Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings herein indicated:
FIREARM
Anything contained within the definition of "firearm" in
the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act.
LITTER
Includes rubbish, paper, trash, ashes, junk, waste, liquid
or solid vegetable or animal matter and garbage.
PARK
Any park, playground, open space or municipal facility owned,
leased, maintained by or dedicated to the Township of Towamencin.
The Police Department of the Township of Towamencin shall enforce
these regulations and exercise general supervision over persons occupying
or using the parks. The police shall have the right to evict violators
from the parks and to suspend the use thereof for up to one year in
duration.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Towamencin, along
with the Open Space and Parks Committee and with other Township officers,
shall exercise general supervision over persons occupying or using
the parks and over the care, maintenance and replacement of Township
property and equipment in the parks and shall keep such property and
equipment in a clean and sanitary condition.
The Board of Supervisors may from time to time, by resolution,
adopt a schedule of fees and charges and other use regulations for
Township facilities.
Any person or persons violating the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $300, costs of prosecution
and restitution of damages.
A. No person or persons without a special permit shall be allowed in
the park except between dawn and dusk.