The following rules and regulations are hereby established for
all municipal parks, playgrounds and recreational areas presently
or hereafter established by the Township of Weymouth. It shall be
unlawful to violate any of these rules and regulations or such additional
regulations as may subsequently be adopted by the Township Committee.
A. No alcoholic beverage shall be consumed in or about the Township
parks, playgrounds or recreational areas.
C. No person, other than authorized Township personnel engaged in the
performance of their prescribed duties, shall drive or move any vehicle
on any park, playground or recreational area without specific authorization
from the Weymouth Township Committee.
D. No person shall possess or use any motorized vehicles, all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs), mopeds, motorized bikes or similar apparatus of any
description on or within any of the parks, playgrounds or recreational
areas of the Township.
E. No person shall operate any bicycle on or within any park, playground
or recreational area except as posted in such areas. All bicycles
are to be stored and placed in areas designated and posted for such
purposes. This provision shall not apply to any police or other public
safety personnel during the course of their prescribed duties.
F. No camping shall be permitted in any park, playground or recreational
area without specific written permission of the Weymouth Township
Committee.
G. No person shall build, start or maintain a fire within any Township
park, playground or recreational area except in those areas where
a grill, fireplace or fire pit has been provided and is maintained
for such purpose by the Township.
I. No person shall take upon any park, playground or recreational area
any glass container of any size or description.
J. No person shall deposit or leave any cans, ashes, paper, litter,
food waste or other refuse within a Township park, playground or recreational
area except in those containers specifically provided and designated
for such use by the Township.
K. No person shall possess, discharge or use any firearm, bow and arrow,
knife or weapon of any description within, in or on any of the Township
parks, playgrounds or recreational areas.
L. No person shall play golf or practice golf within or on any of the
Township parks, playgrounds or recreational areas.
M. These rules and regulations may be supplemented by such additional
rules and regulations as the Township shall promulgate and post at
one or more of the Township's parks, playgrounds or recreational
areas. Such rules and regulations shall have the same force and effect
as those rules and regulations set forth in this section.
Any group wishing to use a park, playground or recreational
area must first request and receive written permission from the Township
Committee at least 48 hours in advance of such contemplated usage.
A "group" or "organization" is defined as a collective number of persons,
being 15 or more in number, whether related or unrelated, participating
in an activity or outing involving the use of any park, playground
or recreational area.
All parks, playgrounds and recreational areas of the Township
of Weymouth shall be closed each day during the hours of sunset and
8:00 a.m.
Any persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter
or any of the rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or
imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.