[Ord. No. 316, 5/29/2018[1]]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Supplee Park contains a baseball/softball athletic field, identified
as the area bounded by the baseball backstop, foul pole screens and
benches, the clay infield, extending to the turf outfield area between
the foul pole lines, contained interior to the blacktop walking path.
Dimensions are based on the specifications established by Little
League International. The distance between base paths is 60 feet.
The distance from the back of home plate to the outfield is 200 feet.
This field is designated only for the play of children 12 years old
and below in baseball or softball. No use is permitted for thirteen-year-olds
or above, including adults.
Supplee Park contains a multi-sport athletic field, identified
as the area bounded by the turf area between the baseball foul pole
lines with a width that does not encroach on the clay infield of the
baseball athletic field and is contained interior to the blacktop
walking path.
Both fields overlap and utilize the same area of Supplee Park.
Simultaneous, organized use of both fields is prohibited.
Any number of people sharing something in common, such as
an interest or belief, or athletic competition, or organizational
charter. This includes participants, spectators, referees or umpires,
adult and youth sport leagues, associations or partnerships.
A specific person, not part of any group.
An individual who resides outside of the Borough, or a group
whose business address is outside of the Borough or conducts their
primary group activities at a location outside the Borough boundaries.
Recognized organizations or groups, associations legally
organized as a nonprofit or service organization, will be charged
the resident fee charges, regardless of residency or location of activities.
Dublin Borough Municipal Building public meeting room, or
other public meeting places owned by Dublin Borough.
Athletic fields, athletic courts, pavilions, open grass/lawn
areas, picnic tables, barbeque grills, benches, portable bathroom(s),
and walking trails within Supplee Park.
The original written authorization issued by the Borough
of Dublin granting permission for the use of a requested facility.
Any and all land or facilities owned or leased by the Borough
of Dublin and designated or used for park or recreation purposes.
Supplee Park contains two pavilions or recreation structures
within the park. The larger pavilion, Pavilion A, is adjacent to the
northern parking lot and basketball courts. The smaller pavilion,
Pavilion B, is adjacent to the walking path in the easterly corner
near the water tower. For rental purposes, only Pavilion A is considered
a rentable facility requiring a permit rental request. Pavilion B
is considered a first-come-first-serve-basis facility.
All users desiring the exclusive use of any portion of the
park amenities, pavilion, athletic field(s), or other facilities must
complete and submit the required park use application with any required
fees as established by the Borough Fee Resolution, and as amended
from time to time, and/or deposits, to the Borough Manager or his/her
designated representative.
Subject to the limitations of the park rules and regulations
regarding park hours, a rental period is any six-hour period of time.
The rental period includes time for setup and time for cleanup.
An individual, a business, or a group/organization that resides
within the Borough boundaries or conducts their primary group activities
at a location within the Borough boundaries.
Any rules and regulations hereby or hereafter promulgated
by the Borough Council under the authority herein conferred.
Determined as follows:
A day of the week. For example: Monday would be considered
a twenty-four-hour period.
The types of use are designed to extend the useful character
and the facilities the Borough has installed. It is also designed
to reduce the unintended consequences of activity taking place on
the park athletic field to residents and their property in the immediate
area of the park athletic field and to provide other users with greater
accessibility.
PICKUPAn unplanned gathering where people respond to an event as it occurs. This is a casual game played for fun without coaches or sport coordinators present; it is informal with no prior scheduling or coordination.
SEMI-ORGANIZEDIndividual or group existing on a small, informal scale and involves minor coordination. The frequency of use will be a determining factor as to the group's status more so than the actual number of participants. The frequency eligible for this designation would be no greater than one event per week within a sport season.
Existing on a large scale and involving the systemic coordination
of many different groups or locations. Groups may be part of a league,
with a planned sport schedule. This designation can include individuals
or groups offering a sports program, camp, clinic or private instruction.
The frequency eligible for this designation would be no greater than
two weeknight events and one weekend event per week.
This organized use of the baseball athletic field is restricted
in order to reduce the unintended consequences to residents and their
property in the immediate area of the park field. This limitation
is applicable to permit request use and nonpermit use.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Part
1, Use Regulations, adopted 5/23/2016 by Ord. No. 307.
[Ord. No. 316, 5/29/2018]
1.
All applications for park use permits shall be made upon the official
park use application form designated by the Borough and shall be accompanied
by the required fees, when applicable. No other form shall be accepted.
Applications are available at the Borough office during normal business
hours.
2.
