[HISTORY: Derived from Ch. 41 of the 1974 Compilation of the Town of Cicero. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 55.
Animals — See Ch. 58.
Firearms and other weapons — See Ch. 105.
Games of chance — See Ch. 116.
Littering — See Ch. 135.
Noise — See Ch. 143.
Parades and processions — See Ch. 149.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 154.
Snowmobiles — See Ch. 172.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 198.
Whenever used in this chapter, the following respective terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean and include each of the meanings herein respectively set forth:
BATHING AREA
Any beach or pool area designated as a bathing area.
BRIDLE PATH
Any path designated and maintained for persons riding on horseback.
COMMISSION
The Town of Cicero Recreation Commission.
FOOTPATH or TRAIL
Any path or trail maintained for pedestrians.
PARK AND RECREATION AREAS
The term "park" or "parks," unless specifically limited, shall be deemed to include all parks, parkways, spurs, open spaces, roads, and boulevards, and also entrances and approaches thereto, docks and piers, and bridges in or leading to or connecting such park or parks or parts thereof and such other rights and appurtenances as the Town of Cicero Recreation Commission shall utilize whether the same be now or hereafter owned or acquired by the Town of Cicero in fee or otherwise.
PERMIT
Any written license issued by or under the authority of the Commission, permitting the performance of a specified act or acts.
TOWN OF CICERO PARK RANGER
Any person designated by the Town of Cicero Park and Recreation Commission or its agents as a Town of Cicero park ranger.
UNNECESSARY STOPPING
Bringing a vehicle to a complete stop on the road in a park or on a parkway other than in a parking place, or other than in conformity with traffic regulations and other than because of a defect in said vehicle.
A. 
Construction. In the interpretation of this chapter, its provisions shall be construed as follows:
(1) 
Any requirement or prohibition of any act shall respectively extend to and include the causing or procuring, directly or indirectly, of such act.
(2) 
No provision hereof shall make unlawful any act necessarily performed by any officer or employee of the Town in line of duty or work as such, or by any person, and necessary execution of the terms of any agreement with the county.
(3) 
Any act otherwise prohibited by this chapter, provided it is not otherwise prohibited by other provisions of this Municipal Code, shall be lawful if performed under, by virtue of and strictly within the provisions of a permit so do do, and to the extent authorized thereby.
(4) 
This chapter is in addition to and supplements, all other laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
B. 
Territorial scope. This chapter shall be effective within and upon all Town parks and parkways and conservation areas which may be under the jurisdiction of the Commission or its representative.
A permit to do any act shall authorize the same only insofar as it may be performed in strict accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. Any violation by its holder or his agents or employees of any term or condition thereof shall constitute grounds for its revocation by the Commission or its authorized representatives, whose action therein shall be final. In case of revocation of any permit, all moneys paid for or on account thereof shall, at the option of the Commission, be forfeited to and be retained by the Town, and the holder of such permit, together with his agents and employees who violated such terms and conditions, shall be jointly and severally liable to the Town for all damages and loss suffered by it in excess of money so forfeited and retained; but neither such forfeiture and retention by the Town of the whole or any part of such moneys nor the recovery or collection thereby of such damages, or both, shall in any manner relieve such punishment for any violation of any person from liability to punishment for any violation of any provisions of this Municipal Code or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
[Amended 11-25-2013 by L.L. No. 13-2013]
A. 
Boating. Boating of any kind in a bathing area is forbidden except such boating as is necessary to keep such areas properly protected and policed. The launching, storage or use of privately owned boats, canoes, outboards, rafts, floats or any kind of hand or power propelled craft on any park waters is prohibited, except in designated areas.
B. 
Protection of bathing areas. No person shall throw, cast, lay or deposit any glass, crockery, or any part thereof or any metallic substance on any bathing areas in or adjoining any park.
C. 
