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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 2008-1250 ORDINANCE NO. 1250 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9.96.120 OF THE LAKE ELSINORE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE DESIGNATED HIGH SPEED ZONE WHEREAS, the City desires to provide various recreational uses on the waters of Lake Elsinore; and WHEREAS, such divergent recreational uses may present inherent safety issues requiring the City to regulate the time, place and manner of such uses so that all recreational uses have a reasonable opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Lake in a safe manner; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to regulate vessels in a special use areas commonly known as the high speed zone in order to insure safe operation of boats within that zone; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend Section 9.96.120 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Section 9.96.120, Subpart C of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code shall be amended and restated as follows and Subparts D, E and F shall be added as follows: C. The maximum allowable boat speed limit within the high speed zone is one-hundred fifty (150) miles per hour, except as provided in Subpart D. D. The maximum allowable boat speed limit shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour within the high speed zone every Saturday and Sunday beginning with the first Saturday in May and ending on the last Sunday in September, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. E. Notwithstanding Subpart C, a person may operate a boat within the high speed zone at a speed in excess of one-hundred fifty (150) miles per hour when authorized pursuant to a special event permit as provided in Chapter 5.73. F. A person operating a boat travelling in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour within the high speed zone shall be not less than 16 years old. - 1 Section 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provIsion, clause, sentence or paragraph of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this Ordinance and are hereby declared to be severable. Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its final passage. The City Clerk shall certify as to adoption of this Ordinance and cause this Ordinance to be published and posted in the manner required bylaw. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, on this 8th day of April , 2008. ~~~.,., L HICKMAN, MAYOR CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE V VIAN M. MUNSON CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~Vv- BARBARA ZEID LEIBOLD, CITY ATTORNEY - 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss. CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ) I, VIVIAN M. MUNSON, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1250 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore on the ~th day of March 2008, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore held on the 8th day of April ,2008 by the following roll call vote: AYES: MAYOR DARYL HICKMAN, MAYOR PRO TEM GENIE KELLEY, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS BUCKLEY, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT MAGEE, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT SCHIFFNER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE ( L. L4" VIVIAN M. MUNSON CITY CLERK 3