[Adopted 8-28-1975 by Ord. No. 756 (Ch.
175, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 3165]
A.
ANIMALS
BRIDLEPATH
DIRECTOR
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PARKS, PARKWAYS, PRESERVATION AREAS, OPEN
SPACE PARCELS AND RESERVATIONS
MUNICIPALITY
PARK POLICE OR OFFICERS
PATH
PEDESTRIAN
PERMIT
PERSON
PRESERVE
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVE
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SAFETY ZONE
STOPPING OR STANDING
TRAFFIC
VEHICLE
As used in this article the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Includes cats, dogs, horses any fowl or birds; any living
creatures within jurisdiction of the park.
Any path maintained for equestrians.
The Director of the Franklin Township Department of Recreation,
Community Celebrations and Park Administration.
All the real property situated in the Township of Franklin
acquired by or under the jurisdiction and care of the Department of
Recreation, Community Celebrations and Park Administration or which
may be hereafter acquired by it or come under its jurisdiction.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
The Township of Franklin.
Any person employed by the Department of Recreation, Community
Celebrations and Park Administration or any municipal policeman or
state police officer.
Any footpath, walk or any path maintained for pedestrians.
A person afoot.
Any written license issued or under the authority of the
Department of Recreation, Community Celebrations and Park Administration
permitting a special event or activity on park facilities and grounds.
Any natural person, corporation, company, association, joint
association, firm or copartnership.
An open space tract of land that is being managed for wildlife
habitat and passive recreation.
[Added 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
Every road or lane or driveway not open to the use of the
public in general.
The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway, drive
or path.
Any space, within a drive, established for pedestrians.
When prohibited, any cessation or movement of a vehicle,
occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic, including horses.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals and vehicles, either
singly or together, while in the confines of the park's jurisdiction.
Any conveyance, except baby carriages, including motor vehicles,
bicycles, tricycles, sleds, sleighs, pushcarts or vehicles propelled
by other than muscular power; also any horse trailers.
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 3165]
In the interpretation of the rules of the Department
of Recreation, Community Celebrations and Park Administration their
provisions shall be construed as follows:
A.
Any requirement or prohibitions of any act shall,
respectively, extend to and include the causing and procuring, directly
or indirectly, of such act.
B.
No provisions hereof shall make unlawful any act necessarily
performed by any officer or employee of the Department in the line
of duty or work as such or by any person, his agents or employees
in the proper and necessary execution of the terms of any agreement
with the Department.
C.
Any act otherwise prohibited by law or local ordinance
shall be lawful if performed under, by virtue of and strictly within
the provisions of a permit so to do and to the extent authorized thereby.
[Amended 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 3165]
Franklin Township Department of Recreation,
Community Celebrations and Park Administration regulations shall be
effective within all the parks, parkways and reservations under the
administration of the Department and shall regulate the use thereof
by all persons.
[Amended 11-13-1975 by Ord. No. 776; 8-22-1977 by Ord. No.
869]
A.
Advertising. No person shall post, paint, affix, distribute,
hand out, deliver, place, cast or leave about any bill, billboard,
placard, ticket, handbill, circular or advertisement or do any of
the following without written permission of the Department:
(1)
Display any flag, banner, transparency, target, sign,
placard or any other matter for advertising purposes. There shall
be an exemption to this prohibition for public speeches and rallies.
These items shall only be permitted in the area that is rented for
the public speech or rally but must be taken down at the end of the
event. Items for these events shall not be posted along entrance driveways
or parking areas.
[Amended 9-13-2022 by Ord. No. 4374-22]
(2)
Operate any musical instrument, soundtrack or drum
for advertising purposes or for the purpose of attracting attention
to any exhibition, show, performance or other display.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(3), regarding public speeches
and rallies, which immediately followed, was repealed 9-13-2022 by
Ord. No. 4374-22.
B.
Soliciting. No person shall solicit for any purpose.
C.
Animals. No person shall cause or permit any animal
owned by him, in his custody or under his control to go or be at large.
(1)
Dogs in parks and open space shall be restrained by
a leash not exceeding six feet in length, except on the John Clyde
Memorial Native Grassland Preserve and on the Negri-Nepote Grassland
Preserve, where dogs are prohibited.
