[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Scottsville 9-14-1971
by L.L. No. 1-1971; amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch.
51.
Public assemblies — See Ch.
57.
Peace and good order — See Ch.
117.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch.
120.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch.
162.
This chapter shall be known as the "Village of Scottsville Parks Law."
The rules and regulations set forth herein shall apply to and be in
effect in all parks under the control, supervision and jurisdiction of the
Village of Scottsville.
The following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this section:
DIRECTOR OF PARKS
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Scottsville or its duly authorized
agent.
PARKS
The grounds, buildings thereon, waters therein and any other property
necessary for the operation thereof and constituting a part thereof which
is now or may hereafter be maintained, operated and controlled by the Village
of Scottsville for public park purposes.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of
persons, and the singular number shall include the plural.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may
be transported or drawn upon a highway.
No person shall be permitted to remain, stop or park within the confines
of any village park between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing
local time, in the Village of Scottsville, except in an emergency or with
special permit of the Board of Trustees. In case of an emergency or when in
the judgment of the Board of Trustees the public interest demands it, any
portion of the park may be closed to the public or to designated persons until
permission is given to reopen.
Park lodges or shelters shall be used subject to the following rules
and regulations:
A. A permit to use park lodges shall be issued by the Board
of Trustees. Applicants must be 21 years of age or over.
B. All permits must be signed prior to use of the facility.
The signer of the permit shall be responsible for all damages to the facility
or contents thereof and agree to indemnify the village for such damages.
A. No person shall disturb the peace and good order in any
park by fighting, quarreling or wrangling with loud voice or shouts, threatening
by violence the person or property of others, or engaging in riotous clamor
or tumult.
B. No person shall congregate with other persons in a public
place and refuse to comply with a lawful order of the police or the Board
of Trustees to disperse or leave the park.
C. No person shall beg, hawk or peddle or solicit within
any park.
D. No person shall use obscene, profuse or abusive language
while in the park.
E. No person shall loiter in or near toilet buildings.
No person shall commit any of the following acts within said parks without
a written permit of the Board of Trustees or some other person duly authorized
to act for it:
A. No person shall post or display any sign, banner or advertisement
of any kind within any park or play any music or keep or offer any article
for sale except as otherwise provided by law or solicit passengers for hire,
and then only subject to such rules as shall be prescribed by said Board of
Trustees.
B. No person shall engage in any marching, drilling or driving
as members of a military, political or other organization; conduct any funeral
procession; or use any loudspeaker or other sound-amplifying equipment.
C. No person shall picnic or cook in any area not designated
by the Board of Trustees for that purpose or make or kindle any fire except
in places provided therefor, and then subject to such regulations as may be
prescribed.
D. No person shall write, paint or carve on any tree, bench
or park structure or sleep, camp, lodge or reside in any park building, except
in such places as designated for said purposes by the Board of Trustees.
E. No person, except law enforcement officers, shall have
or carry any firearm, as defined in the Penal Law, switch-blade, hunting knife,
slingshot, dagger, bow and arrow, metal knuckles or other dangerous weapon
concealed or about his or her person while in the park. No person shall engage
in trapping or hunting.
F. No person shall construct, repair or relocate utility
fixtures, such as sewers, hydrants, posts, lines and conduits, or open trenches
or make excavations or engage in any construction in or on park lands unless
there is a valid easement or other license.
G. No person shall carry any flowers or shrubs, slingshots,
axe, saw, shovel or spade within the parks; violate the regulations of the
Board of Trustees relating to any building or place; damage any notice posted
by order of the Board of Trustees; cut parkway curbs for private drives; locate,
grade or construct paths, driveways and roadways across or along any park
road; or deposit materials in or upon any park or park road.
No person shall engage in potentially dangerous games involving thrown
or propelled objects, such as footballs, baseballs, horseshoes, golf balls
or similar objects, except in areas designated for such usage; and then only
subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees. All games
of any description must be conducted in a safe and orderly manner, and no
rough or boisterous practices will be allowed. No one shall play games for
which a permit or fee is required without first obtaining such permit and
paying such fee.
No person shall kill, injure or unnecessarily disturb any birds or animals.
No person within the confines of the park shall hunt, pursue with dogs, trap
or in any other way molest any wild bird or animal found within the confines
of the park or rob or molest any bird nest or take the eggs of any bird.
No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of the park
nor any buildings, signs, equipment or other property found therein; nor shall
any tree, flower, shrub, rock or other mineral be removed, injured or destroyed.
No person without the specific written consent of the Board of Trustees
shall bring into, leave behind or dump any material of any kind in the park
except the refuse, ashes, garbage and other material of a picnic, camp, or
other permitted activity and such material shall be deposited in receptacles
or pits provided for such purposes. Refuse is not to be dropped, thrown or
scattered on park property. Tin cans, bottles or other glassware or metallic
substances containing sharp edges shall be deposited in park receptacles.
No person shall bring into, permit, have or keep in the park any pet
or other animal destructive to birds and other wildlife unless restrained
by a leash.
