The following regulations are hereby established for the management
of all public park, playground, recreation and open space lands owned
and/or leased by the Borough of Sellersville.
A. No littering. No person shall dispose of any waste except in receptacles
designated for refuse. All persons using said public lands shall dispose
of all refuse left by them in the refuse receptacles provided by the
Borough of Sellersville.
B. Indecent language, gambling, and immoral actions are prohibited within
all such public lands.
C. No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, posted regulation,
plant, tree, shrub, sign, structure, equipment or material.
D. Speed limits for all motor vehicles of any kind whatsoever shall
be 10 miles per hour, and all such motor vehicles shall be restricted
to designated roadways and parking areas only.
E. No motor-propelled watercraft shall be permitted on any waterway
within any public lands of the Borough of Sellersville.
F. Fires may be built in the designated areas only.
G. No pet is permitted to run at large. All pets shall be supervised
and restrained by a leash.
[Amended 1-13-2014 by Ord. No. 690]
H. All alcoholic and/or malt beverages, narcotics and/or other dangerous
drugs are prohibited at all times in any public lands of the Borough
of Sellersville.
I. Horseback riding shall be permitted only on designated trails.
J. Hunting
and target shooting is prohibited. The use of bows and arrows shall
be permitted only in designated posted areas. No person, other than
a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of his or her duties,
shall discharge any firearm except as permitted under state law.
[Amended 1-13-2014 by Ord. No. 690]
K. Organized and supervised camping shall be permitted in designated
areas only. All such organized and supervised overnight camping is
subject to a permit issued by the Borough office and the payment of
any fee required by resolution of the Sellersville Borough Council.
L. All public parks, playgrounds, recreation areas and open space areas
close at dusk, except for activities sanctioned by the Sellersville
Park and Recreation Board or the Sellersville Borough Council.
M. Off-road
vehicles are prohibited in all public parks, playgrounds, and recreation
and open space lands owned or leased by the Borough.
[Added 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 747]
(1) As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle designed for off-road use to travel on
not less than three low-pressure tires, having a seat or saddle designed
to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.
MOTORIZED DIRT BIKE
A motorized two-wheeled vehicle capable of cross-country
travel on natural terrain without the benefit of a road or trail but
excluding an electric bicycle.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
An all-terrain vehicle, motorized dirt bike, snowmobile,
or similar motorized vehicle.
SNOWMOBILE
A motor vehicle designed for travel primarily on snow or
ice of the type that utilizes sled-type runners or skis, a track,
belt, tread, or any combination of those or other similar means of
contact with the surface upon which it is operated.
[Amended 7-7-1997 by Ord. No. 604; 10-12-2015 by Ord. No. 703]
This chapter shall be enforced by a criminal action in the same
manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. A person convicted of violating
this chapter shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000
per violation, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred
by the Borough of Sellersville, or to imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both. Violations of more than one provision of this chapter
shall constitute separate violations. Each day that a violation of
any provision of this chapter continues or occurs shall constitute
a separate violation.