[1]Explosives. No person shall bring into or have in any park any explosive or explosive substance.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection C, Firearms/dangerous instruments, was repealed 3-9-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016. This local law also redesignated former Subsections D through O as C through N, respectively.
D. 
Fires, lighted cigars, etc. No person shall kindle, build, maintain or use a fire other than in places provided or designated for such purpose except by special permit. Any fire shall be continuously under the care and direction of a competent person over 16 years of age, from the time it is kindled until it is extinguished. No person shall throw away or discard any lighted match, cigar, cigarette, or other burning object within, on or against any structure, boat, vehicle, or enclosure, or under any tree or in underbrush, or grass.
E. 
Alms and contributions. No person shall solicit alms or contributions for any purpose, except by written permission from the Commission or its representative.
F. 
Commercial enterprises.
(1) 
No person shall, without a permit, do any of the following: sell or offer for sale, lease or let out any object or merchandise, or any other thing, whether corporeal or incorporeal; take photographs within the limits of any park for the purpose of selling the negatives thereof, or prints therefrom in public; while operating a boat or aircraft for hire, land or receive passengers at any dock or wharf under the jurisdiction of the Commission or its representative. No person to whom property of any park has been entrusted for personal use shall hire, lease or let out the same to any other persons.
(2) 
No person shall operate a bus, taxicab or other commercial vehicle designed or used for the transportation of passengers or property, from within the park upon park roads without having first obtained a permit.
G. 
Advertising. No sign or notice shall be erected or posted at any place in the park without permission in writing from the Commission or its representatives, nor shall any musical instrument, radio, public address system or drum be operated or any noise be made for the purpose of attracting attention to any exhibition of any kind, except by written permit.
H. 
Gambling. Gambling, games of chance and fortune telling within the park are prohibited; and no person shall participate in the conduct of a lottery, or use or operate any slot machine, or bring into any park or have in his possession while there is any implement or device commonly used, or intended to be used, for gambling purposes.
I. 
Aviation. No person shall voluntarily bring, land or cause to descend or alight within or upon any park any aeroplane, flying machine, balloon, parachute or other apparatus for aviation, except under permit. "Voluntarily" in this connection will meaning other than a forced landing.
J. 
Meetings, exhibitions, parades, racing, etc.
(1) 
No person shall erect any structures, stand or platform, hold any meeting, perform any ceremony, make a speech, address or harangue; exhibit or distribute any sign, placard, notice, declaration or appeal of any kind or description; exhibit any dramatic performance, or the performance in whole or in part of any interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet, play, farce, minstrelsy, dancing, entertainment, motion picture, public fair, circus, juggling, rope walking or any other acrobatics, or show of any kind or nature; or run or race any horse, or other animal, or being in or on a vehicle, race with another vehicle or horse, whether such race be founded on any stake, bet or otherwise, in any park, except by permit.
(2) 
No parade, drill or maneuver of any kind shall be conducted, nor shall any procession form for parade or proceed in any park without a permit.
K. 
Disorderly conduct prohibited. No person shall disobey an order of a Town park ranger, or refuse to obey an order given by an employee of this division designated by the Commission or its representative to give orders and identified by a uniform, badge, or other identification, or disobey the directions of any park sign; use threatening, abusive or insulting language; do any obscene or indecent act; throw stones or any other missiles; annoy persons; interfere with, encumber, obstruct or render dangerous any drive, path, walk, dock, beach or public place; do any act tending to or amounting to a breach of peace; climb upon any structure; enter or leave except at established ways or exits; engage in, instigate, aid or encourage a contention or fight, whether or not ring or prize fight; assault any person; spit upon any walk or structure.
L. 
Park hours. No person except employees of the Commission shall be allowed within the park between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise except under permit.
[Amended 5-23-1988; 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 16-2019]
M. 
Minors. No parents, guardian or custodian of any minor shall willfully permit or allow him to do any act prohibited by this chapter.
N. 
Intoxicants. The possession or consumption of all alcoholic beverages in all Town parks is prohibited.
