[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Old Forge 6-15-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-9. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The following are prohibited within Borough parks:
A.
Pets are prohibited, with the exception of persons
requiring trained assistive dogs.
B.
Bicycles,
scooters, roller blades, roller skates and skateboards are prohibited.
C.
Smoking
is prohibited.
D.
No person
shall climb a fence to enter or exit a park.
E.
Playing
"pepper" against the fence is prohibited.
F.
Littering is prohibited.
G.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
H.
No person
shall remove any bench, seat or table from the park or change the
location thereof without permission from the Borough.
I.
No person
shall injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the trees, plants,
shrubs, turf, buildings, structures or fixtures therein or any other
property of the Borough located within the park.
J.
No person
shall hold any meeting or gathering assembled through advertisement
or public notice or any gathering otherwise assembled and composed
of 10 or more persons within the limits of the park without having
first made application to the Borough thereof for a permit therefor.
Such permit shall indicate the park locations in the park where such
gathering or meeting shall be held, and such gathering shall not be
held at any other park location within the park. Said park locations
shall be established by resolution. The application for such permit
shall be in the name of a person who shall be responsible for seeing
that all refuse left by the group shall be placed in proper containers
before leaving the park. Each permit will require a deposit and rental
fee for any shelter or facility used by the group. Said rental fee
shall be established from time to time by resolution.
K.
No person
shall set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of any article
whatsoever within the limits of the park without the written consent
of the Borough, which shall have authority to refuse such consent
in any instance.
L.
No person
shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, rule or regulation posted
at any place within the park by authority of the Borough, nor shall
any person post, at any place within the park, any notice or placard
other than by authority of the Borough.
M.
No person
shall set or maintain any fire in the park except in stoves and fireplaces
maintained for that purpose and located by authority of the Borough.
Only charcoal and/or wooden fires are permitted. In the event that
a wooden fire is instituted, any wood so utilized shall be brought
from outside the park.
N.
No person,
other than an officer of the law, shall carry any firearm within the
limits of the park. Likewise, no person shall engage in archery sports,
nor engage in any other functions involving force-propelled devices,
unless first approved by the Borough.
O.
There shall
be no parking and/or driving in areas other than those designated
parking areas or on paved roadways.
P.
No person
shall climb any tree or sit, stand or walk on any park sign, park
structure or park building not customarily utilized for such purposes.
Q.
No person
shall erect tents, shacks, shelters, trailers or any other structure
for overnight camping or otherwise without express Borough approval.
R.
No person
shall post, draw, tack or otherwise cause any sign to be in existence
without Borough approval.
S.
No remote-control
and/or hobby devices are permitted to be operated within the confines
of the park unless approval is obtained from the Borough.
The Borough Summer Program takes precedence over any and all
other activities at Community Park.
Parks shall open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 10:00
p.m., unless otherwise authorized by the Recreation Director.
The penalty for violation of § 234-1, upon conviction, is a fine not to exceed $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days.
