[Amended 7-21-1981 by Ord. No. 81-30]
Except as provided in §§
302-4 and
302-5, no person shall drive or cause to be driven any motor vehicle, moped, or other motor-driven bicycle or vehicle of any kind, within any portion of any public park within the City.
The provisions of §
302-3 hereof shall not apply to vehicles owned by the City or vehicles operated by employees of the City while conducting or in the course of attending to official business of the City nor shall it apply to vehicles attending to or meeting an emergency affecting human life, health or safety or property.
The Recreation Director of the City shall be, and he hereby
is, authorized to permit vehicles to enter one or more public parks
at places and times to be designated by him in connection with specific
activities to be conducted within such park or parks. The Recreation
Director is further authorized to delegate said authority to such
subordinate employee within the Recreation Department of the City
as he may designate in writing.
Signs advising that vehicles are not permitted within public
parks shall be posted in prominent places within, adjacent to and
outside of such parks.
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days, or both.