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(a) The city council has established fees for Sylvan Beach Fishing Pier. The city council has sought to establish fees which will amortize the initial costs to provide the facility and to increase use and access to the facility by all community groups. The city council hereby establishes its firm policy, in fairness to all users, that no waiver of fees, discounts from fees or deviations from the published schedule of fees shall be allowed by the city council nor by city administrative staff. (b) The city council will review the income and expenses of Sylvan Beach Fishing Pier, and will make appropriate adjustments to the fees as conditions warrant. Sec. 50-207. Pier use fees. The Sylvan Beach Fishing Pier shall be open seven days a week at a daily rate in an amount established by the city and listed in appendix A of this Code. The first 25 disabled people will be admitted free of charge each day. To obtain free or discount rate, the disabled person must present the state department of transportation disabled person placard. Sec. 50-208. Pier rules and regulations; right of city to refuse use. The Sylvan Beach Fishing Pier will be subject to reasonable rules and regulations, which shall be promulgated by the director of parks and recreation or his designee, with the approval of the city manager. The city reserves the right to refuse any person, firm or group to use the pier for lewd or immoral purposes, or where the activities of such group may reasonably be expected to result in a breach of the peace, or cause a threat to public health or safety. Secs. 50-209--50-270. Reserved." SECTION 11: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. SECTION 12. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopting this ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality, voidness or invalidity of any other portion hereof, and all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable for that purpose. SECTION 13. Any person who violates a provision of this Ordinance, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of La Porte, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. SECTION 14. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall as required by the Open Meetings Law, Page 15 of 16