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PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE*
Title 3 RESERVED
Title 4 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS*
Title 5 HEALTH AND SANITATION*
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 TREES AND VEGETATION
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY*
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Title 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
Title 12 PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Title 13 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE*
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 FIRE PREVENTION*
Title 16 BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Title 17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE*
Title 18 ZONING*
Title 19 MASTER PLAN*
Title 20 PRECISE PLANS*
Title 21 SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND*
Title 22 PARKS*
Chapter 22.04 PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING USE AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 22.08 PARK DEDICATIONS
22.08.001 Purpose.
22.08.002 Definition.
22.08.003 Lease, abandonment, disposition of parks - State law to govern.
22.08.004 Ordinance required.
22.08.005 Ordinance required for substantial building, construction, etc.
22.08.006 Ordinance subject to referendum.
22.08.007 Provisions for land use.
22.08.010 John Lucas Greer Park.
22.08.020 Byxbee Park and the city-owned Baylands.
22.08.030 Cameron Park.
22.08.035 Bol Park.
22.08.040 Bowden Park.
22.08.050 Palo Alto Lawn Bowling Green.
22.08.060 Cogswell Plaza.
22.08.065 Cogswell Plaza Extension.
22.08.068 Edith Eugenie Johnson Park.
22.08.070 Eleanor Park.
22.08.080 William C. Werry Park.
22.08.090 Foothills Nature Preserve (formerly Foothills Park).
22.08.100 Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
22.08.110 Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
22.08.120 Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
22.08.130 Frederick Weisshaar Park.
22.08.140 Mayfield Park.
22.08.150 Herbert Hoover Park.
22.08.155 Herbert Hoover Park Addition.
22.08.160 Don Secondino Robles Park.
22.08.170 Don Jesus Ramos Park (formerly Meadow Park) Addition.
22.08.175 Don Jesus Ramos Park (formerly Meadow Park) Addition.
22.08.180 Mitchell Park.
22.08.185 Monroe Mini-Park.
22.08.190 Nolte Property - Addition to Mitchell Park.
22.08.200 Peers Park.
22.08.210 Rinconada Park.
22.08.211 Rinconada Park Addition.
22.08.212 Rinconada Park Addition.
22.08.220 Henry W. Seale Park (formerly Stockton Park).
22.08.225 Henry W. Seale Park (formerly Stockton Park) Addition.
22.08.230 El Camino Park.
22.08.240 Municipal Golf Course.
22.08.250 Palo Alto Yacht Harbor.
22.08.260 Esther Clark Park.
22.08.270 Juana Briones Park.
22.08.280 John Boulware Park.
22.08.290 Timothy Hopkins Creekside Park.
22.08.300 El Palo Alto Park.
22.08.310 Scott Street Minipark.
22.08.320 Sarah Wallis Park.
22.08.330 Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve.
22.08.340 John Fletcher Byxbee Recreation Area Addition.
22.08.350 Hewlett-Mullen Property.
22.08.360 Lytton Plaza.
22.08.370 Terman Park.
22.08.380 Dr. Thomas M. and Dora Moody Williams Park.
22.08.390 Heritage Park.
22.08.400 Stanford/Palo Alto Community Playing Fields.
22.08.410 Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
22.08.420 ITT Antenna Field - Addition to Baylands Nature Preserve.
22.08.430 Addition to John Boulware Park.
22.08.440 Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park.
