Ordinance 2026-24ORDINANCE NO.2026-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 78
wow (PARKS AND RECREATION), ARTICLE V (PARK REGULATIONS), DIVISION
1 (GENERALLY), SECTION 78-101 (HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) OF THE
WYLIE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE NO. 2021-17, AS AMENDED;
PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS, REPEALING, AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") previously adopted
Ordinance No. 2005-37 codified as Chapter 78 (Parks and Recreation), Article V (Park Regulations),
Division 1 (Generally), Section 78-101 (Hours Open to the Public) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances,
Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") has investigated and
determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of the City of Wylie, Texas
("Wylie") to amend Chapter 78 (Parks and Recreation), Article V (Park Regulations), Division 1
(Generally), Section 78-101 (Hours Open to the Public) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No.
2021-17, as amended, for the purposes set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION l: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body
of this Ordinance as set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Amendment to Chapter 78 (Parks and Recreation), Article V (Park
Regulations). Division 1 (Generallv). Section 78-101 (Hours Open to the Public) of the Wvlie Code of
Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended. Amendment to Chapter 78 (Parks and Recreation),
Article V (Park Regulations), Division 1 (Generally), Section 78-101 (Hours Open to the Public) of the
Wylie Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 78 (PARKS AND RECREATION)
ARTICLE V (PARK REGULATIONS)
DIVISION 1 (GENERALLY)
Sec. 78-101. - Hours Open to the Public.
(a) The municipal parks shall be open to the general public only between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 12:01 a.m. unless a ball game or other recreational or community activity unexpectedly
exceeds the 12:01 a.m. curfew, in which event the time for closing the particular facilities involved
will be extended to 1:00 a.m., at which time all activities in such facilities will cease, and the
facilities will be closed to the public until 6:00 a.m. the next morning.
(b) The curfew restrictions as provided in subsection (a) of this section may be waived by the city
council, on a case -by -case basis, on the written request of the sponsor of an activity or event, if
the council determines that such activity or event will be conducted in such a fashion so as not to
cause disruption of the peace of the neighborhood, and not otherwise adversely affect the safety
or welfare of citizens or city facilities.
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(c) It shall be unlawful for any person except for municipal employees engaged in the performance
of their official duties to be in any municipal park between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
unless one of the exceptions of this section apply.
(d) The municipal outdoor pickleball courts shall be open to the general public only between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
SECTION 3: Savines/Repealinz Clause. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending
prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from being
commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the ordinance. Any remaining portions of
said ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is expressly
provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie
hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause, or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases
be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 5: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on this the
9th day of June, 2026.
atthew Porter, Mayor
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