[Amended 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 3803A; 3-26-2019 by Res. No. 19-133]
(2)
No person shall ride or drive a horse unless it is
well broken and constantly held in such control that it may be easily
or quickly turned and stopped.
(3)
No horse shall be unbridled or left unattended in
any unenclosed area without being securely fastened.
(4)
No horse shall be driven or ridden in the parks or
open space, except at such locations designated for this purpose by
the Department.
[Amended 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 3803A]
(5)
No person shall hunt, molest, kill, wound, trap, take,
chase, shoot or throw missiles at, remove or have in his possession
any animal, reptile or bird or knowingly buy, receive, have in his
possession, sell or give away any such animal, reptile, bird or eggs
so taken.
(6)
No person shall fish in any of the rivers and canals
bordering the parks unless he has a state license. No person shall
kill, wound, discharge or throw missiles at any fish in such waters,
or place therein any piscivorous fish, poison or any other substances
injurious to fish.
(7)
Dogs and horses are prohibited at all times at Bunker
Hill Environmental Center.
[Added 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 3165]
(8)
No person shall cause or permit any animal owned by
him, in his custody or under his control to go or be at large at other
parks, parkways, preservation areas and reservations.
[Added 11-14-2000 by Ord. No. 3165]
(9)
John Clyde Memorial Native Grassland Preserve and
Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve. Dogs and horses are prohibited
at all times except that horses may be ridden on the John Clyde Memorial
Preserve on specially designated trails only upon obtaining a Township-issued
permit from the Parks and Recreation Department.
[Added 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512;
amended 9-12-2006 by Ord. No. 3628; 3-26-2019 by Res. No. 19-133]
D.
Disorderly conduct.
(1)
No person shall throw stones or other missiles so
as to annoy other persons.
(2)
No person shall climb or stand upon any wall, fence,
shelter, seat, statue or other structure unless the structure is designated
for that purpose.
(3)
No person shall enter or leave park facilities except
at established entrances and exits.
(4)
No person shall litter in the park or deposit on the
ice or in the ponds any matter that would tend to damage the ice for
skating or pollute the ponds.
(5)
No person shall fail to obey or interfere with an
officer in the proper performance of his duties.
(6)
No person shall remove or open permanent or temporary
barriers, signs, directionals, gates or fences.
(7)
Collecting of natural materials from within the Bunker
Hill Environmental Center and grounds, and any open space parcels,
including preserves is prohibited except for educational use.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
(8)
Straying from trails within the Bunker Hill Environmental
Center grounds, and any open space parcels, including preserves, is
prohibited except when otherwise permitted for educational purposes.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
(9)
Picnicking within the Bunker Hill Environmental Center
grounds is prohibited except where permission has been specifically
granted.
(10)
Picnicking within a preserve is prohibited except
where specifically designated at picnic tables.
[Added 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
(11)
Hunting on all open space and preserves is prohibited,
unless a Township hunting permit is issued by the Franklin Township
Wildlife Control Committee. In no instance shall hunting be permitted
at the Bunker Hill Environmental Education Center.
[Added 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
E.
Explosives. No person shall bring into or have in
possession at said parks any explosives, including any substance,
compound, mixture or article having properties of such a character
that, alone or in combination or conjunction with other substances
or compounds, may decompose suddenly and generate sufficient heat,
gas or pressure, or any or all of them, to produce rapid flaming or
combustion or administer a destructive blow to surrounding objects.
F.
Firearms, weapons and tools; concealed weapons. No
person shall bring into or have in his possession:
(1)
Any pistol or revolver or objects upon which loaded
or blank cartridges may be used.
(2)
Any tools, instruments, skeleton keys, picklocks,
jimmies or other things known as "burglar tools," except when authorized
by law.
(3)
Any rifle, shotgun, air gun, spring gun, slingshot,
bow or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is
a spring or air, excepting the lawful uses of such weapons at places
and times prescribed by special permission of the Department.
(4)
Any hunting knife, switchblade or dirk of any kind.
G.
Fires. No person shall kindle, build, maintain or
use a fire, except in places provided for such purposes or where a
permit has been issued.
