37-75 Prohibit persons from entering north of Madison & west of Riverside

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ORDINANCE NO. 37-75 BY: Messrs. Brockman, Graber, Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride, Sinagra, Usher AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE prohibiting persons to enter or remain on the premises of the City of Lakewood situated generally north of Madiso~ Avenue, east of Rocky River and west of Riverside Drive. WHEREAS, that area of the City situated west of Riverside Drive and East of Rocky River from Madison Avenue, north to land owned by the Board of Park Commissioners, is hazardous and dangerous to those persons who would enter said area because of severe eroding conditions and the steepness of the bank of said property, and WHEREAS, this Council determines that it is in the best interest of the safety and welfare of the general public that no person should be permitted to enter or remain in said area for their own personal safety unless specifically authorized to do so, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and for the further reason that the public should be prohibited from going into said area at the earliest possible time; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. No person shall enter or remain on the land owned by the City of Lakewood, bounded and described as follows: Situated in the City of Lakewood, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio and being bounded on the west by the easterly bank of Rocky River, bounded on the east by the westerly line of Riverside Drive, hounded on the south by a line which is the extension of the center line of Madison Avenue (which line is also the northerly boundary of a parcel of land owned by the State of Ohio) and forming an arc in a northwesterly direction along the easterly line of Rocky River to the boundary of a certain parcel of land owned by the Board of Park Commissioners, the aforesaid premises being further known as Permanent Parcel No. 313-1-3 of the Records of Cuyahoga County. Section 2. The prohibition provided in Section 1 hereof shall not apply to on-duty employees of the City of Lakewood nor to other persons as may be authorized to enter said area by the Director of Public Works. Section 3. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to erect appropriate signs giving notice of prohibition, as set forth in the within ordinance, at such places as shall be selected and determined by said Director of Public Works. Section 4. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of tWo-thirds of all member~lected to Co~c~, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon ~s a~ption an~ ~r~al by the - - 'PreSident Approved '~! / ~ 7 ~" t HEREBY CERTIFY THIS ORDINANC~: NO. OF THE ORIGINAL. CLERK OF COU~C~L