[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Green Island 9-28-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The following rules and regulations apply to all parks, fields
and land under the control and care of the Village of Green Island.
A.
No person shall enter or exit any Green Island park except through
designated areas.
B.
Hours.
(1)
All Green Island parks shall normally be opened daily to the public
during the specific hours posted at each area. It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons (other than Village of Green Island personnel
conducting Village business) to occupy or be present in any Green
Island park during any hours in which a Green Island park is not open
to the public without written authorization from the Mayor or Board
of Trustees of the Village of Green Island.
(2)
Any section or part of a Green Island park may be declared closed
to the public (motor vehicle and/or pedestrian traffic) by the Mayor,
Board of Trustees of the Village of Green Island, any Village of Green
Island police officer or the head of the Department of Parks and Recreation
of the Village of Green Island at any time and for any interval of
time, either temporarily or at regular or stated intervals.
C.
No person shall dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass,
ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse
or other trash in any Green Island park. No such refuse or trash shall
be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any Green Island park
or left anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the
proper receptacles where these are provided. Where receptacles are
not so provided, all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from
the park by the person or persons responsible for its presence and
properly disposed of elsewhere.
D.
No person shall willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper
with, displace or remove any buildings, bridges, tables, benches,
fireplaces, railings, paving or paving materials, waterlines or other
public utilities or parts thereof, signs, notices or placards, whether
temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary
markers or other structures or equipment, facilities or Green Island
park property whatsoever, either real or personal.
E.
No person shall cook or picnic in a place other than those designated
for that purpose. No person cooking or picnicking shall leave the
picnic area before a fire is completely extinguished and before all
trash in the nature of boxes, paper, cans, bottles, garbage and other
refuse is placed in the disposal receptacles where provided. Where
no such trash receptacles are available, refuse or trash shall be
carried away from the park area by the picnicker to be properly disposed
of elsewhere.
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person in any Green Island park to breach
or disturb the peace or commit other disorderly conduct offensive
to the general public, endanger the safety of any person by such conduct
or act commit assault or battery or engage in fighting or violate
any rule for the use of the Green Island parks or prevent any person
from using any Green Island park or any of its facilities or interfere
with such use in compliance with these rules and regulations. No person
shall carry, possess or drink any alcoholic beverage within any Green
Island park without written authorization from the Mayor or Board
of Trustees of the Village of Green Island. No person shall be drunk
in any Green Island park.
G.
No person shall drive or park any motorized vehicle within any Green
Island park, except upon a street, driveway or parking lot, or park
or leave any such vehicle on any place other than one established
for public parking. All operators of motor vehicles shall obey the
regulatory signs unless otherwise directed by a police officer or
other person in charge of Green Island parks. No person shall willfully
obstruct the passage of vehicles within Green Island parks. Whenever
any group, association, organization or individual desires to use
Green Island park facilities for a particular purpose, such as picnics,
parties, parades, games, fairs, carnivals, bazaars, concerts, gifts
or solicitation, a representative of such group, association, organization
or individual shall first obtain a written permit from the Mayor or
Board of Trustees for such purpose.
I.
No person shall place any commercial signs or announce, advertise
or call to the public attention in any way any articles or services
for sale or hire in any Green Island park without prior written approval
from the Mayor or Board of Trustees of the Village of Green Island.
J.
No person shall have in his or her possession any weapon, firearm,
fireworks or other explosive in any Green Island park except duly
appointed peace officers without prior written authorization from
the Mayor or Board of Trustees of the Village of Green Island.
K.
No person shall bring any animal into any Green Island park. No person
may hunt, shoot or trap any animals or birds within any Green Island
park.
L.
All persons within Green Island parks shall obey the lawful directions
of regulatory signs, police officers or other persons in charge of
the Green Island parks. No person shall engage in special activities,
including flying model airplanes, golf practice, ice skating, games
and picnics, except at locations specifically designated for such
activities by the Mayor or the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Green Island.
Whoever violates any of the rules and regulations for Green
Island parks shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 and
not more than $250, to be paid to the Treasurer of the Village of
Green Island and credited to the General Fund of the Village of Green
Island.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
If a violation of this chapter shall occur in the presence of a police
officer, he shall issue an appearance ticket as set forth in §§ 150.10
through 150.75 of the Criminal Procedure Law, and if such violation
shall not occur in the presence of an officer he shall issue an appearance
ticket as set forth in §§ 150.10 through 150.75 of
the Criminal Procedure Law based upon a written statement by the complainant.
