[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Doylestown as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-30-1997 by Ord. No. 266[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Article I, Conduct in Parks, adopted 11-1-1983 by Ord. No.
129, as amended.
A.
FACILITY
FACILITY USE PERMIT
PARK SYSTEM
PERSON
Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise,
the following terms used in this article shall have the following
meanings:
Refers to areas and amenities within the park system boundaries
which are available for public use.
Refers to the written authorization issued by the Township
granting permission for the use of a requested facility or activity.
Any lands or facilities owned or leased by the Township of
Doylestown and designated or used for park, recreation or open space
purposes.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, unincorporated
association or any other group who may apply for a facility use permit.
B.
PLAYGROUND
TOT LOT
In accordance with recognized standards as outlined
in the Handbook For Public Playground Safety, United States Consumer
Product Safety Commission and ASTM F1487 except as otherwise modified
herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
Designed for and limited to use by school-age children.
Designed and limited to use by preschool age children.
A.
All park system visitors must comply with all rules
and regulations established by the Township of Doylestown.
B.
Application for a facility use permit shall be made
upon the official forms designated by the Township and shall be accompanied
by the required fee(s).
C.
Applications for a facility use permit are available
at the Township Building.
D.
Any gathering or group of 20 or more persons shall
be required to obtain a facility use permit.
E.
In the event more facility use applications are received
than space is available, such applications will be considered and
the final determination, in whole or in part, shall be made by the
Director of Parks and Recreation or his/her designee.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
F.
An applicant must be at least 18 years of age.
G.
Persons or organizations to whom facility use permits
are issued will be held responsible for the actions and conduct of
all those associated with the authorized facility use.
H.
Groups or individuals in receipt of a facility use
permit may not prevent other park system users from making use of
available facilities.
I.
The cost, if any, for a facility use permit shall
be established by the Board of Supervisors, by resolution, from time
to time.
A.
No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice,
sign, rule or regulation posted within the park system, nor shall
any person post any notices or placards in the park system without
first obtaining written permission from the Township.
B.
Cutting, mutilating or taking away of trees, shrubs
and flowers or the removal, defacing, damaging or vandalism of park
system property and structures is prohibited.
C.
No person shall utilize park amenities or fixtures
in a manner for which said items are not designed or intended.
D.
No person shall remove from or relocate any bench,
table or other structure in any Township park.
A.
Vehicles are to be driven and parked only in designated
areas. Authorized vehicles only shall be permitted on bike/hike paths
or grass areas unless otherwise authorized.
B.
The designated speed limit within the Township park
system shall be 15 m.p.h.
C.
Motorists shall at all times yield the right-of-way
to pedestrians in a designated crosswalk.
D.
Motorists shall refrain from obstructing traffic on
any park system roadway or parking area.
E.
No person shall wash or perform mechanical work on
any vehicle within the park system.
A.
The Township may require security deposits and/or
usage fees for individual and/or group use of park system facilities
as established by the Board of Supervisors.
B.
The sponsors of any gatherings (not sponsored by the
Township) which require police, maintenance or other personnel and/or
equipment shall be responsible for all associated costs as determined
by the Township.
A.
No persons shall conduct themselves in any violent,
loud, boisterous, abusive, immoral or otherwise disorderly fashion
tending to create a breach of peace, or disturbing or annoying others
while in or on any Township property.
B.
No persons shall commit any indecent or immoral act
tending to corrupt the morals or manners of the public while in or
on Township property.
C.
No persons shall operate any amplification equipment
within the park system unless otherwise authorized by the Township.
A.
Other than an officer of the law, no person shall
discharge a firearm, rifle or other weapon within the park system.
[Amended 2-3-2015 by Ord.
No. 376]
B.
Hunting, shooting, trapping, injuring, killing or
otherwise disturbing of any birds or animals in any Township park,
and the damaging, destroying or removal of any nest or habitat is
strictly prohibited.
C.
The discharge or possession of any rocket, firecracker
or other fireworks or any explosive substance, including model rockets,
within the park system is prohibited unless authorized by permit.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
The possession, consumption or distribution
of any alcoholic beverages or any controlled substance, as defined
by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States
of America, within the park system is prohibited unless authorized
by the Township in conjunction with a Township-organized, -sponsored
and/or -affiliated event/activity.
A.
Unless authorized by a facility use permit, open fires
are prohibited within the park system.
B.