Park use permits issued must be available for inspection by a Borough
employee or representative at all times during park occupancy.
3.
Park use applications for field use must be submitted at least a
month prior to the season for organized and semi-organized sports.
All other uses must submit the field use application at least five
business days prior to desired date of use. Any applications submitted
in less than the required submission days are not guaranteed to be
granted.
4.
It is the policy of the Dublin Borough Council to make its fields
first available to groups and organizations representing Dublin Borough
residents, or with the greatest percentage of Borough residents, and
in consideration of the varied uses, age groups, and blending of uses.
5.
All applicants must execute the hold-harmless agreement section of
the park use application.
6.
Proof of Insurance, listing Dublin Borough as an additional insured,
should be submitted along with the park use application and must be
submitted prior to issuance of a park use permit by the Borough for
the use of all athletic fields. All groups and/or organizations applying
for a park use permit are required to carry a minimum $1,000,000 for
liability coverage.
7.
All persons applying for a park use permit on behalf of a club, team
or organization must submit a signed verification (on a form provided
by the Borough) stating that the club/team/organization is in full
compliance with Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law.
8.
A person applying for a park use permit must be at least 18 years
of age.
9.
A group, entity or person to whom a park use permit is issued will
be held responsible for the actions and conduct of all those associated
with the permit holder and with the authorized facility use.
10.
Persons in receipt of a park use permit may not prevent other park
system users from making use of the available facilities that are
not covered by the park use permit.
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All Dublin Borough parks are available for public use in accordance
with approved park rules and regulations on a first come, first served
basis, subject to the requirements of this Part. If any park amenities
are in use and an individual or group presents an approved permit
rental request, the individual or group with the permit will be given
complete and unencumbered use of the park amenities indicated on the
permit.
1.
Scheduling Priority.
A.
Application for facility use forms shall be submitted to the Borough
Administration office during normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. or as posted. Completed applications will have the date
and time documented immediately upon receipt. In the event two applications
for facility use are submitted for the same date and time, the reservation
will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis based on the documented
date and time listed on the application insofar as the application
process has been completed and a permit has been issued.
B.
Dublin Borough residents shall have priority for the reserving of
all park amenities (athletic fields, athletic courts, pavilions, open
grass/lawn areas within a park, etc.) and other facilities, including
the Dublin Borough Municipal Building public meeting room pending
scheduling availability. As such, if two or more applications are
pending and a permit has not been issued for the same date and time,
Dublin Borough residents shall have priority for the issuance of a
permit insofar as the residents completes the application process
within 72 hours of initial submission. If a permit has already been
issued to a nonresident, the subsequent application of a Borough resident
for the same date and time will not have priority, and the application
will be returned.
2.
Reservation and Use Permit Priorities. When all appropriate and completed
application forms and user fees have been submitted to the Borough,
permission may be granted by the Borough Manager or designee to user
groups based on the following priority order:
A.
Dublin Borough residents and their families;
B.
Activities planned, organized and/or sponsored by Dublin Borough,
the Park and Recreation Space Committee;
C.
For Dublin Borough-based organizations, such as youth sporting or
athletic organizations, church CYO programs or other Dublin Borough-based
civic, nonprofit, or volunteer organizations;
D.
For nonresident requested use from user groups not based in Dublin
Borough or not referenced in above Subsection 2A through C.
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1.
Park Hours. All parks shall be opened daily to the public at such
hours as the Borough Council may, from time to time, designate by
resolution, but in no event shall any person be permitted to be in
attendance in any park between one hour after sunset and one hour
before sunrise, unless special permission is granted by the Borough
Council.
2.
Prohibited Conduct. No person in attendance at a park shall:
A.
Injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the trees, plants, shrubs,
turf, buildings, structures, athletic fields or equipment, signs or
fixtures, or any other property of Dublin Borough located within the
park and approaches thereto.
B.
Litter any area of the park with trash, garbage, paper, bottles,
cans or other waste material, including animal waste, nor dispose
of the same in any way except in receptacles designated for such purpose.
Additionally, no bringing into the parks or dumping of domestic trash,
lawn debris, grass clippings, tree stumps, or other vegetation is
permitted.
C.
Light or maintain any fire in the park except in fireplaces or areas
specially designated for that purpose and located by authority of
the Borough Council.
D.
Remove any structures, benches, seats, tables or other appliances
from the park system.
E.
Injure, deface, or destroy or remove any signs, notice, bulletin,
card, poster or rule or regulation posted at any place within the
park by authority of the Borough Council; nor shall any notice or
placard be posted within the park other than by authority of said
Board.