EXHIBITS FOR TITLE 22, PARKS
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
Chapter 22.08
PARK DEDICATIONS
Sections:
   22.08.001   Purpose.
   22.08.002   Definition.
   22.08.003   Lease, abandonment, disposition of parks - State law to govern.
   22.08.004   Ordinance required.
   22.08.005   Ordinance required for substantial building, construction, etc.
   22.08.006   Ordinance subject to referendum.
   22.08.007   Provisions for land use.
   22.08.010   John Lucas Greer Park.
   22.08.020   Byxbee Park and the city-owned Baylands.
   22.08.030   Cameron Park.
   22.08.035   Bol Park.
   22.08.040   Bowden Park.
   22.08.050   Palo Alto Lawn Bowling Green.
   22.08.060   Cogswell Plaza.
   22.08.065   Cogswell Plaza Extension.
   22.08.068   Edith Eugenie Johnson Park.
   22.08.070   Eleanor Park.
   22.08.080   William C. Werry Park.
   22.08.090   Foothills Nature Preserve (formerly Foothills Park).
   22.08.100   Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
   22.08.110   Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
   22.08.120   Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
   22.08.130   Frederick Weisshaar Park.
   22.08.140   Mayfield Park.
   22.08.150   Herbert Hoover Park.
   22.08.155   Herbert Hoover Park Addition.
   22.08.160   Don Secondino Robles Park.
   22.08.170   Don Jesus Ramos Park (formerly Meadow Park) Addition.
   22.08.175   Don Jesus Ramos Park (formerly Meadow Park) Addition.
   22.08.180   Mitchell Park.
   22.08.185   Monroe Mini-Park.
   22.08.190   Nolte Property - Addition to Mitchell Park.
   22.08.200   Peers Park.
   22.08.210   Rinconada Park.
   22.08.211   Rinconada Park Addition.
   22.08.212   Rinconada Park Addition.
   22.08.220   Henry W. Seale Park (formerly Stockton Park).
   22.08.225   Henry W. Seale Park (formerly Stockton Park) Addition.
   22.08.230   El Camino Park.
   22.08.240   Municipal Golf Course.
   22.08.250   Palo Alto Yacht Harbor.
   22.08.260   Esther Clark Park.
   22.08.270   Juana Briones Park.
   22.08.280   John Boulware Park.
   22.08.290   Timothy Hopkins Creekside Park.
   22.08.300   El Palo Alto Park.
   22.08.310   Scott Street Minipark.
   22.08.320   Sarah Wallis Park.
   22.08.330   Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve.
   22.08.340   John Fletcher Byxbee Recreation Area Addition.
   22.08.350   Hewlett-Mullen Property.
   22.08.360   Lytton Plaza.
   22.08.370   Terman Park.
   22.08.380   Dr. Thomas M. and Dora Moody Williams Park.
   22.08.390   Heritage Park.
   22.08.400   Stanford/Palo Alto Community Playing Fields.
   22.08.410   Lee Property - Addition to Foothills Nature Preserve.
   22.08.420   ITT Antenna Field - Addition to Baylands Nature Preserve.
   22.08.430   Addition to John Boulware Park.
   22.08.440   Fred Eyerly Tower Well Park.
22.08.001   Purpose.
   The purpose of this chapter is to implement Article VIII of the Charter providing for the preservation of city lands which are used or intended to be used for park, playground, recreation or conservation purposes, and providing the electorate an opportunity to pass upon proposals to discontinue or change such actual or intended uses or to improve such lands. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
(Ord. 4368 § 3 (part), 1996)
22.08.002   Definition.
   The word "park" as used in this chapter and in the general laws hereinafter referred to, in every case means and includes park, playground, recreation and conservation lands and uses.
(Ord. 4368 § 3 (part), 1996)
22.08.003   Lease, abandonment, disposition of parks - State law to govern.
   Lands owned or controlled by the city which are used or intended to be used for park purposes shall be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, or their use abandoned or discontinued only in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the general laws of the state of California as they existed January 1, 1965, authorizing municipal corporations to abandon or discontinue the use of lands dedicated or placed in use for park purposes, authorizing the sale or other disposition of such lands, and providing procedures therefor and for matters relating thereto (designated as Government Code Article 2, Chapter 9, Part 2, Division 3, Title 4, commencing at Section 38440) shall be applicable to the city of Palo Alto and to all lands owned, used or held by it for park purposes, and said laws shall govern and control exclusively in respect thereto.
(Ord. 4368 § 3 (part), 1996)
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