Fires are permitted only in patron supplied charcoal/gas
grills (the patron shall be responsible for clean-up and removal of
all ash, charcoal, etc.) No fire shall be left unattended at any time.
C.
Matches, cigarettes, cigar and pipe ashes must be
completely extinguished before discarding into appropriate containers.
D.
Smoking is prohibited within the park system.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
E.
Unless authorized by a facility use permit, the pavilion
fireplace (Central Park) shall not be available for public use.
A.
The discarding, dumping or littering of refuse of
any kind or nature is prohibited. All refuse shall be disposed of
in trash containers provided for such purpose.
B.
Disposal of any type of trash, refuse or debris within
the park system, whether disposed of in receptacles or not, and if
such refuse did not result from park usage, is prohibited.
C.
For safety reasons, glass containers are prohibited
within the park system.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
A.
Dogs
are permitted within the park system, but must be kept on a physical
leash and under control at all times, unless otherwise authorized
by a facility use permit. Electronic/remote restraint devices are
not permitted in lieu of a physical leash.
B.
Dogs
are prohibited in all designated wildlife and sensitive environmental
protection areas.
C.
Persons
with dogs shall be required to immediately clean up and properly dispose
of all fecal material.
D.
Dogs
are restricted from the tennis/basketball/bocce/volleyball courts
and any other areas specifically designated by the Township.
E.
Dog
park use/access is limited only to registered members/dogs in good
standing.
No person shall interfere with, use profanity
towards or in any manner hinder any Township employee, official or
agents who are performing their official duties within the park system.
A.
Swimming, boating or wading in any natural or man-made
waterway within the park system is prohibited.
B.
Boating on any natural or man-made waterway within
the park system is prohibited.
C.
Except at such times and at such places as may be
designated by the Township, skating, sledding, skiing, walking or
otherwise going upon any natural or man-made waterway which may appear
frozen is prohibited.
A.
Tot lots shall be designated for use by preschool-age
children, unless in a supervisory capacity.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
B.
Playgrounds shall be designated for use by school-age
children, unless in a supervisory capacity.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
C.
Supervision of all school-age children shall be the
sole responsibility of parents/legal guardians or designated adult
supervisors.
A.
Tennis and basketball courts are available for public
use on a first-come, first-served basis.
B.
Court use is limited to the activities of tennis and/or
basketball only.
C.
All wheeled vehicles, including, but not limited to,
bicycles, rollerblades, skateboards, etc. are strictly prohibited.
D.
Rubber sole shoes must be worn at all times.
E.
Food and glass containers are prohibited within the
court area.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
F.
Trash must be removed from court areas and placed
in designated containers.
G.
At peak use times when individuals may be waiting,
consideration shall be given and playing time limited.
A.
Golfing is prohibited within the park system unless
specifically designated as a public golfing area or those areas specifically
designated by the Director of Parks and Recreation for Township-sponsored
programs/events.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
B.
Due care must be exercised and consideration given
to the safety of other park users while participating in a golfing
activity.
A.
Nothing contained in this Code, in whole or in part,
shall prohibit authorized Township employees, police officers or agents
from performing their official duties.
B.
The Township has the right, as deemed necessary, to
supersede all or any of the rules and regulations set forth herein
in conjunction with any Township-sponsored event, maintenance activity
or emergency situation.
C.
Township-sponsored events shall take precedence over
any approved or nonapproved park system use.
D.
The Township has the right to revoke and/or cancel
any approved or nonapproved activity at any time.
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before any District
Justice, be liable for a fine or penalty not to exceed $300 for each
and every offense; or, if failure to pay is not caused by indigence
or lack of sufficient assets, shall be subject to imprisonment in
the Bucks County Prison for a period not to exceed 30 days. All prosecutions
shall be brought in the name of Doylestown Township, and all fines
shall be paid to Doylestown Township.
B.
The Doylestown Township Police Department and any
other law enforcement agency, shall have such authority as is conferred
upon them pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and the Township herein authorizes any member of its Police Department
to enforce the provisions of this Code.
[Adopted 3-12-1990 by Res. No. 358]
A.
This policy is established by the Doylestown Township
Board of Supervisors in order to regulate the use of the Township's
athletic fields and parks by athletic associations, Township residents
and other individuals/associations. The following information outlines
the policy that will be implemented by the Township administration.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
A.
All requests for use of an athletic field or park
facility shall be made on the use form. Phone requests will not be
accepted.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
B.
