[Ord. 1143, 2/8/1999; as amended by Ord. 1274, 7/12/2010;
by Ord. 1301, 6/9/2014; and by Ord.
No. 1357, 7/11/2022]
1. The following rules and regulations are hereby established for the
management and protection of the park, recreational, athletic areas
, playground areas, and all public open spaces located in the Borough
of Bristol and owned by the Borough of Bristol or Bristol Borough
Recreation Authority:
A. The park, recreation and athletic areas, including the Jefferson
Avenue Recreational Complex and all public open spaces, shall be open
daily to the public between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
At 10:00 p.m., all activities in the said area shall cease and all
persons in the area shall leave immediately.
B. No person, other than authorized employees of the Borough, the Recreation
Director or the Recreation Authority, shall be permitted in the above
mentioned areas at any time between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the
following morning unless specifically authorized to by said agencies.
C. All playgrounds shall be restricted to use by children 12 years of
age or younger.
D. All playgrounds shall be open from dawn to dusk.
E. 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 said park,
recreational, playground and athletic areas, and all public open spaces.
F. No person shall remove any bench, seat, or table from the park, playground,
recreational and athletic areas, and all public open spaces, or change
location thereof without permission from the Borough Manager or the
Borough Inspector.
G. No person shall dispose of any waste or garbage in the park, playground,
recreational and athletic areas, and all public open spaces, except
in receptacles designated for the respective purpose. All persons
using the park shall dispose of all waste and garbage left by them
in such proper receptacles.
H. No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, sign, rule
or regulation posted at any place in the said park, playground, recreational
and athletic areas and all public open spaces by authority of the
Borough, the Recreation Director or the Recreation Authority. Nor
shall any person post at any place within the said areas, any notice
or placard other than by authority of the Borough, Recreation Director
or the Recreation Authority.
I. No person
shall possess or consume any alcoholic beverages at any location within
the park, playground, recreational and athletic areas, and all public
open spaces.
J. No person
shall operate any motor vehicle in any park, playground, recreational
or athletic area, and all public open spaces, other than in authorized
parking areas or unless specifically authorized by Borough officials.
K. No person
shall engage in smoking in the recreational, athletic and playground
areas, and all public open spaces, located in the Borough of Bristol
and owned by the Borough of Bristol or the Bristol Borough Recreational
Authority. "Smoking" shall be defined as the carrying by a person
of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted smoking device.
Use of vapor cigarette products, or e-cigarette products, shall not
be considered "smoking" for purposes of this subsection.
[Ord. 1143, 2/8/1999; as amended by Ord. 1295, 9/9/2013]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 1317, 7/10/2017]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of §
16-103, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of §
16-103 continues or each subsection of §
16-103 which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.