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ORDINANCE NO.
1529
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RENTAL FEE
SYLVAN BEACH CONVENTION CENTER: FINDING
MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
POLICY AND SCHEDULE FOR
COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section L The City Council of the City of La Porte, by this
Ordinance, establishes rental fee policy and schedule for Sylvan
Beach Convention Center, formerly known as Sylvan Beach Pavilion.
Ci ty Council has sought to establish rental fees which will
cover the operating costs of the facility, with higher fees for days
of high usage demand, and lower fees for days of low usage demand, to
increase use and access to the facility by all community groups.
City Council hereby establishes its firm policy, in fairness to
all users, that no waiver of rental fees, discounts from rental fees,
or deviations from this published schedule of rental fees, shall be
allowed by City Council nor by City Administrative Staff.
City Council will review the income and expenses of Sylvan Beach
Convention Center, and will make appropriate adjustments to the rental
fee schedule as conditions warrant, from time to time.
Section 2. Sylvan Beach Convention Center shall be available for
rental, Monday through Sunday, from 8:00 a.m. until l:OO a.m.
Section 3. The rental rates for Sylvan Beach Convention Center
shall be based on the day of the week, as follows, to-wit:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
$250.00
$275.00
$150.00
$400.00
$800.00
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
NEW YEAR'S EVE
$1,OOO.OO
$700.00
$2,500.00
In addition, the Lessee will be obligated to pay an additional
$100.00 per hour after 1:00 a.m. No function shall be allowed to
continue after l:OO a.m., unless prior written approval is obtained
from the Director of Parks and Recreation.
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1529
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Lessees requiring additional time for move-in or move-out, prior
to or immediately following an event, extending to an additional
day or days, will be charged one-half (1/2) of the applicable full
time rate.
Lessees requiring rehearsal time, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
or 5:00 p.m. to midnight, on the same day of the scheduled event,
will be subject to no additional charge. Any additional day or days
prior to the scheduled event, shall be subject to a charge of one-half
(1/2) of the applicable full time rate.
Section 4. Reservations for use of Sylvan Beach Convention
Center may be made either by phone or in person at the Parks and
Recreations Department, Public Works Center Building, 2963 N. 23rd
street, La Porte, Texas 77571, 713-471-5020, Extension 422. A
booking fee of $100.00, or 10% of the rental rate, whichever is grea-
ter, will be due at the time the initial reservation is made. Fifty
(50%) of the rental rate shall be due and payable 180 days prior to
the first scheduled day of the rental. The balance of the rental rate
shall be due and payable in full at least ten (10) working days prior
to the first scheduled day or days of the rental. Deposits will be
refunded only if a minimum of ninety (90) days written notice
is received by the City of La Porte, prior to the rental date or
dates.
It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Parks & Recrea-
tion to determine the number of security officers required for each
event, and to arrange for such security service. The charge for
security service will be in addition to the rental rate.
Section 5. Rental of Sylvan Beach Convention Center will be
subject to reasonable rules and regulations, which shall be promul-
gated by the Director of Parks and Recreation, with the approval of
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the City Manager. The City of La Porte reserves the right to refuse
rental of Sylvan Beach Convention Center to any person, firm, or
group, 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.
Section 6. The City of La Porte expects to enter into conces-
sion contracts with vendors of food and beverages at Sylvan Beach
Convention Center. The City of La Porte reserves the right to include,
in its rental agreements with Lessees of the facility, requirements
as to purchase of food and beverages exclusively from its duly autho-
rized concessionaires, and prohibiting food and beverages from being
brought onto the premises by Lessees and their guests.
Section 7. Neither the City of La Porte, nor its Lessees, shall
make any charge for parking at Sylvan Beach Convention Center.
Section 8. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause or any part
of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall
for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be
the intention of this City Council to have passed each section,
sentence, phrase or clause, or any part thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part
thereof may be declared invalid.
Section 9. The City Council officially finds, determines, re-
cites 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 of the
City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as requi-
red by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil
Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the
public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance
and the sUbject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and
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formally acted upon.
The City Council further ratifies, approv-
es and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting
thereof.
section 10. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after
its passage and approval.
PASSED AND
APPROVED
this
the
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day
of
February,
1987.
CITY OF LA PORTE
BY:Nt~~~&~
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPti: N.~
City Attorney