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any reasonable order relating
to the regulation, direction or control of traffic or to any other order lawfully
given by any police officer or willfully resist, obstruct or abuse any police
officer or other official in the execution of his or her office.
A. No person shall drive any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle
of traffic or burden upon any part of the parks or parkways except for the
proper drives and parking areas or permit the same to stand upon the drives
or any part thereof so as to congest traffic or obstruct the drive. This includes
all motorized machines. No unregistered vehicle of any type will be permitted
in any area of the park.
B. Paths established as bridle paths, footpaths or bicycle
paths shall not be used for vehicular traffic.
C. Vehicles for hire not to stand in parks; exception. No
person shall cause any taxi, bus, limousine or other vehicle for hire to attend
upon any part of the parks or parkways for the purpose of soliciting or taking
in passengers or persons other than those carried to the parks or parkways
by said vehicle.
D. Use of parks by said vehicles prohibited. No persons
shall cause any bus, with or without passengers, nor any cart, wagon, truck
or trailer or other vehicle carrying goods, merchandise, manure or other articles
to enter or to be driven in any part of the park or parkway. This section
shall not apply to vehicles engaged in the construction, maintenance or operation
of the parks or parkways, to vehicles making deliveries to the parks or parkways,
nor to buses under the permit of the Park Department.
E. Duty of vehicle operators to comply with vehicle and
traffic laws. It shall be the duty of every person operating an automobile,
motorcycle or other vehicle of traffic or burden within the parks or parkways
to comply with the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and with
all orders, directions and regulations issued by traffic officers or officially
displayed on any post, standard, sign or device installed for the regulation
of traffic.
F. Speed of vehicles. No vehicle shall be operated on any
road or drive in any park or parkway at a speed exceeding 10 miles per hour
unless otherwise posted. The Park Department shall cause signs to be erected
along such roads or drives indicating such speed limits.
G. Parking prohibited in specific areas during specific
hours. No person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain standing
on any highway or roadway within the boundaries of a village park or parkway
in excess of the length of time and between the hours as hereinafter specified.
No parking shall be allowed on any of the park roads between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop
or leave standing any vehicle in any parking area in any park, except during
the time he or she remains in the park.
H. Definition of term "parking." The term "parking" shall
mean the standing of any vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon any highway
otherwise than temporarily or while actively engaged in loading or unloading
or while standing in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signals.
I. Posting of signs. The Park Department shall erect suitable
signs on all highways hereinabove restricted as to parking, which signs shall
indicate the limitation of no parking and shall indicate that no parking shall
be allowed at any time.
J. Reckless driving. No person shall operate a vehicle along
or over any road or drive within the park in a reckless manner or without
due regard for the safety and the rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants
of all other vehicles so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any
person while in the lawful use of said park drive or roads.
K. Drag racing. No person shall participate in a drag race
upon any park drive or park property. "Drag racing" is defined as the operation
of two or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in
a competitive attempt to outdistance each other, or the operation of one or
more vehicles over a common selected course from the same point to the same
point wherein timing is made of the participating vehicles involving competitive
accelerations or speeds. The operation of two or more vehicles side by side
either at speeds in excess of permitted speeds on park drives or rapidly accelerating
from a common starting point to a speed in excess of such permitted speeds
shall be prima facie evidence of drag racing.
L. Driving vehicle in unsafe conditions. No person shall
drive or move or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved within the
park any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition
so as to endanger any person.
M. Spotlights. No person shall use or shine spotlights or
unnecessarily or continuously shine automobile headlights onto park lands,
except under direction of a police officer or park employee or except where
necessary for the preservation of life or property.
A. The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to grant permits
in conformity with the rules and regulations contained herein. Nothing contained
herein howsoever shall affect the terms and conditions of a valid agreement
for the use duly executed.
B. All permits issued shall be in writing by the Board of
Trustees or its duly authorized agent and are subject to park rules and regulations.
A permit to do any act shall authorize the same only insofar as it may be
performed in strict accordance with the written terms and conditions thereof
and not in violation of any term or condition thereof or any law or ordinance
or rules or regulations governing the parks, which shall constitute grounds
for revocation of said permit by the Board of Trustees or by its authorized
representative, whose action thereon shall be final. No permit for the same
purpose shall be issued to the person whose permit has been revoked during
the year in which such revocation is made.
A. Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation, punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty.
B. Any person violating §
114-10 of these rules and regulations shall be liable for damages incurred to park property.
C. Any peace officer of the State of New York,
Monroe County or any of its municipal subdivisions may, without a warrant,
arrest any offender whom he or she may detect in the violation of any of the
provisions of the above sections and take the person so arrested forthwith
before a Village Justice having competent jurisdiction, and he or she shall
have at all times the right to enter the premises of any building, structure
or enclosure in any park, including such grounds, buildings, structures or
enclosures which may be leased or set aside for private or exclusive use of
any individual or groups of individuals (excluding property under leaseback
pursuant to the Conservation Law), for the purpose of arresting violators
hereof and may use all necessary means to attain that end.