[Adopted 8-16-1971 by Ord. No. 662 as
Ch. 74, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any park, parkway or reservation within the limits
of the Borough of Collingswood which is opened to the public, irrespective
of whether or not the same shall be owned by the borough.
No person shall injure, deface, displace, remove,
destroy or tamper with any property, drive, bridge or equipment of
any nature or kind located in or about any park.
No person shall destroy, cut, injure or remove
any growing thing, plant, growth or any branch thereof or set fire
or assist another to set fire to any timber, shrubs, trees, plants,
flowers, grass or plant growth, except at such time when permission
to do so shall have been given by proper authority.
No person shall sell or offer for sale any object
or merchandise or any other thing, whether corporeal or incorporeal,
unless a permit is first obtained therefor from the Board of Commissioners.
No person shall bring into the park or have
in his possession therein any rifle, shotgun or fowling piece or any
air gun, spring gun, slingshot or other instrument or weapon in which
the propelling force is a spring or air, except when authorized by
law.
No person shall cause or permit any animal owned
by him, in his custody or under his control, except a duly licensed
dog when restrained by a leash not exceeding eight feet in length,
to be in any park; and each such animal so found at large may be seized
and disposed of as provided by the law or ordinance covering disposal
of stray dogs.[1] No person shall permit any dog, whether licensed or unlicensed,
whether upon a leash or not, to enter any swimming pool maintained
for human bathing.
No beer or intoxicating liquors shall be sold
within any park or brought into the same for consumption or free distribution
therein.
No person shall scatter, drop or leave in any
portion of the parks, except in the receptacles provided for the purpose,
any piece of paper, rag, garbage, dead flower or other rubbish.
No person shall use threatening, abusive, offensive
or insulting language; do any obscene or indecent act; throw stones
or other missiles; annoy persons; interfere with, encumber, obstruct
or render dangerous any drive, path, walk or public place; do any
act tending or amounting to a breach of the peace: engage in, instigate,
aid or encourage a contention or fight; assault any person; play games
of chance; participate in the conduct of a lottery or use or operate
any slot machine, gaming table or instrument; sell fortunes or futures;
drink, take, use or have in his possession or be under the influence
of any intoxicating liquors, opiates or other habit-forming drugs;
cast, throw or deposit on the ice or in the ponds and lakes any sticks,
stones, dead animals, offensive matter or substance or other matter
that would tend to injure the ice for skating or pollute the pond.
[Amended 8-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1058]
No person shall bathe, wade or swim in any park
waters except at such times and in such swimming or wading pools as
the Board of Commissioners designates and unless so covered with a
bathing suit as to prevent any indecent exposure of the person; nor
shall any person dress or undress in any place therein, except in
such bathing houses as may be maintained for the purpose, or appear
in bathing costumes at any place within the parks except within the
limits of the designated bathing places. No person shall bathe, wade
or swim in any such duly designated park water or pool unless he shall
first have obtained an annual permit therefor. All permits shall be
issued for the calendar year only and shall be evidenced by a metal,
plastic or other similar tag which shall be visibly displayed upon
the bathing suit or the person entitled thereto. Such permits and
tags shall be issued upon rates to be determined annually by the Commissioners
and the Director of Recreation.
[Amended 8-15-1994 by Ord. No. 1058]
Any person violating any provisions of this
Article shall be subjected to a fine or penalty therefor not exceeding
$1,000, imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90
days or a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof, in the discretion of the court.
