[R.O. 1991 § 250.010; CC 1978 § 26.010]
No vehicles of any description or any kind, including motor vehicles, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor bikes, motor scooters, bicycles, or other vehicles of whatever kind or nature shall be driven or operated within any of the public parks in the City of Vandalia, or as otherwise excepted herein, except upon the driveways in said parks provided for such traffic. Provided, this shall not apply to City maintenance trucks, tractors or mowers used in the maintenance of said public parks or to parking vehicles in said parks immediately adjacent to any driveway therein.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.020; CC 1978 § 26.020]
No park facilities shall be used for the washing of any vehicle of any kind or kinds, including motor vehicles, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor bikes, motor scooters, bicycles, or other vehicles of whatsoever kind or nature, and no such vehicle shall be washed in any public park within the City of Vandalia.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.030; CC 1978 § 26.030]
No vehicle of any kind, including motor vehicles, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor bikes, motor scooters, bicycles, or other vehicles of any kind whatsoever shall be operated or driven upon the driveways of any of the public parks in the City of Vandalia.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.040; CC 1978 § 26.040]
No person or persons shall injure, deface, damage or destroy any building, recreational equipment, fence, gates, signs, trees, ornamental boxes or shade trees, shrubberies, lamp-posts, or any other property owned by the City of Vandalia located in said public park in the City of Vandalia, for the use, convenience and accommodation of the public.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.050; Ord. No. 458 § 12, 10-7-1980]
All parks belonging to and/or leased by the City of Vandalia shall be closed to the public at 11:00 P.M. and shall remain closed to the public to the hour of 6:00 A.M. Any person found within any park after said parks are closed shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.060; Ord. No. 458 § 4, 10-7-1980; Ord. No. 506 § I, 3-6-1984]
A. 
No person or persons shall willfully have in his or her possession or consume any intoxicating beverages in any public park in the City of Vandalia, and every person so convicted thereof shall be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation.
B. 
The Board of Aldermen may issue a temporary permit to a bona fide organization wishing to establish a place in a City park for the purpose of the sale of beer in a setting such as a "beer garden" in conjunction with an approved community program of events that is scheduled for at least six (6) days within the City limits of Vandalia. If such "beer garden" permit is granted by the Board of Aldermen it is understood that all beer is to be sold for consumption within the bounds of the garden and shall not be taken out of the said boundaries of the garden, which boundaries shall be plainly and clearly marked by a fence or other method of indicating the boundaries of said "beer garden." Any violation of this regulation will be cause for revoking the permit and ending any permit to sell beer within the garden.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.070; Ord. No. 424 § 1, 1-9-1979; Ord. No. 455 § 1, 7-1-1980]
A. 
The Weldon (Pete) Steiner Reservoir and Lake is hereby provided for certain activities upon grounds owned by the City of Vandalia and described as follows, to-wit:
1. 
The northwest fourth (NW1/4) of the southeast quarter (SE1/4) of Section twelve (12), in Township fifty-three (53) north, of Range five (5) west of the fifth Principal Meridian, in the County of Pike and State of Missouri.
2. 
All of the southeast one-fourth (SE1/4) of the southwest one-fourth (SW1/4) of Section twelve (12) in Township fifty-three (53) north, of Range five (5) west; also the northeast one-fourth (NE1/4) of the northwest one-fourth (NW1/4) of Section thirteen (13), in Township fifty-three (53) north, of Range five (5) west in the County of Pike and State of Missouri.
3. 
All of a tract of land containing forty (40) acres being part of the northwest fractional quarter of Section nineteen (19), Township fifty-three (53) north, Range four (4) west, described as follows, to-wit: beginning at the northwest corner of the northwest fractional quarter of Section nineteen (19) and thence south with the west line two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) feet to a point; thence east a distance of six hundred sixty (660) feet to a point; thence north two thousand six hundred forty (2,640) feet; to a point being the northeast corner of this tract; thence west a distance six hundred sixty (660) feet to the place of beginning.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.080; Ord. No. 455 § 2, 7-1-1980; Ord. No. 498 § 1, 8-9-1983]
A. 
The above tracts of land are subjected to the following regulations:
1. 
Use of gasoline motors not to exceed ten horsepower (10 H.P.)
2. 
Use of certain area for camping and picnic area. Area to be kept clean by users.
3. 
Restricted area for picnics only.
4. 
The load limit for the bridge on the North South gravel road at the west edge of the reservoir is twelve (12) tons.
5. 
Employees of City or a contractor performing work at the reservoir involving use of a boat must wear life jackets.
[R.O. 1991 § 250.090; Ord. No. 455 § 3, 7-1-1980; Ord. No. 653 §§ I – II, 4-14-1992]
A. 
The following activity is prohibited in the above tracts of land:
1. 
Swimming in lake or pond area.
2. 
Use of firearms.
3. 
Hunting of any type.
4. 
Cutting of any trees without permission.
5. 
Any activity on the dam structure or pumping area.
6. 
Leaving boats at lake area overnight.
7. 
Removal of any channel cat less than twelve (12) inches long.
8. 
The daily limit of channel cat shall be two (2) in possession.
9. 
Dumping any waste material of any kind, in lake or on the grounds except in containers placed for said purpose.
10. 
No fires in any area except those areas so designated for fire area.