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<br /> <br />I-C) <br /> <br />ORDINANCE 1988-'4 <br /> <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br />MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16-3 OF ARTICLE 1 OF <br />CHAPTER 16, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PROVISIONS, OF <br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY TO PROVIDE FOR <br />THE PROTECTION OF PERSONS USING PUBLIC WATERS IN <br />SPRINGLAKE AND PROHIBITING VIOLATIONS OF LAW ASSOCIATED <br />WITH THE USE OF PUBLIC WATERS IN SRINGLAKE AND DECLARING <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />86 <br /> <br />~ 9Jl. <br />, <br /> <br />td <br />Q <br /> <br />ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> <br />SAN <br /> <br />MARCOS, <br /> <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />PART 1. That Section 16-3 of Article 1, Chapter 16, Miscellaneous <br />Offenses and Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of San <br />Marcos, Texas, is hereby repealed and the following substituted <br />there for: <br /> <br />CHAPTER 16 <br /> <br />MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PROVISIONS <br /> <br />Article I. <br /> <br />In General <br /> <br />Sec. 16-3. <br /> <br />Using the <br /> <br />public waters of Spring1ake. <br /> <br />a. It shall be unlawful for any person to wil1fully <br />swim, dive, skin dive, scuba dive, bathe, wade, go <br />into or be (other than in a boat) in, on, upon, <br />or under the waters of Spring1ake and within 200 yards <br />of a sight-seeing or excursion boat except under <br />the following circumstances and conditions: <br /> <br />(1) For maintenance purposes associated with legally <br />operated commercial, state or federal projects; <br /> <br />(2) Unless within an enclosed area that <br />marked so that such sight-seeing <br />boats can be alerted to possible danger; <br /> <br />is adequately <br />or excursion <br /> <br />(3) For persons engaged in bona fide efforts to rescue or <br />recover human beings or animals from such waters. <br /> <br />b. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully swim, <br />dive, skin dive, scuba dive, bathe, wade, go into or be <br />in, on, upon, or under the waters of Springlake if such <br />person enters or leaves such waters in violation of any <br />trespass law or by committing a breach of the peace, <br />vandalism or destruction of property or by entering on <br />or over the dams that impound Springlake. <br /> <br />c. There is hereby created a rebuttable legal presumption that <br />anyone found swimming, diving, skin diving, scuba diving, <br />bathing, wading, going into or being in, on, upon, or under <br />the waters of Spring1ake has entered such waters by <br />trespassing on private property. <br /> <br />PART 2. That this Ordinance shall be in effect ten (10) days from <br />and after its passage, and it shall be published in a newspaper of <br />general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City <br />of San Marcos, Texas. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading <br /> <br />October 10, 1983. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading OctoLer 24, ]938. <br /> <br />PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED <br /> <br /> <br />12, 1988. <br /> <br />111 .{\A)wrM <br /> <br />. MorriS <br /> <br />~Wf!wf:K~~2/ <br /> <br />Ci ty Secre tary <br />Published in the SAN 1vlARCOS <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Lamar W. Hankins <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />NEWS February 9, 1989. <br />