[Added 11-24-1986; amended 9-19-1988]
A. 
Hunting and fishing.
(1) 
No persons within the confines of the park, except under permit from the Commission or its representative, shall hunt, pursue, trap or in any way molest any wild birds or animals, nor shall any person have any such wild bird or animal in his possession within the park.
(2) 
No person shall fish in any waters on any park except at such times and such places where fishing shall be permitted.
(3) 
No person, except hatchery personnel in performance of regular duties, shall be allowed to take trout, bass, or any other variety of fish by angling, spearing, or any other means, from any trout or bass pools so designated and posted by the Town.
B. 
Bathing, boating and water activities.
(1) 
No person shall bathe, wade, or swim in any waters under the jurisdiction of the Commission or its representative except in such areas as the Commission or its representatives may designate as bathing areas; and at such times the Commission or its representatives may establish; or unless properly garbed in bathing suit or similar garment which shall be safe and suitable for the use intended and which shall prevent any indecent exposure of the person; or in any manner contrary to the instructions of life guards or other bathing supervisors stationed at such designated areas.
(2) 
No person shall dress or undress in automobiles or comfort stations, or any place except the bathing houses maintained by the Commission or its representative for that purpose, and such prohibited dressing or undressing shall include the removal or the donning of any street clothes over a bathing suit except shoes, hose, sweaters, jackets or robes commonly used as temporary and supplemental garments with a bathing suit.
(3) 
No person shall take, use or operate any boat, canoe or small craft maintained for hire by the Commission or its representative unless such craft is engaged and entered at the dock or landing place maintained by the Commission or its representative for that purpose. Going voluntarily overboard from or swimming or bathing from such hired small craft, or using said craft for contests, games, jousting, towing, or racing, is prohibited. The entry or embarkation of passengers in or from said hired craft at places provided, or the beaching of said craft except in storm or emergency for safety reasons, or the portaging of said craft to other waters, or the abandonment of such craft, is prohibited.
(4) 
The use of boating, beach or waterfront facilities, or the engagement in water activities or sports by persons unfit for such use or activity because of age, physical or mental infirmity, either permanent or temporary, intoxication or other impediment; or the participation in such boating, bathing or waterfront activity by any persons in such a manner as to endanger public health and safety, is prohibited; and the Commission or its representative may consider any specific act of the aforesaid nature as disorderly conduct and a prohibited use under this chapter.
C. 
Camping. No camp shall be maintained in any park except under permit, and at such particular places and for such specified periods as may be designated.
D. 
Games. No person shall throw, cast, catch, kick or strike any baseball, golf ball, football, bean bag, discus or shotput or other object except in places designated therefor.
E. 
Coasting, skating, skimobiles and snowmobiles. No person shall coast with handsleds, bobs, carts or other vehicles, on wheels or runners, except at such places as may be designated therefor. No person shall use roller skates, except at such times and upon such places as may be designated therefor, or skate, sled, walk or go upon any ice or ski, except at such times and upon such places as may be designated therefor, and until such ice is declared by or under the authority of the Commission or its representative to be in a safe condition therefor; nor will towing of persons on skis, sleds or skates be allowed.
F. 
Horses. No person shall use, ride or drive a horse except to, from, or along a bridle path, or other designated areas, nor shall any horse be hitched to any shrub, tree or building, nor be walked or ridden on foot paths, foot bridges or stairs within said park.
G. 
Animals at large.
[Amended 5-17-1993; 2-27-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
(1) 
No person shall cause or permit any animal owned by him, in his custody, or under his control, except a dog restrained by a leash not exceeding six feet in length, to enter any park, except by special permit for hunting purposes, and each such animal found at large may be seized and disposed of as provided by law or this Municipal Code covering disposal of stray animals on highways or public property then in effect at the place where such stray animal may be seized.
(2) 
Dogs shall not be allowed in bathing areas or park buildings under any circumstances.
