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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-85 OF ~E CODE OF THE CITY OF_ PORTS~0b'±~, VIRGINIA,. 1973, AS AMS~DED, PERTAINING TO THE CLOSIL~ HOURS OF ~TAIN DESIGN~ TENNIS COURTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 24-85 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, 1973, as amended, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 24-85. Closing hours, generally. (a) Except for the C~neral Washington Park and the tennis courts located at City Park and Churchland Park, it shall be unlawful for any person, without a permit issued by the Chief of Police as hereinafter provided, to go on or enter upon any portion of eny City Park between the hours of 8:00 P. M. and 6:00 A. M. durJ3~g the period when standard ~i~ is in effect and between the hours of 10:CO P. M. and 5:CO A. M. dliring the period when advanced standard time (daylight saving time) is ~n effect. Nothing contained herein shall he construed as prohibiting persons from_, passing %b_~ough City_ Park along City Park Avenue fr~a ~h~ Atlantic Coast Line Railroad tracks to Perk M~nor Road and along Park ~Lnnor Road from City Park Avenue to Pennington Boulevard. (b) Upon the application of any person desiring to use the City Park boat ra~p for purpose of launching or retrieving a boat during the hours prohibited above, the Chief of Police shall issue a permit for such use and such permit shall specify the date or dates of ~such intended use and shall list the name of the applicant and all persons in his psrhy. ~e applicant shall d/splay his copy of the permit to any police officer (c) It shall he unlawful for any person to go on or enter upon the tennis courts at City Park and Churchiand Park between the hours ~f il:CO P. M. and 6:00 A. M. during the period when standard time is in effect and between the hours of 12:00 P. M. and 5:00 A. M. during the period when advanced standard tim~ (daylight saving time) is in effect. (d) Any person who shall violate tt~ provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less th~ ten dollars ($tO.CO) nor more than Five Hundred Do!lkrs ($500.00) or by confinement in jail not exceeding thirty days, either or l~th. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held March 28, 1978. Teste: City Clerk