The parks and recreation facilities owned or leased by the Township
for recreational purposes, hereinafter referred to as "areas," shall
be governed by the rules and regulations contained herein. The areas
shall consist of the following locations, and any other such locations
as the Board of Supervisors shall, from time to time, designate:
A. Carroll Township Community Park: located at 465 Burn Hill Road, Shermans
Dale, Carroll Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
B. Valley Road Park: located on State Route 850 at 4457 Valley Road,
Carroll Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
Rules and regulations are hereby promulgated to be effective
five days after adoption and to apply to the use of the areas. The
Recreation Board and/or the Board of Supervisors are authorized to
prepare additional rules and regulations that shall not conflict with
the rules and regulations set forth herein.
Unless otherwise authorized by the Township, the areas are open
to the public between dawn and dusk.
The following acts and conduct are prohibited in the areas:
A. Possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
C. Smoking or the use of any tobacco products except in designated areas.
D. Boisterous, immoral, indecent, obscene or disorderly conduct.
E. Discarding of trash, garbage, or other litter, except into containers
provided for that purpose.
F. Damaging, defacing, destroying, or removing any Township-owned property,
sign, structure, equipment, or other material; driving nails or other
hardware into trees.
G. Posting of signs, distributing, selling, servicing or renting of
any supplies, equipment, material, or commodity whatsoever, or soliciting
for any purposes, without authorization from the Township Supervisors
or Township Recreation Board.
H. Operating, stopping, or parking of any vehicle, except on designated
roads, trails, or areas.
I. Operating any vehicle or bicycle in a reckless or negligent manner,
in excess of the posted speed limit of 10 miles per hour, or in such
a manner as to become a nuisance to other users.
J. All recreational vehicles including the following: motorcycles, motorbikes,
all-terrain vehicles, motor-driven cycles, motor scooters, motorized
pedacycles, three-wheelers, snowmobiles, and any other like or similar
form of motorized propulsion, as well as any motor vehicles, whether
or not same is required to be licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This shall not apply to wheelchairs, either manually operated or power
driven, or to other power-driven mobility devices when used by individuals
with disabilities as defined by The Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA).
L. Hunting, trapping, training of hunting dogs, feeding or harming wildlife
and/or waterfowl or annoying, striking, injuring, maiming or killing
any animal or bird.
M. Camping, use of all fires, except in designated areas and facilities.
No fires shall be left unattended nor charcoal deposited or discarded.
N. All animals and/or pets of whatever nature or type. The walking of
dogs on a leash or similar restraints shall be allowed. In accordance
with Pennsylvania Dog Law, all dogs must be licensed and under control,
and must not be allowed to run at large. Dogs are personal property,
and owners are responsible for damages caused by their dog. Dogs are
permitted only in designated areas, and specifically not allowed on
playground areas or athletic fields. Owners must provide for and clean
up after their dogs accordingly. This provision shall not apply to
service animals (dogs or miniature horses that have been individually
trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities)
when accompanying individuals with disabilities as defined by The
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
O. Meetings, conferences, rallies or assemblages for any lawful purpose
of over five persons unless approval is obtained from the Board of
Supervisors or the Recreation Board, stating the name of the organization,
purpose, number of persons, expected duration, and the names or persons
in charge. This section shall not apply to authorized sports associations
and other scheduled sport association events.
P. The use of roller skates, speed skates or skate boards except in
designated areas.
The Recreation Board shall have the authority to establish priority
and to schedule all events in designated areas.
All laws, rules and regulations pertaining to fishing in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall apply to fishing in recreation
areas and the provisions thereof are hereby incorporated herein by
reference thereto.
Area facilities which become hazardous for public use due to
weather, water, fire, or unforeseeable conditions may be closed at
the discretion of the Township Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors shall post the park rules and regulations
in public view at conspicuous places in the recreational facilities
operated by the township.