[R.O. 2012 §230.090; CC 1979 §21-8; Ord. No. A-1934 §§1 — 3, 7-9-1962]
A. The public
parks and public golf course of the City, including North Park, shall
be closed daily from the hour of 11:00 P.M. until thirty (30) minutes
after sunrise the following day.
B. No person
shall enter, remain or be upon the grounds or in the buildings of
the public parks or golf course during the hours in which such public
parks and golf course are closed, except when special permission is
granted by the Park Superintendent.
C. The Park
Superintendent may grant special permission for persons to be, remain
or enter the public parks or golf course, and the grounds and buildings
thereof, after closing hours, when such persons are members of an
organized group desiring to conduct activities in the public parks
or golf course, and when one individual who is a member of or in charge
of such group shall agree to be responsible to determine that the
members of such group leave such premises upon the termination of
the activities of such group and the Park Superintendent determines
that the activities of such group will not be detrimental to or damage
the parks or golf course facilities. Such special permission shall
be granted only upon written application to the Park Superintendent
designating the group desiring to use such facilities after closing
hours, the activities to be conducted and the number in the group
and designating an individual to be responsible to determine that
the members of such group leave such premises upon the termination
of the activities of such group.
[R.O. 2012 §230.100; CC 1979 §21-9; Ord. No. 728 §1, 6-3-1924; Ord. No. A-5497 §1, 4-10-1992]
A. No person
in any City park shall:
1. Enter
or leave the park, except by the walks, paths or drives.
2. Lead
or allow to be loose any animal upon park premises; except, that dogs
may be led or carried but not allowed loose.
3. Throw
stones or missiles by hand or otherwise, carry or discharge firearms
or set off any fireworks or similar things in the park.
4. Cut,
mark, break or climb upon, or in any way deface the trees, shrubs,
plants or turf, or any of the buildings, fences, bridges, signs, placards
or notices, or any structure or property within or upon park premises.
5. Bring
upon any park premises any tree, shrub or plant, any newly plucked
branch or any portion of a tree, shrub or plant.
6. Race
with horses, automobiles, motorcycles or bicycles.
7. Ride
or drive faster than ten (10) miles an hour within the City park.
8. Drive
any animal or vehicles anywhere in the City park, except in the drives,
or to allow them to stand unattended, except at parking or hitching
places especially provided for such purposes.
9. Obstruct
the drives or paths.
10. Stand
or keep in or upon any park premises, without special permission in
writing from the Superintendent of Parks, any horse, burro or other
animal, or any hack, carriage, automobile or other vehicle for the
purpose of hire or solicitation of patronage.
11. Solicit
patronage for any vehicle for hire upon any park premises, without
special permission in writing from the Superintendent of Parks.
12. Drive
or take any job or freight wagon in or upon any of the park premises,
except those in park employ, private wagons or motor vehicles conveying
families and persons, or upon special written permission.
13. Trail
vehicles, use threatening, abusive, insulting, indecent, obscene or
profane language or be guilty of drunkenness, fighting or quarreling
or indecency in or upon the City park.
14. Lie,
lounge or sleep on the benches or lie in indecent positions on the
benches or the ground.
15. Tell
fortunes or play games of chance, or offer any article or thing for
sale, except by written permission.
16. Distribute
or expose any kind of circulars or advertisements or post, stencil
or otherwise affix any notice or bills or other paper upon any structure,
fence, tree or thing in or about the park premises, park drives, roads
or boulevards.
17. Shoot
at, catch or disturb any water fowl or other birds belonging to, preserved
in or being in or about the park.
18. Touch,
molest or destroy the nests of any birds, or the eggs therein, within
the park.
19. Take,
carry or display any flag, banner, target or transparency or fly any
kite within or upon the park, or parade, drill or perform therein
any military or other evolution or movements as a military unit, target
company, civic group or otherwise, without written permission.
20. Light,
make or use any fire therein at any place, except such as may be designated
by the Superintendent of the City park for that purpose.
21. Go
on foot or otherwise upon the grass, lawn or turf of the park, wherever
the sign "Keep Off the Grass" is shown.
22. Fishing regulation. No fishing shall be permitted in the
Monett City Park between January first (1st) and May twenty-ninth
(29th) in any calendar year. Between May thirty (30) and December
thirty-first (31st) in any calendar year, fishing shall be permitted
during normal park hours only upon the following terms and conditions:
a. No
fishing shall be permitted by anyone over fifteen (15) years of age.
b. Any
person over the age of fifteen (15) years who shall fish in the Monett
City Park shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be punished
as provided herein.
