[Amended 10-27-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
The legislative intent and purpose of this chapter is to provide a framework for the use of parks and recreation areas owned, operated, or under the control of the Town of Colonie. This chapter shall be enforced together with Chapter
79 of the Town of Colonie Town Code.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, and all other terms and words shall be given their
common meanings:
BICYCLE
Every device propelled by the feet acting upon pedals and
having wheels any two of which are more than 14 inches in diameter.
BICYCLE PATH/BIKE PATH
An off-street route especially designed for bicycles to be
used by bicyclists only, as designated by official signs or markers.
CURB
The lateral boundaries of that portion of a street, designed
for the use of vehicles, whether marked by a curb or not.
DOG PARKS
A fenced-in area within a Town-owned property designated
and approved for dog exercise, where dogs are allowed off leash while
under the direct supervision of their owner(s). Owners are subject
to all state and local laws, rules and regulations that govern dogs.
DRIVER/OPERATOR
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle.
MINIBIKE
A two-wheeled motorized vehicle with less than twenty-inch
wheels usually designed for trails and off-street use.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which
is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires,
but not operated upon rails.
MOTORBIKE
A vehicle of the bicycle or tricycle type propelled by a
motor.
PARK or PARKS
All parks, parkland, pocket parks, bicycle paths, playgrounds,
athletic fields, swimming pools, golf courses, beaches, canals, bays,
lagoons, or inlets, Town-owned lands such as designated nature areas
and land under water owned by the Town of Colonie and other recreation
areas under the jurisdiction of the Town Board, such other rights
and appurtenances as the Town Board may utilize, whether the same
be now or hereafter owned or acquired by the Town of Colonie in fee
or otherwise, including all land under, and space above, the surface
of the ground.
RESIDENT
A person who resides in the Town of Colonie or pays real
property taxes to the Town of Colonie.
STREET/HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
The admission to any Town park shall be subject to the payment
of such fees and charges as the Town Board may, from time to time,
establish by resolution.
The use of any Town park shall be subject to any rules and regulations
for the safe, proper and efficient operation of any park or parks
as the Parks and Recreation Committee may promulgate. Any such rules
and regulations shall be posted where applicable in a conspicuous
place.
Equipment and facilities designed for obvious and common usage
shall be put to such commonly intended use and none other. Nonintended
uses are prohibited if they may occasion damage or excessive wear,
inhibit others from using the parks as intended, or which use would
likely, in the opinion of the Parks and Recreation Department, subject
the user and/or others to injury.
Town parks shall be opened and closed at the times and hours
designated by the Parks and Recreation Department and said hours shall
be posted at each park.
No person shall kindle, build, maintain or use a fire within
the confines of any park except in devices designed for that purpose.
No person shall remove any grill placed in the park by the Town from
the location where placed by the Town to any other location within
or without the park. No fuel may be used for any fire in any park
grill except charcoal or sterno. Gas grills are not permitted.
Golf course cards and pool passes (individual, monthly, family
season) which are lost, mutilated or destroyed will be replaced in
the first instance free of charge. For each succeeding replacement
thereafter, a fee will be charged.
No person shall tent a camp or erect or maintain a tent, lean-to,
shelter or camp in any park except by special permit of the Parks
and Recreation Department.
Ice skating will be permitted in designated areas only and only
when the ice has been approved and posted for same.
Skiing, downhill or cross-country, will be permitted in designated
areas only and only at times posted therefor.
The enforcement of this chapter and any rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto will be by the Police Department and
the Parks and Recreation Department and such persons as may be from
time to time authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Colonie.