[Ord. No. 2010 §1, 10-5-1998]
The Board of Aldermen hereby determines that it is in the best
interest of the City of Pleasant Valley, Missouri, and the citizens
thereof to establish and maintain public parks within the City.
[Ord. No. 2010 §2, 10-5-1998]
There is hereby created a Park and Recreation Board in the City
of Pleasant Valley, Missouri, to be organized as hereinafter set forth.
[Ord. No. 2010 §3, 10-5-1998; Ord. No. 2222 §1, 7-17-2000; Ord. No. 2569 §2, 5-19-2003; Ord. No. 3342, 6-17-2019]
The Park and Recreation Board shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the approval of the Board of Aldermen. The Park and Public Recreation
Board shall consist of five (5) members, only one (1) of which shall
be chosen from the Board of Aldermen. The remaining members shall
be chosen from the citizens at large of the City with reference to
their fitness for such office.
[Ord. No. 2010 §4, 10-5-1998]
The members of the Park and Recreation Board shall serve for
a term of five (5) years or until their successors are appointed and
qualified, except that members first appointed shall be appointed
for such terms that the terms of not more than two (2) of the members
shall expire annually thereafter. The Mayor, by and with the consent
of the Board of Aldermen, may remove any director for misconduct or
neglect of duty.
[Ord. No. 2010 §5, 10-5-1998]
Vacancies in the Park and Recreation Board, occasioned by removal,
resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the Board of Aldermen
and be filled in like manner as original appointments. Any vacancy
shall be filled for the unexpired term. Members of the Park and Recreation
Board shall serve without pay or other compensation.
[Ord. No. 2010 §6, 10-5-1998]
Within fifteen (15) days after their appointment the members
of the Park and Recreation Board shall meet and organize by selecting
one (1) of their members as President and by the election of such
other officers as they may deem necessary. Subject to the approval
of the Board of Aldermen, the Park and Recreation Board shall adopt
and promulgate the rules and regulations for the conduct, administration
and management of the public parks and recreational program.
[Ord. No. 2010 §7, 10-5-1998]
The Park and Recreation Board shall have control, supervision
and charge of all public parks and public recreation facilities or
events and any labor or lots, heretofore or hereafter devised and
bequeathed to the City for park or public recreation purposes, and
shall direct the ornamenting, adorning, laying out and improving of
the grounds of said parks, and for that purpose may employ such workmen
and the purchase or contract for material as they deem necessary;
provided that in no case shall the amount paid for the workmen, or
to be paid for such purchase or contracts exceed the amount of money
annually appropriated for this Park and Recreation Board by the Board
of Aldermen. The Park and Recreation Board shall collect all rents
from any building on said park and shall deposit it in the Park Fund
in the City Treasury.
[Ord. No. 2010 §8, 10-5-1998]
The Board may employ some qualified and competent persons as
park custodians to maintain and modernize said park as deemed necessary.
Said duties of the park custodians shall be approved by the Mayor
and the Board of Aldermen. The salary of such custodians shall be
set by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 2010 §9, 10-5-1998]
All receipts on account of the Park Fund, whether arising from
rentals, donations, sale of any part thereof of any lands so willed
and devised by any persons to the City, shall be exclusively expended
and applied under direction and control of the Park and Recreation
Board with the prior consent and approval of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 3319, 12-17-2018]
The hours of use of all City of Pleasant Valley parks, which
include Hanson Park and Valley Park, shall be from 6:00 A.M to 10:00
P.M., seven (7) days a week.
[Ord. No. 3319, 12-17-2018]
A.
Rules.
1.
Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the park.
2.
Alcohol is prohibited in the park.
3.
All park premises shall be closed to the public from 10:00 P.M. until
6:00 A.M. of the next day.
4.
There shall be no littering.
5.
There shall be no destruction or vandalism of facilities or premises. Vandalism is willfully injuring, damaging, mutilating, defacing, removing, destroying or impairing the use of any property without the consent of the owner. Vandalism or property damage in the park is considered an ordinance violation and will be prosecuted under the provisions of Chapter 210 of this Code.
6.
Any activity or conduct that is or could be injurious or disturbing
to residents surrounding the park area is hereby prohibited.
7.
Firearms and fireworks are not allowed on Parks and Recreation operated
areas except when permission is gained from the Department.
B.
These
rules shall be posted to said park premises.