(1)
All fires shall be continuously under the care and
direction of a competent person from the time the fire is kindled
until it is extinguished.
(2)
No fire shall be built within 10 feet of any tree
or any building or beneath the branches of any tree or in any underbrush.
(3)
No cigar, cigarette or lighted match shall be discarded
carelessly or in a manner which may start a fire.
H.
Closing hours. All parks will close 30 minutes after
sundown, except where and when specific closing hours are designated.
I.
Opening hours. All park areas will open at sunrise
unless otherwise specified or designated by signs.
J.
Vending. No person shall sell or offer for sale any
object or merchandise or any other thing within the parks, except
by special permit of the Department.
K.
Minors. No parent, guardian or custodian of any minor
shall permit or allow him or her to do any act prohibited by any law
or any Township ordinance while in the presence of said parent, guardian
or custodian.
L.
Vehicle operation. There shall be no operation except
on roadways or as signs direct. Use of motorized vehicles, such as
off-road, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), cars, trucks, motorcycles,
snowmobiles, minibikes, trail bikes, motor scooters, go-carts, motorized
skateboards or dune buggies, is prohibited.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512; 2-24-2009 by Ord. No.
3803A]
M.
Vehicle parking. There shall be none except in designated
areas.
N.
No consumption of illegal drugs and/or alcoholic beverages
is allowed in any park.
O.
No person shall bring into or have in his possession
within any park area any glass container for whatever purpose.
A.
The following activities are permitted only at times
and in areas so designated for that purpose by the Department and
are otherwise prohibited within the parks:
B.
All persons using the facilities of the Department
must obey the posted rules and regulations established for the proper,
effective and safe utilization of said facility.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A.
Throw or place any foreign or waste substance in any
lake, river, lagoon, stream, storm sewer or drain of the parks or
leading into or bordering upon the aforementioned or any substance,
matter or thing which may or shall result in the pollution of said
waters.
B.
Injure trees, shrubs and grass or destroy, cut, break,
deface, mutilate, disturb, sever or remove from the ground any plant,
flower, growing thing, stem, branch or leaf thereof or:
C.
Injure, deface, displace, remove, fill in, raise,
destroy or tamper with any drive, path, walk, bridge or approach thereto;
or take up to remove or carry away any asphalt, concrete, flagstone,
rock, stone, gravel, sand, clay or earth; or make any excavation of
any kind, name or nature; or harvest, cut, injure or remove any ice;
or injure, deface, displace, remove or destroy any structure, building,
post, railing, bench set, platform, stand, tree guard, telephone,
telegraph, pipe or main for conducting gas, water or wires or any
hydrant, sewer, drain, pipe, main, receiving basin, covering manhole
or vent forming a part thereof or any appurtenance or appendage connected
therewith or any other property or equipment, real or personal, owned
by or under the jurisdiction or control of said Department or appertaining
to the creation, government, use or maintenance of said parks; or
injure, deface, displace, remove or destroy any sign, inscription,
post or monument erected or marked for any purpose or any mileboard,
milestone, danger sign or signal, guide sign or post or any signaling
device sanctioned, installed or placed by said Department or Township
within the parks for the purpose of direction, restricting or regulating
traffic, establishing zones or giving information or direction to
the public; or interfere with any lamp, lamppost, gas or electric
apparatus or extinguish the light therein, except upon proper authority;
or, without a permit, attach, string, adjust or carry any wire or
other object in, on or over any part of said parks.
D.
Rubbish and refuse matter. No person shall take into,
carry through, leave in or throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into
or on said parks or suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee
or person in his or her charge to take into, carry through, leave
in or throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into or on said parks any
rubbish, refuse, garbage or other material.
[Amended 11-13-1975 by Ord. No. 776; 11-14-2000 by Ord. No.
3165; 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 3512]
A permit authorizing a person or organization
the use of any facility of the Department of Recreation, Community
Celebrations and Park Administration may be granted upon written application
to the Director of Recreation, Community Celebrations and Park Administration,
and all conditions of approval shall be based upon all sections of
this article; and any violation of the terms, conditions, rules or
regulations or a falsification of the application shall be grounds
for revocation by the Department of Recreation, Community Celebrations
and Park Administration or its representatives.
