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AGENDA ITEM #8H
JANUARY 9, 2006
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STAFF REPORT
City of Atlantic Beach
Commission Meeting
AGENDA ITEM: Pazk Rules and Enforcement Actions
DATE: December 27, 2005
SUBMITTED BY: David E. Thompson, Chief of Police/DPS
BACKGROUND:
As previously reported to the City Commission, some Parks and Recreation Staff
'"" members and some Police Officers have had problems with people violating park rules,
and then ignoring or being abusive with the responding city employees. As a result, city
staff members aze requesting specific statutory authority to enforce the park rules and
~'" regulations.
The recommended actions include:
I. Violations of Park Rules:
If an offender violates an established, posted park rule,, then:
First Offense:
The violator is officially warned, and the violation is recorded/logged by Parks and
Recreation Staff. Juvenile information will be purged after 90 days unless there are
subsequent violations.
2°d Offense within 90 days of first offense:
If the offender is a juvenile, then Pazks and Recreation staff will contact the parents
or guardians and contact the Police to complete Trespass After Warning (TAW) form
'~ for 30 days. The juvenile information will be purged after 90 days unless there are.
subsequent violations.
If the offender is an adult, then Pazks and Recreation staff will contact the Police to
complete Trespass After Warninb (TAW) form for 30 days.
3`d and Subsequent Offenses within 90 days of the first offense:
,~,, If the offender is a juvenile, then Parks and Recreation staff will contact the parents or
guazdians, and contact Police to complete Trespass After Warning (TAW) form for
365 days.
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If the offender is an adult, then Parks and Recreation staff will contact the Police to
~„ complete Trespass After Warning (TAW) form for 365 days.
II. Trespassing Violations will be handled as violations of state law.
3uvenile: ls` Offense: A cooperative juvenile will be warned and turned over to a
pazentlguazdian
2"d and subsequent offenses: Juvenile is detained issued a Juvenile Notice
to Appear requiring a court appearance
Adult: All offenses: If eligible, the adult is arrested and released on Notice To
Appear
If not eligible for Notice to Appeaz, then the offender will be booked at
the Pre-Trial Detention Facility.
III. Authority
Need clarification: Members of the Pazks and Recreation Department and the
Police Department are authorized to:
Direct any individual to leave any Atlantic Beach Public Park or any specific
area of any Atlantic Beach Public Park, and to complete a Trespass After
Warning Notice prohibiting an individual from returning to an Atlantic Beach
Public Park or any specific area of an Atlantic Beach Public Pazk based on the
individual's violation of posted pazk rules, or violations of criminal codes
and/or statutes.
~. Close down an Atlantic Beach Public Park or any portion of an Atlantic Beach
Public Park due violations of park rules, violations of criminal codes andlor
statutes, or due to public safety concerns.
IV. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
Suggestions for Rules and Regulations for the Public Parks may be submitted to the
Parks and Recreation staff by any citizen or organization expressing such an irYterest.
The suggestions will be reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Staff and Director, and
recommendations for approval will be forwarded to the City Manager for review. No
rules will be adopted without city manager approval.
All new rules will be clearly posted in the applicable parks.
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~• ~ BUDGET: The most significant expense in initiating this process the authorization of
the city attorney to draft the appropriate language for an ordinance.
The expense of updating signs can be absorbed into the existing budget. ,
RECOMMENDATIONS: To authorize the City Attorney to draft an ordinance
~* addressing the concerns reflected in this staff report.
ATTACHMENTS: None
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REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER:
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