(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), all public parks and park amenities are closed to the public each day from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.
(b) Park amenities for which the park board has established and posted the hours of operation under Section 32-9 of this chapter are closed to the public at any time other than the established and posted hours of operation.
(c) A person commits an offense if he is on the premises of a public park or park amenity during hours in which the park or park amenity is closed.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that the person was:
(1) driving a vehicle on an interior park roadway that provides direct access to the person’s residence;
(2) attending a special event, activity, or program that was being conducted in a public park or park amenity during hours of closure with written permission of the park board, the director of park and recreation, or a designated representative; or
(3) entering or leaving, or engaged in legal boating on or fishing from the bank or water surface of, any of the following:
(A) Lake Ray Hubbard;
(B) Mountain Creek Lake;
(C) White Rock Lake;
(D) Lemmon Lake;
(E) Blue Lake;
(F) a body of water located within the Trinity River Greenbelt;
(G) that part of Joe Pool Lake within the city’s jurisdiction; or
(H) Bachman Lake.
(e) For the purpose of this section:
(1) PARK AMENITY means any building, structure, facility, athletic area, or other improvement that is located within a public park.
(2) PUBLIC PARK means land owned or managed by the city, whether located inside or outside the city limits, that is planned, developed, or used for active or passive recreational use by the public. “Public park” includes an interior park roadway, other than a dedicated street, and excludes any sidewalk adjacent to the outside perimeter of a park. (Ord. Nos. 20680; 20964; 22073; 22404; 22851; 27993)