The Parks and Recreation Director shall be responsible for the
day-to-day operation of City parks in accordance with policies established
by the Board of Public Works and the Council.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following
acts in or upon any public park within the City:
(1) Vandalism: to disturb, molest, deface, remove or destroy any trees,
shrubs, plants or other natural growth; to carve on any rocks, signs,
walls or structures; to drive nails in trees; or to injure or deface
in any manner any park building, signs, fences, tables or other City
property.
(2) Fires: to build any fire, except in grills or fireplaces provided
for that purpose. No person shall leave any fire unattended, and all
fires shall be extinguished before leaving the area. No person shall
throw away any cigarettes, cigars or pipe ashes without first extinguishing
them.
(3) Litter: to leave, throw or break any bottle, box, refuse or other
object, except in clearly marked refuse receptacles provided for that
purpose; or throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed
in the waters of any pond, lake, stream, river or other body of water
or on the ice thereof in or adjacent to any park any substance, matter,
or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the pollution
of said waters. Where receptacles for rubbish are not provided, all
waste shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible
for it.
(4) Fireworks: to set off fireworks of any kind, except when a public display permit has been issued by the Mayor, pursuant to §
9.05 of this Code.
(5) Games: to engage in any athletic contest, game or activity, except
in areas specifically designated for such activity, whereby large
areas of public grounds are usurped by the participants to the exclusion
and at the peril of injury to others.
(6) Sales: to vend, sell or offer for sale any food, beverage or other
commodity or article to the public within any park without written
authorization from the Board of Public Works.
(7) Rules: to fail, refuse or neglect to obey the regularly posted rules
and regulations of the Council or the Board of Public Works for the
use or enjoyment of any facilities.
(8) Molesting animals: to molest, disturb, chase or throw objects at
any animal or bird within any park.
(9) Advertising and signs: to paste, glue, tack or otherwise post any
sign, placard or advertisement or distribute handbills or solicit
business of any nature in any park without written authorization from
the Board of Public Works.
(10) Disorderly conduct: to engage in violent, abusive, indecent, profane,
boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct under
circumstances in which such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance,
endangers other persons or property, or interferes with the use of
the park by others.
(11) Unnecessary noise: to operate sound trucks, loudspeakers or any other
mechanical device which produces undue or unnecessary noises without
first obtaining a written permit from the Board of Public Works.
(12) Dogs: to allow dogs to run at large at any time within the boundaries
of the park. All dogs within parks shall be kept on a leash by the
owner at all times. No dogs shall be permitted in picnic areas at
any time.
Snowmobiles shall not be operated in any park.
This section applies to bicycles, minibikes, trail bikes, all-terrain
vehicles and similar devices. No person shall ride or operate, or
permit a child to ride or operate, a bicycle or other off-the-road
vehicle, except in areas specifically designated for their use.
[Amended by Ord. No. 534; Ord. No. 537]
(1) Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article may be subject to a penalty as provided in §
25.04 of this Code.
(2) Enforcement. This article shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of §
7.15 of this Code and §§ 345.20 through 345.53, § 66.0114 and Ch. 799, Wis. Stats.
[Added 7-10-2012 by Ord. No. 566; amended 3-10-2020 by Ord. No. 604]