Facility use forms can be obtained at the Doylestown
Township Building, 425 Wells Road, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
C.
All applications shall be signed by the applicant.
If the applicant is an organization, the application shall be signed
by one responsible officer of the organization submitting the application.
D.
Approval.
(1)
The applicant shall receive written approval from
the Director of Parks and Recreation or his/her designee.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
(2)
The allocation of an approval of use of requested
facilities will conform to the general conditions and requirements
as set forth.
(3)
In the event that an organization wishes seasonal
use of a recreation area, the application for use must be received
by the Director of Parks and Recreation within the designated timeframe
and will be acted on accordingly.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
(4)
If an organization or individual wishes to utilize
a recreation facility on a one-time basis or for a special event,
the application for use must be received by the Director of Parks
and Recreation as specified in the special event application form.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
(5)
Approval cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, it is upon
the applicant to request use as early as possible.
(6)
The Township reserves the right to refuse any application
or revoke any approval of an application and/or cancel the proposed
event which has been previously approved.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former§ 119-14, Fees
and charges, was repealed 9-30-1997 by Ord. No. 266.
[Amended 9-30-1997 by Ord. No. 266; 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
A.
All groups
wishing to use park system facilities on a recurring basis must submit
a current certificate of liability insurance, naming Doylestown Township
as an additional insured, in the minimum amount of $500,000/$250,000
bodily liability, $100,000 property damage.
B.
All groups
requesting facility use on a scheduled basis must comply with the
current procedure/protocols in place as established by the Parks and
Recreation Department.
C.
All organizations
granted the authorization to use Township facilities will provide
the appropriate forms, documentation and supplemental materials as
required.
[Amended 9-30-1997by Ord. No. 266]
A.
Violations of the provisions of Article I of this chapter may result in the revocation of any permits or approvals granted for the use of any portion of the Township's park system.
B.
In addition to the provisions of Subsection A, as noted herein, playing fields are to be used only for their intended purpose, and a permittee may not transfer, set over or permit any other individual and/or users to make use of the rights and privileges afforded to the permittee as a result of the issuance of the permit by the Township. Furthermore, no portable lights shall be utilized in any of the Township's fields and/or parks unless written permission is granted in the permit, and there shall be no installation of equipment or alterations to existing playing fields by the permittee without said alterations or installation of equipment being specifically approved within the permit.
The Doylestown Township Board of Supervisors,
in recognition of the ever-increasing demand within the Township for
the use of active recreation areas and playing fields and the limited
number and availability of existing playing fields within the Township,
hereby adopts the following policy statements to be used in the allocation
of playing fields under its control:
B.
Doylestown Township will use due diligence to fairly
distribute playing areas for organizations that apply for such use.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
C.
When a request is made for seasonal use by any group
or individual that has not been allocated Township fields in the past,
the applicant will be instructed by the Township to contact the appropriate
organization. If an agreement cannot be reached between the requesting
group and the organization, the Director of Parks and Recreation or
his/her designee will be consulted and act as a mediator to reach
a compromise, if one shall exist. In the unlikely event that no compromise
can be met, the Director of Parks and Recreation or his/her designee
will determine the outcome of the request.
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
D.
If a particular group was granted use of a field in
the past year, then that group will be given priority consideration
to use the same field in the coming year, under the following conditions:
[Amended 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 386]
(1)
An application for field use has been submitted in
accordance with the guidelines set forth.
(2)
The proposed use for the field is the same as in the
previous year.
(3)
The number of participants of the group using the
field has not been substantially changed from the past year.
(4)
The group has not, in the previous year, violated
the rules and regulations established for field use.
E.
Doylestown Township reserves the right to assign these
facilities for any special event as it deems necessary.
F.
Doylestown Township reserves the right to revoke any
previously approved allocation as it deems necessary.
G.
Doylestown Township programs and/or activities have
preference over all requests for facilities.
[Added 1-16-2018 by Ord.
No. 386]
A.
No person
shall possess or operate any radio-controlled or other remotely operated
model, rocket, drone, toy or similar device including, but not limited
to, cars, boats, rockets, drones, airplanes or gliders within the
park system except in connection with Township-sponsored programs/events.
B.
Special
exemption may be granted by the Director of Parks and Recreation as
deemed appropriate and with submission of a current certificate of
insurance naming Doylestown Township as additional insured.