The following terms, wherever used in this chapter, shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them unless another meaning clearly
appears from the context:
BATHING AREA
Any beach, shore or area designated as a "bathing area,"
including the water area and lands underwater adjacent to said area
and the docks and structures therein.
OWNER
Any person owning or having the use, possession or control
of a vehicle, animal or other property by lease or otherwise.
PARK DISTRICT NO. 1
All of the parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, tennis courts,
swimming pools, beaches, boardwalks, piers, docks and other recreational
areas, open places, roadways, roads, paths, walks, waters and lands
underwater and other appurtenances as the same shall be utilized,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Town of Kent. Said
district shall be defined as all that property shown on a certain
map entitled "Lake Carmel, Town of Kent, Putnam County," filed in
the Putnam County Clerk's office May 17, 1930, as Map No. 130-1,
130-AA, 130-BB, 130-CC, 130-DD, 130-EE, 130-FF, 130-GG, 130-HH, 130-I,
130-J, 130-K, 130-L and 130-MM, excepting therefrom any exclusion
of record.
PERMIT
Any written authorization issued by the Town Clerk of the
Town of Kent or other authorized individual for a specified privilege
within the aforesaid park district.
PERSON
Any natural person, corporation, association, society, organization,
firm or partnership.
POLICE OFFICER
Any member of the police force of the Town of Kent, or any
constable, sheriff or deputy sheriff assigned by the Town Board of
the Town of Kent or other proper authority to duties in said park
district.
The interpretation of these rules and regulations and provisions
shall be construed as follows:
A. Any term in the singular shall include the plural.
B. Any term in the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
C. Any requirement or provision involving any act shall include the
causing, procuring, aiding or abetting, directly or indirectly, of
such act, or the permission or allowance of any minor in the custody
of any adult, doing any act prohibited herein.
D. These provisions shall not make unlawful any act necessarily performed
by any officer or employee in the line of duty or work.
Residents, inhabitants and taxpayers of Park District No. 1
shall at all times have access to and may enter upon and use the privileges
appurtenant to the parklands defined herein. However, at such times
when deemed necessary by the proper authorities in the interests of
public safety, welfare or emergency, such access to said parklands
and permission to use said parklands may be revoked for any period
of time necessary.
There is hereby imposed a curfew on bathing areas and bathing
area parking lots. Curfew hours shall be from 9:30 p.m. until 6:00
a.m.
No person shall have or carry, whether or not concealed upon
his person, any pistol or revolver, or any instrument or weapon commonly
known as a "toy pistol" or in which or upon which loaded or blank
cartridges may be used, or any loaded or blank cartridges or ammunition
therefor, except when so authorized by law. No person shall use any
rifle, shotgun or fowling piece, or any air gun, spring gun or other
instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is a spring or
air, within the confines of Park District No. 1.
No dogs shall be allowed at any time on the designated beaches,
and the owners of or persons harboring such dogs or otherwise responsible
for such dogs shall be liable for violation of this provision of this
chapter.
Any person shall be guilty of violating these rules and regulations
for the following:
A. Disobeying an order of a police officer, playground director, parking
attendant or other person designated by the Town Board to give orders,
or disobeying the notices, prohibitions, instructions or directions
on any park sign.
B. Using threatening, abusive or insulting language.
C. Doing any obscene or indecent act.
D. Throwing stones or other missiles.
E. Interfering with, encumbering, obstructing or rendering dangerous
any drive, path, walk, dock, beach, boardwalk or public place.
F. Climbing or lying upon any wall, fence, shelter, seat, statue, monument,
boardwalk or other structure.
G. Doing any act tending to or amounting to a breach of peace.
H. Entering or leaving any restricted park area except at established
entranceways or exits or at established times; or using or gaining
admittance to, or attempting to use or gain admittance to, the facilities
in any park.
I. Introducing, carrying or firing firearms, firecrackers, or fireworks, except as provided by §
50-9 hereof.
J. Engaging in, instigating, aiding or encouraging a contention or fight.
L. Doing, aiding, abetting or assisting in doing any act injurious to
any person, animal or property within any park or on any park street
not specifically prohibited herein.
M. Acting as crier or advertiser, through the media of voice, public
address system or other mechanical device, on beaches or boardwalks
or in the vicinity of same.
N. Dressing or undressing in autos, trucks, buses or other conveyances
or anywhere within the parkland except in such places as may be designated
or maintained by the park district for such purpose.
O. Feeding any waterfowl on Lake Carmel and anywhere along the shores
of Lake Carmel is prohibited. The shores on Lake Carmel for purposes
of this section shall be defined as the land extending from the shoreline
to the pavement of the nearest roadway.
Pursuant to § 198, Subdivision 4, of the Town Law,
the operation of motorboats, airplanes, drones, or any internal combustible
vehicles with the exception of registered electric trolling motors
on Lake Carmel in Park District No. 1 of the Town of Kent is hereby
prohibited.
Any person found guilty of a violation of this chapter or any
part thereof or any rule or regulation made thereunder, that does
not have its own penalty provision, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or to imprisonment of not
more than 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
No person shall take into, carry through, leave in or throw,
cast, lay, drop or discharge into or on any park or park road, with
the exception of the Lake Carmel Community Center and that property
leased to tenants at 640 Route 52, Tax No. 33.-1-76, any glass container
of any sort, including, but not limited to, bottles, jars and glasses.
No person shall enter or remain upon any parklands of Park District
No. 1, with the exception of the Lake Carmel Community Center and
that property leased to tenants at 640 Route 52, Tax No. 33.-1-76,
while in possession of any alcoholic beverage.
No entry shall be permitted from Champlain Drive onto Terry
Hill Road, nor entry from Terry Hill Road onto Champlain Drive. A
physical barrier, removable only in case of emergency, shall be erected
to prevent passage on Champlain Drive either from or to Terry Hill
Road.
Smoking on any and all of the beaches located within Park District
No. 1 in the Town of Kent is strictly prohibited. For the purposes
of this section, "smoking" shall include cigarettes, cigars, pipes
and any other form of smoking.