[R.O. 2012 §230.101; Ord. No. 8143, 8-20-2012]
A. The smoking
of cigarettes, cigars, pipe or any other form of tobacco product shall
be prohibited in the City of Monett's North Park except at the following
designated smoking areas: the vehicular parking areas directly south
of Field Nos. 1, 2 and 3; the vehicular parking area directly south
of Field No. 6; and the vehicular parking areas directly west of Field
No. 4.
B. The Parks
Division of the Public Works Department is hereby authorized and directed
to place signage in highly visible locales throughout the North Park
informing the public that smoking is prohibited except in the aforesaid
designated areas.
C. The Monett
Youth Baseball and Softball League, Monett R-1 School District and
any other approved event organizer is hereby permitted to make periodic
announcements at its organized events that smoking is prohibited in
North Park except at the aforesaid designated locations.
D. Any person
found to have repeatedly violated this Section, upon having been made
aware of its provisions by City personnel or approved event organizers
as aforementioned shall be ordered to leave the park by any City personnel
or any approved event organizer including, but not limited to, Monett
Youth Baseball and Softball League, Monett R-1 School District, Monett
Area YMCA.
E. For purposes
of this Section, an "approved event organizer" shall
be defined as any group of five (5) or more people having reserved,
with the consent of the City, the use of an area or areas within North
Park for a limited length of time and organized purpose; having reserved
such areas of North Park as are appropriate for the proposed use.
[R.O. 2012 §230.110; CC 1979 §21-10; Ord. No. 728 §2, 6-3-1924]
No flowers, plants or shrubs shall be taken or given away from
the park, without written permission.
[R.O. 2012 §230.120; CC 1979 §21-11; Ord. No. 728 §3, 6-3-1924]
No gatherings shall be permitted in the park without the written
permission of the Park Superintendent.
[R.O. 2012 §230.130; CC 1979 §21-12; Ord. No. 728 §4, 6-3-1924]
Except in the Park Casino and Public Golf Course, no intoxicating
liquors shall be allowed to be sold or given away or to be brought
into, used or drunk within the City park.
[R.O. 2012 §230.140; CC 1979 §21-13; Ord. No. 728 §5, 6-3-1924]
No person shall drop, throw or place any wastepaper, straw,
dirt, weeds, ashes, solid waste, swill or other rubbish, though not
offensive to health, in or upon any park property, driveway or road
under the control of the Superintendent of Parks, or any part thereof.
[R.O. 2012 §230.150; CC 1979 §21-14; Ord. No. 728 §6, 6-3-1924]
No person shall be permitted to build or place any tent, building,
booth, stand or other structure in any park, driveway or road under
the control of the Superintendent of Parks, without first obtaining
the written permission of the Superintendent of Parks.
[R.O. 2012 §230.160; CC 1979 §21-15; Ord. No. 728 §7, 6-3-1924]
No person shall dig, injure or tear up any sidewalk, crosswalk,
grass plot or roadway, or any part thereof, or any part of any parking
driveway or road, or dig down into, expose or tear up, disconnect
or connect with any water pipes or sewers in the park or in or under
any parking, driveway or road under the control of the Superintendent
of Parks, without having first obtained his/her written permission.
[R.O. 2012 §230.170; CC 1979 §21-16; Ord. No. 728 §8, 6-3-1924]
No person shall move any building along, across or upon any
park, driveway or road under the control of the Superintendent of
Parks, without having first obtained permission.
[R.O. 2012 §230.180; CC 1979 §21-17; Ord. No. 728 §9, 6-3-1924]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in driving, within
or upon the driveways or roads under the control of the Superintendent
of Parks, crushed stone, sand, gravel, sawdust, ashes, cinders, lime,
shavings, wastepaper, mortar, earth, coal, bricks, stone, rubbish,
manure or other loose material likely to sift, fall or be blown upon
such park or street, except in tight boxes or in vehicles securely
covered with canvas and filled only to water level. In case any such
materials fall or are scattered upon any park, driveway or road under
the control of the Superintendent of Parks, such person shall cause
them to be forthwith removed.
[R.O. 2012 §230.190; CC 1979 §21-18; Ord. No. 728 §10, 6-3-1924]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause any cart, wagon
or other vehicle to be loaded and heaped up so that the contents,
or any part thereof, shall be scattered within or upon any park, driveway
or road under the control of the Superintendent of Parks.
[R.O. 2012 §230.210; CC 1979 §21-20; Ord. No. 728 §12, 6-3-1924]
All provisions of this Code and other ordinances of the City,
where applicable, shall apply and be in force in the public park of
the City, and the Police Department is authorized and empowered to
enforce all such provisions or ordinances, including this Chapter,
in the public park as well as in other portions of the City limits.