The regulations contained in this chapter are adopted for the
care, management and protection of the Village park, for the regulation
of conduct of persons within such park and the exclusion of improper
persons therefrom. In furtherance thereof, the Board of Trustees is
authorized to adopt, and from time to time amend, rules and regulations
for the use of the Village park and pool, which regulations may pertain
to matters included in this chapter or otherwise. If such rules and
regulations conflict with any provision of this chapter, the provisions
of such rules and regulations shall take precedence over the provisions
of this chapter.
[Added 5-6-2013]
Pursuant to §
150-2B of this Code, and for the purposes of this chapter, the term "resident" shall mean:
A. An adult taxpayer who lawfully resides in the Village;
B. Each adult who is a member of the household of such adult taxpayer
and who lawfully resides in the Village; and
C. A minor who is a member of the household of such adult taxpayer and
who lawfully resides in the Village or is a full-time student in an
accredited course of study leading to a degree.
Unless otherwise determined in rules and regulations adopted
or amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees,
the park will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. beginning on
Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day in each year. The park will be
open at all other times from 8:00 a.m. to sundown and closed to the
public at other hours. No person shall be permitted in the park during
hours when the park is closed to public use.
No person shall enter or leave the park premises except at the
entrances established for such purposes.
Residents shall be responsible for the conduct of their guests.
No bathing shall be permitted in the waters of Little Neck Bay
fronting the park unless such waters have been pronounced fit for
bathing by the Nassau County Department of Health.
The park is not a public forum. No public meeting or gathering
may be held within the park premises without the prior written consent
of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall within the park:
A. Drive golf balls or play football or baseball, other than softball,
in the park.
B. Skate on the tennis courts.
D. Ride a bicycle on sidewalks or any other place not designated for
that purpose.
The Village of Great Neck Estates shall not be responsible for
any article of property lost or stolen on the park premises.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right within its discretion
to modify these rules and adopt such new rules, from time to time,
by local law or by resolution as it may deem advisable.
The regulations herein, and other regulations as may be adopted
or amended by the Board of Trustees from time to time, are for the
care, management and protection of the Village swimming pool and the
locker building and grounds appertaining thereto and for the conduct
of persons within such area and the exclusion of improper persons
therefrom.
The normal operating season for the pool shall be from Memorial
Day to the Monday following Labor Day, but the time of opening or
closing for the season may be varied in the discretion of the Board
of Trustees.
Weather permitting, the pool shall be open for admission from
10:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. each day. No person may remain in the pool
or pool area between 8:00 p.m. of any day and 10:00 a.m. of the following
day, except as authorized by the Village.
Between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, children under the age of 14 shall, subject to the safety regulations hereinafter set forth in §
150-27, have the exclusive use of the pool for the purpose of receiving swimming instructions from pool lifeguards upon payment of fees as hereinafter set forth in §
150-25. Such instructions will not be permitted at other times.
Residents of Great Neck Estates, hereinafter for convenience called "residents," shall have the right to use the pool only on the basis of unlimited seasonal use, the fees for which shall be established from time to time pursuant to §
150-25. A signed duplicate identification card will be issued, at the time of the payment of the fee, to each member of the immediate family of each resident, the duplicate to be retained by the pool management. Such card will set forth the name, sex and age of the holder and shall be signed by each holder over the age of eight years. Residents shall, at the time of each entry into the pool area, show their identification card and shall, upon request of the pool attendant at the entrance desk, also sign a registry book which shall be kept for the purpose at the desk at the entrance to the pool.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may enact reasonable rules
and regulations for the use of the pool, including the establishment
or amendment of fees for such use.
Any identification card tendered for the purpose of admission
to the pool or otherwise used by a person who is not the holder named
therein will be picked up by the pool attendant and turned in at the
Village office, where it will be retained pending action by the Board
of Trustees. In any such case, the Board of Trustees may cancel the
identification card and revoke the permission granted to the holder
to use the pool, without refund of the fee previously paid.
Every person present at the park, swimming pool, locker building, grounds or other area to which the regulations stated in Article
I may relate shall comply with any order or direction of the person then in charge of such area, who is hereby authorized to require any person whom he/she may deem to be violating any of said regulations to leave such area and thereafter, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, to exclude such person therefrom.