This chapter shall be known as the "Chestnuthill Township Park
and Recreation Areas Ordinance."
This chapter shall regulate the general rules and regulations
for all parks and recreation areas. Additionally, it will enable the
Board of Supervisors to establish rules and regulations relating to
activities and users of the Chestnuthill Township Park and recreation
areas. The Supervisors shall adopt via resolution rules and regulations
that apply to specific Township park and recreation areas.
The possession, distribution and/or consumption of alcoholic
or intoxicating beverages or illegal drugs is strictly prohibited
throughout all Township park and recreation areas.
The Township may from time to time restrict access to certain
areas under construction or designated for further development. Written
notice of restricted access will be posted at the Township Administration
Building, at the Community Center Building, at and at appropriate
locations.
The Township may enforce the terms of this chapter through appropriate
signage and reference to this chapter, as may be amended. Signage
shall not be a prerequisite to enforcement.
The use of all ball fields, playground equipment, barbecue pits
and other outdoor equipment shall be subject to published rules and
regulations which the Township reserves the right to adopt, supplement
or modify from time to time via resolution.
In addition to other prohibited conduct set forth in this chapter,
the following conduct is expressly prohibited:
A. No person shall conduct himself or herself in a disorderly, immoral
or harassing manner, use indecent or obscene language or damage or
destroy the property, buildings, fixtures, equipment, signs or other
man-made material in the park.
B. No person shall violate any rule or regulation authorized by this
chapter, provided that same is adopted by the Board of Supervisors
and conspicuously posted in accordance with Act 60 of 1995, Article
XXII, Section 2203.
C. No person shall remove any bench, seat or table from the park or
change the location thereof without permission from the Township.
D. No person shall set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of
any article whatsoever within the limits of the park without the written
consent of the Township, which shall have authority to refuse such
consent in any instance.
E. No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, rule or regulation
posted at any place within the park by authority of the Township,
nor shall any person post, at any place within the park, any notice
or placard other than by authority of the Township.
F. No person shall climb any tree or sit, stand or walk on any park
sign, park structure or park building not customarily utilized for
such purposes.
G. No person shall erect tents, shacks, shelters, trailers or any other
structure for overnight camping or otherwise without express Township
approval.
The Board of Supervisors may adopt site-specific rules and regulations
for individual park and recreation areas. The site-specific rules
and regulation will be adopted via resolution and conspicuously posted
in accordance Act 60 of 1995.