lllan-hladG (,cU:ia.l.., adjaCGllt to H."..,~dvlltial dGvdofJuH..ub. (c) It shall be unlawful for anv oerson to ooerate a watercraft in a "Slow. No Wake" zone at anv soeed in excess of the slowest oossible forward soeed necessary to maintain steerage or at a speed which creates a breaking wave. (d) Any property owners association or group of property owners associated with the residential develooments adiacent to and through the such man-made canals adja~GJJt tv ,~,;d~ntial d"" dvp",Gllt;, may purchase, install, and must maintain, btl('J) ~ tll'6n "hie:h ll.1 c I'Cl~ted the: fl('J "like: Z6nc 1l6tie:e:~, find/m the: f(itll (4) mile: l'e:tl,Cltl! ~l'ce:d lin,it land based "Slow. No Wake" signs on each side of the man-made canal where the "Slow. No Wake" zone begins. The location. size. and BmordOQ.115 024226 "~ 2 wordin&! of the land based Signs must be coordinated with the Citv's Park and Recreation Department. eel The I'laeemel,t ltIla type 5f any stleh h3 v.ake 1'Jtl5Y ffltlst be ee51dimtteel ..ith !ll,d !lfl1'15,ed by the eity 's park and leereati5n del'artment I'li5r t5 installatiefi. (e) Any properlY owners association or group of property owners residing beside the "Slow. No Wake" zone in Packery Channel may purchase. install. and must maintain "Slow. No Wake" signs on land at each of the four comers of the "Slow. No Wake" zone. The location. size. and wording of the land based signs must be coordinated with the City's Park and Recreation Department and any other local goyernmental authorities. (f) Noone may be cited for a yiolation of subsection (c) of this section unless the land based "Slow. No Wake" signs are installed in accordance with subsection (d) of this section in the case of man-made canals adiacent to and through residential developments and subsection (e) of this section in the case of Packery Channel. (g) Any property owners association or group of properlY owners residing adiacent to the "Slow. No Wake" zones described in subsection (a) of this section. may purchase. install and must maintain buoys upon which may be posted a "Slow. No Wake" notice. The placement and type of such "Slow. No Wake" buoys must be coordinated with the City's Park and Recreation Department. (h) Any property owners association or group of property owners intending to install "Slow. No Wake" buoys in a nayigable water way must comply with all federal regulations regarding United States Coast Guard permission prior to the installation of the buoys. SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Section I of this ordinance is effective upon final adoption by the City Council. SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. BmordOO, 11 5 ,m 3 That the foreA~i~ ~rdinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the ll"Day of ~~,t2zooo, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. () 1 JI . Rex A. Kinnison fP 0 10 J"ie, D. Colm,,= ~ B,"" J= urn,mi, ~ --9t- Joh, urn,o,i, . Henry Garrett ~ Mark Scott ~ Dr. Arnold Gonzales ~ TIm~{jI~ mdi=" w" ",d ro, fu, ",oo,d "m' '"" p"=d firullly on 'hi" fu, Bb::J of itloo, by the following vote: -4t- R~ A. Kin'iwn 1ft- ~ Betty Jean Longoria ~ Melody Cooper Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier D. Colmenero John Longoria Henry Garrett Mark Scott Melody Cooper Dr. Arnold Gonzales ~, PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~y of ~~ ATTEST: ~~H~~ _ Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor City of Corpus Christi LEGAL FORM APPROVED ~lod' , ,2000 JAMESR.BRAY,JR. CITY ATTORNEY By: ~~h_~ Bryn Meredith Assistant City Attorney BmordOO.115 O~422a PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas County of Nueces } } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ss: Ad # 3590236 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Eugenia Cortez, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Customer Service Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 25TH day(s) of SEPTEMBER. 2000. O~, fJo L OC?}{ ~tZ0 t~4 s; (I~ TWO (2 ) Time(s) Customer Service Manager .$65.28 Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of SEPTEMBER 26.2000. f' l..,,-l r' ,.;., &M1'-AlJ"LJ pJ~d~~ Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/01. , ,.-.- . , Monday, September 25, 2000 INOTICE OF p_: llF OADINANCE NO. I 024226 " Amending the GI'Y Code of , Ordinances. City of Corpus Christi, Chap\Br 12, 1loat8, Il8ys and Waterwaya, Article 1, In general, Section 12-32, No Wake _. by. adding pn)vlslons' establl8hlng a No Wake Zone on the entfre wictIh of Packery Channel adjoining tha resi_ developments fronting Packery Channel; ~ 101....___ P<-.a .... ......... date. TNI on:Srwnae'" passed and approved by the Ctty Council ot the [~;~