[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Rockwood
as Ch. 1062 of the 1989 Codified Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall obstruct any walk or drive in a public park
or playground. No person shall injure, mar or damage in any manner
any monument, ornament, fence, bridge, seat, tree, fountain, shrub,
flower, playground equipment, fireplace or other public property within
or pertaining to a park.
No person shall place or deposit any garbage, glass, tin cans,
paper or miscellaneous waste in any park or playground except in containers
provided for that purpose.
No person shall throw a baseball, football or softball or engage
in any other violent or rough exercise or play, in any public park
or other public place, except in areas designated therefor by the
Director of Public Works. The Director is also authorized to designate
hours when City parks and recreation areas shall be closed to public
use.
The Director of Public Works shall have general supervision
of all City parks and of every matter pertaining thereto. Subject
to the approval of Council, the City Administrator may make, alter
and enforce rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety
and sanitation in all City parks, for the protection of trees and
other property therein and for the preservation of the natural beauty
thereof. Such rules and regulations shall be posted in conspicuous
places in such parks. No person shall fail to comply with any such
rule or regulation.
A.
No person shall use, occupy, frequent or otherwise be in any public
park in the City between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following
morning, unless a special permit for such use or occupancy has been
previously given by the Chief of Police or by any other person authorized
to issue such permits. This section shall not apply to an employee
of any governmental subdivision within a public park during his or
her hours of employment by the political subdivision.[1]
B.
The application for such a special permit shall be made in writing
by any responsible City resident, stating his or her name and address
and the group of persons he or she represents who will use such special
permit and the proposed hours of such use. The approval of the application
for such special permit rests in the sound discretion of the Chief
of Police or any other person authorized to issue such permits.
D.
This section shall be enforced by the Police Department and the Department
of Public Works.