(3) 
Dogs shall not be allowed in the Williams Park during the period of May 1 through October 1.
(4) 
Dogs are not allowed in any Town-owned facility or park, whether at large, leashed, carried or crated, in accordance with the following schedule: (a) on weekdays after 5:00 p.m., from April 15 through November 15; (b) on weekends, year-round, during Town-sponsored events; and (c) on weekends, during youth league activities, from April 15 through November 15. Any person violating this Subsection G(4) shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 but not more than $250.
(5) 
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance within any Town owned facility or park.
(a) 
The person who curbs such dog shall immediately remove, in a suitable container, all feces deposited by such dog.
(b) 
The feces shall be disposed of in a sanitary manner off site by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog curbed.
(c) 
Any person violating this Subsection G(5) shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense, and $200 for each successive offense thereafter.
(6) 
The provisions of this Subsection G(4) shall not apply to any blind person accompanied by a guide dog.
H. 
Picnicking. Picnicking, or the spreading or preparation of picnic meals, at other than areas designated for picnicking is prohibited.
I. 
Motorized vehicles. All forms of motorized vehicles except for personal wheelchairs are hereby prohibited from all Town parks except where such vehicles are permitted in duly designated areas only.
[Added 12-11-2000 by L.L. No. 10-2000; amended 2-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of the park or any building, sign, equipment or other property found therein; nor shall any tree, flower, fern, shrub, rock or other plant or mineral be removed, injured or destroyed; nor shall any person view, approach or enter into or upon any waterfall, gorge, cliff or other natural or scenic feature by any means other than established trails, roads, overlooks and entries provided for such public use, view or entry.
A. 
Pollution of waters. No person shall, within any park, throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into or leave in the waters in any park or in any storm sewer, or drain flowing into said waters in any park, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which may or shall result in the pollution of said waters.
B. 
Garbage, sewerage, refuse and obnoxious material. No person shall deposit in any part of the park any garbage, sewerage, refuse, waste, fruit, vegetables, foodstuffs, paper or other litter or obnoxious material otherwise than in receptacles or pits provided for such purposes, nor shall any person bring into any Town park any garbage or refuse for the purpose of disposing of such garbage or refuse into receptacles provided.
A. 
Vehicles; where prohibited. No person shall drive a vehicle in any park within or upon a safety zone, walk, bridle path, or any part of any park not designated or customarily used for such purpose. No person shall ride a bicycle, tricycle, velocipede or motorcycle upon any walk or footpath.
B. 
Parking. No owner or driver shall cause or permit his vehicle to stand anywhere in any park outside of designated parking spaces, except a reasonable time in a drive to receive or discharge passengers, nor shall any person use any area in the Town parks for the purpose of repairing motor vehicles except under emergency circumstances.
C. 
Obstructing traffic. No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to obstruct traffic by unnecessary stopping or parking.
D. 
Speed limit. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in any park at a rate of speed in excess of 20 miles per hour, or in excess of any lesser rate posted in any zone on any portion of a park road, parking area or other travelable way.
E. 
Obeying officers. Whenever a Town police officer, Town park ranger, or any other peace officer shall indicate or direct, by gesture or otherwise, that the speed of a vehicle shall be checked or stopped, or its course altered, the driver thereof shall immediately obey such directions. The Commission or its designated representatives shall have the right to impound and remove at owner's expense all improperly parked vehicles.
F. 
View into vehicles. Every car driven through any park or parked in any parking space shall have the interior thereof open to full view at all times.
G. 
Prohibiting driving on grass. No person shall ride or drive upon the grass, turf or lawns of said parks except as directed by the Commission or its representative, or except in designated areas.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 41-9, Intoxicants, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 9-19-1988.
No person shall make, use or gain admittance to the facilities in any park or the use of which a charge is made by the Commission or its representative unless he shall pay the charge or price fixed by the Commission or its representatives.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Town police, park rangers or any other authorized peace officer.