Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words when
used in this article shall have the following meanings:
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Includes any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco
or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked,
heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed or
ingested by any other means, including but not limited to cigarettes,
cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, vape
and any electronic device that delivers nicotine or other substances
to the person inhaling from the device, but excluding any product
that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration
for sale as a tobacco cessation product.
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ("UAV")
An aerial vehicle without a human pilot on board and a type
of unmanned aircraft. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft
system, which includes a UAV, a ground-based remote controller, and
a system of communications between the two. UAVs include devices commonly
known as "drones."
The following activities and uses are prohibited within parks,
recreation areas, playgrounds, community buildings, athletic fields,
bodies of water and any other Township park and recreation area open
for public recreational use:
A. Design, host, or conduct a private or fee-based clinic, program,
event, practice or game and/or engage in fundraising or the solicitation
of financial contributions of any kind without a permit issued by
the Parks and Recreation Department.
B. Design, host, construct, utilize or conduct a camp or temporary living
quarters.
C. Engage in the hunting, feeding, shooting or trapping of wildlife,
and/or cause the destruction of or interference with wildlife or their
nests or resting or breeding places.
D. Relinquishment of ownership and/or control and release of wild or
domesticated animals.
E. Open burning, fires, or the use of portable stoves, barbecues or
similar devices for cooking, heating or any other purpose.
F. Picnic or lunch in a place other than those places designated for
that purpose. Playgrounds are not to be used for picnics or meals.
G. Use metal detectors and other equipment for the retrieval of artifacts
and other items.
I. Possession and use of air rifles, spring guns, slingshots, javelins,
bows, arrows, BB guns or rifles, darts or any other missiles, projectiles
or similar weaponry.
J. Take part in or abet the playing of any games involving thrown or
otherwise propelled objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins,
horseshoes, quoits, or model airplanes except in those areas set apart
for such forms of recreation.
K. Playing or practicing golf.
L. Engaging in the use of a UAV.
M. Engaging in careless, disruptive and/or potentially dangerous activities
such as the lighting or setting off of fireworks, loafing, fighting,
drunkenness, the making of unnecessary noises, profanity or indecent
language or acting in an unseemly manner.
N. Using tobacco products and/or engaging in the consumption or possession
of alcoholic beverages.
O. Swimming or bathing a human or animal and/or bringing into or operating
any boat, raft or other watercraft, whether motor-powered or not,
in or upon any waters, waterways and water fountains.
P. Using ballfields or any other park or Township facility without a
permit from the Parks and Recreation Department. A permit shall be
issued specifying the date, time and location for use.
Q. Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with or displace
or remove any buildings, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings,
paving or paving materials, waterlines or other public utilities or
parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards, whether
temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary
markers or other structures or equipment, facilities or park property
or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.
R. Damage, cut, trim, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant
or injure the bark, or pick flowers or the seed of any tree or plant,
dig in or otherwise disturb grass, dirt or sand areas, or in any other
way injure any park or recreation area.
S. Throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the
waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream or other body of water
in or adjacent to any park or any tributary stream, storm sewer or
drain flowing into such water any substance, matter or thing, liquid
or solid.
T. Bring in or dump in, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass,
ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage, refuse or
other trash, except as provided in this section. No such refuse or
trash shall be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any park or
left anywhere on the grounds thereof. Rubbish, waste and recycling
reasonably created as a commonly accepted aspect of recreational activities
shall be placed in the proper receptacles, where provided. Where rubbish,
waste or recycling receptacles are not provided, all such rubbish,
waste and recycling shall be carried away from the park by the person
responsible for its presence and shall be properly disposed of elsewhere.
U. Go onto ice (no matter how thick or safe in appearance) on any of
the waters.
V. Become disorderly with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance
or alarm or recklessly create a risk thereof by engaging in fighting
or threatening or in violent or tumultuous behavior; make unreasonable
noise, use obscene language, make an obscene gesture, or create a
hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves
no legitimate purpose of the actor.
W. Engage in any other activity that is a violation of the laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations applicable to the Township parks, recreation
areas and facilities.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Springfield
Township Police Department.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to private property
nor to the Flourtown Country Club or other Township-owned property
which is not designated as a public park or recreation area.
Any person, persons, group, business, organization or any other
entity violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule
or regulation promulgated pursuant hereto shall, upon conviction thereof
in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 plus costs.
The Township authorizes the establishment and operation of a
Parks and Recreation Department to handle the function of recreation
and activities and to make recommendations to assist in the maintenance
of the parks, recreation areas and facilities. The Township Manager
is delegated to supervise the day-to-day operation of the Parks and
Recreation Department, its Director and staff.