F.
Set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of any article or service
that provides a personal financial gain whatsoever within the limits
of the park without permission of the Borough Council; distribute,
sell, service or rent any services or commodity or solicit for any
purpose without permission of the Borough Council.
G.
Operate, stop or park any vehicle, except in areas where permitted
or designated by proper authority of the Borough Council, or operate
the same in a reckless or negligent manner or in excess of any posted
speed limit or in such a manner as to become a nuisance or safety
hazard to other area users.
H.
Operate commercial vehicles, unless providing authorized services.
I.
Bring onto the premises, possess or consume any alcoholic beverage,
illegal drug or narcotic of any kind; no person shall enter the park
in an intoxicated state or otherwise be under the influence of alcohol,
illegal drugs and/or narcotics; provided, however, that the prohibition
against the consumption of alcohol shall not apply to an event sponsored
by the Borough insofar as the alcohol consumed is purchased from a
vendor duly authorized by the Borough to sell liquor at such event
and, further, that the alcohol is consumed in an area designated for
alcohol consumption.
J.
Discharge firecrackers or fireworks unless permission has been granted
by the Borough Council in designated areas and a permit for such activity
has been issued.
K.
Operate a snowmobile, minibike, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
or any motorized vehicle designed to move people, recreational or
otherwise, except on designated roads, trails, or parking areas set
aside for their use. Equipment used by individuals with physical disabilities
or ailments are permitted.
L.
Ride horses in any park, unless specific permission has been granted
by the Borough Council.
M.
Build, erect, plant, dump or cultivate upon lands within the park
system or otherwise use lands within the park system, donated lands
or other land owned by the Borough. This includes any structures (sheds,
playgrounds or play equipment, playhouses, swingsets, storage bins,
etc.), gardens, compost heaps, yard waste and tree limbs or any other
personal usage of Borough park(s), donated lands or other land owned
by the Borough.
N.
Camp or picnic except in such areas as are provided and/or designated
for such purposes within the park system.
O.
Disobey a proper order of a police officer or fail to comply with
any rule or regulation, or prohibition posted or displayed by sign
or notice.
P.
Hunt for, capture, kill or attempt to capture or kill, or aid or
assist in the capturing or killing of, in any manner, any wild bird
or wild animal of any description, either game or otherwise. See Subsection
2J.
Q.
Hit golf balls anywhere in the park, play horseshoes (except where
so designated), or conduct any other activity upon athletic fields
which would tend to injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the
field turf.
R.
Bring any domestic animal or fowl into the Borough park(s), donated
lands or other land owned by the Borough unless the property is clearly
designated for such a purpose and then only when the domestic animal
or fowl is tethered on a six-foot or shorter leash. No person shall
use any fenced area or enclosure, such as a baseball field or tennis
court, to release or run their animal off leash. Individuals are responsible
for all waste left by any animal under their control/ownership. Persons
shall clean up and dispose of animal waste in trash receptacles designated
for such purpose.
S.
Conduct themselves in a manner that is a nuisance and disturbs the
peace and good order in the park system. Regulations provided in state
laws and the Dublin Borough Code of Ordinances apply to all visitors
in the Borough park system.
T.
Noise.
(1)
No person shall use a loudspeaker, public address system or
amplifier within the park system without first obtaining written permission
from the Borough.
(2)
No person shall play or cause to play any radio, phonograph,
tape recorder, television, stereo, or any future undefined electronic
device, etc., in a loud or boisterous manner as defined in the Dublin
Borough Code.
U.
Use threatening, abusive, insulting, profane or obscene language
or words.
V.
Commit any disorderly or immoral act.
W.
Violate any amendments of these rules and regulations which may be
established or amended from time to time by resolution of the Borough
Council.
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The Borough Council is authorized to establish additional rules
and regulations as deemed necessary from time to time by resolution.
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Recreation facilities which become hazardous for public use
due to vandalism, weather, water, fire, repair/maintenance or athletic
turf rejuvenation or any unforeseeable conditions may be closed only
at the discretion of Dublin Borough. Any individual is advised to
notify the Borough if a hazard exists.
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The police officers of Dublin Borough are charged with enforcement
of the provisions of this Part and any rules and regulations promulgated
by the Borough Council.
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Any person who violates or permits a violation of this Part
shall, upon conviction in a proceeding brought before a District Justice
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a
summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of $200, plus an
assessment for any damage done to the park property, plus costs of
prosecution, including attorneys' fees, in default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days.
