It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village of Allouez
to regulate and control the operation and parking of any motor vehicle
on public park grounds; to prevent loitering or lounging in public
park grounds during certain hours; to prevent injury to trees, plants,
and other vegetation or to any Village property found on public park
grounds; to prevent the building of fires in places other than approved
grills or fireplaces on public park grounds; to prevent littering
and disorderly conduct on public park grounds; and to enforce posted
rules, regulations and ordinances of the Village and its Department
of Parks, Recreation and Forestry for the use or enjoyment of any
facilities upon such public grounds.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Park any motor vehicle upon such public park grounds except within
the limits of clearly marked parking areas, and except as allowed
by permit issued by the Village Board.
B. Operate any vehicle upon such public park grounds except upon clearly
marked public roadways.
C. Operate any vehicle upon any roadway within the limits of such public
park grounds at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
D. Park any vehicle upon such public park grounds between the hours
of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following morning, except as allowed
by permit issued by the Village Board.
E. Operate any off-road vehicle, minibike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV),
utility terrain vehicle (UTV), or similar vehicle on or within public
park grounds.
F. Operate a snowmobile on or within public park grounds except on a
designated snowmobile trail.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride a horse
upon public park grounds, except upon clearly marked public roadways.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Loiter
or lounge upon public park grounds between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m. of the following morning except as allowed by permit
issued by the Village Board or its designee.
B. Camp on
public park grounds, except as allowed by permit issued by the Village
Board or its designee.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Disturb, molest, deface, remove, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant
or natural growth on public park grounds.
B. Carve or paint on any rock, sign, wall or structure on public park
grounds.
C. Drive any nail into any tree on public park grounds.
D. Injure or deface in any manner any park building, public facility,
sign, fence, table or other Village property on public park grounds.
E. Dig into or break up the ground surface anywhere in any public park
grounds except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board or
its designee.
It shall be unlawful for any person to build any fires upon
public park grounds, except in a fireplace or approved grill, or to
dispose of live embers of any fire where they may start a grass or
forest fire or endanger public health or safety.
It shall be unlawful for any person who is upon public park
grounds to leave, throw or break any bottle, box, can, garbage or
other object except in a clearly marked refuse receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any persons to be intoxicated, use
profane language, practice rowdiness, set off fireworks, or otherwise
conduct themselves in a disorderly manner upon any public park grounds.
Any park or part thereof may be declared closed to the public
by the Village Board or its designee, at any time and for any interval
of time, either temporarily or at regular or stated intervals. It
shall be unlawful for any person to enter or be present in any park
or portion thereof which has been closed to the public unless a permit
has been obtained from the Village Board or its designee.
Golf is prohibited in all parks.
Mechanical rides, dunk tanks, inflatables, or other temporary
structures are prohibited except for programs that have obtained a
permit from the Village Board or its designee and have placed a certificate
of liability insurance on file naming the Village as an additional
insured.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse or neglect
to obey any regulation, posted rule or ordinance of the Village or
its Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry pertaining to the
use and enjoyment of any facilities upon such public grounds.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties imposed by §
1-3 of this Code.