(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to fish, boat, wade, swim, bathe, or in any other way trespass upon or into or make any use of any waters located in the city park which water is part of the lake or impoundment of water upon any of the land located west of the dam extending across the lake commonly known as the "Big Spring" and more particularly described in that one certain deed from First National Bank in Dallas, Texas, Trustee of the Cosden Petroleum Corporation Pension Trust, to the City of Big Spring, Texas, dated September 20, 1967, and filed of record in the county deed records in volume 389 on page 194.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to swim or operate a motor- or power-driven boat except for an electrical powered tolling motor, upon that portion of the city-owned body of water being a part of the lake known as Cosden Lake (Comanche Trail Lake) and being further described as the impoundment of water located east of the damn extending across the lake and more particularly described as the land conveyed to the city by the Fort Worth National Bank, 1970, and filed of record in the county deed records. The city manager shall have the authority to publish days of non-boat use of this portion of the lake for specific events.
(c) In the above portion of Cosden Lake (now known as Comanche Trail Lake), described in subsection (b) of this section, fishing is permitted, it shall be unlawful for any person to catch, take, or attempt to catch or take any fish, or to possess any fish taken by any method, means, or device, except by ordinary pole and line, rod and reel, fly rod, handling equipped with not more than two hooks, throw-line equipped with not more than two hooks. The use of any trotline, jug line, net, seine, trap, or any other devise not herein authorized is prohibited, and the possession of any tackle not authorized by this section within the limits of Comanche Trail Lake (formerly known as Cosden Lake) property shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
(Prior Code, § 6-95; Ord. of 8-11-1981; Ord. No. 94-83, 11-18-1983; Ord. No. 68071, 7-9-1989; Ord. of 7-11-1989; Ord. of 4-9-1991; Ord. of 3-26-1991; Ord. of 6-24-2008; Ord. of 12-14-2010)