[Ord. No. 714, § 1
(part).]
City parks are designed primarily for use by individuals, families
and small groups of people during the daylight and evening hours.
[Ord. No. 714, § 1
(part); Ord. No. 987, § 1; Ord. No. 1200, § 1; amended 1-22-2019 by Ord. No. 1262]
All city parks (except Burchell Park, Valley View Park and Valley
View River Access Trail) shall close between the hours of 9:00 p.m.
and daylight from October 1 through April 30 of each year, and from
11:00 p.m. to daylight from May 1 through September 30 of each year.
Burchell Park, Valley View Park and Valley View River Access Trail
shall close 1/2 hour after sunset and open 1/2 hour before sunrise
every day. It shall be unlawful for anyone to be in a City park, with
the exception of those activities organized by the Public Services
Department or City-authorized special events, or those playing tennis
on City-owned tennis courts, when they are closed, or to park any
vehicle in a park between the hours of closure for camping or other
purposes.
[Ord. No. 714, § 1(part); Ord. No. 873, § 1; Ord. No. 1016, § 1; Ord.
No. 1030, § 1; Ord. No.
1200, § 1; Ord. No. 1216-13; Ord. No. 1233-15; Ord. No. 1240-15; amended 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 1282.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to do or cause or permit to be done any of the acts hereinafter specified within any park owned or operated by the City. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor. In addition, any violation may be subject to an administrative citation as set forth in Article V, Administrative Citation Process, of Chapter 19, Offenses - Miscellaneous, of this Code, and any other legal remedies allowed by law.
(1)
To loiter or remain in any park during hours when the park is closed as noted in § 20-12, unless prior written permission is obtained from the director or the City Council;
(2)
To enter or trespass in any area, building, or facility which is
fenced and locked or enclosed and locked;
(3)
To connect any mobile home, vacation trailer, camping trailer, pickup
or truck camper or self-contained camping vehicle to any utility services
or outlets provided in any park;
(4)
To clean, wash, polish, or make other than emergency repairs upon
any automobile, motorcycle, or self-driven vehicle in any park;
(5)
To erect clothes lines or wash lines in any park;
(6)
To throw or dispose of in any park any bottles, tin cans, broken
glass, paper, clothes, cast iron, rubbish, soil, tree trimmings, garbage,
ashes, or other debris of any kind except in approved containers provided
by the City;
(7)
To litter in any park;
(8)
To discard lighted or unlighted cigars or cigarettes in any area
of any park;
(9)
To deface, damage, write upon, move, remove or otherwise injure any
park facilities, improvements, rest room fixtures, buildings, athletic
equipment, field equipment, park maintenance equipment, or property;
(10)
To cut, break, injure, drive upon, deface, or disturb any tree, shrub,
or plant;
(11)
To remove any turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, or gravel;
(12)
To make or kindle a fire, except in picnic stoves or fire circles
provided for that purpose;
(13)
To suffer, permit, or allow a dog to run at large in any park, or violate any provisions of Chapter 4;
(14)
To ride, lead, or drive any horse or other animal or propel any vehicle,
bicycle, or automobile, except on roadways, operate a motor vehicle
at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour, park any place in
the public park officially designated and marked as places where parking
is prohibited, or violate any provisions of the vehicle code. No vehicles
of any kind, except City maintenance vehicles, are allowed within
the wilderness area of Kerr Park;
(15)
To operate gasoline powered go-carts, model airplanes, boats, or
midget cars in any park, except in designated areas;
(16)
To wound, kill, catch, or harass any bird or other wild animal in
any park;
(17)
To carry or bring any firearms, air gun, slingshot, or fireworks
into any park, except for authorized personnel, or when going directly
to and from the Oakdale Sportsmen's Club;
(18)
To play or engage in any game, or contest, excepting at such place
as shall be especially set apart for that purpose, so as to not interfere
with the activities of others;
(19)
To play or engage in the hitting of golf balls, to include plastic
golf balls, in any park;
(20)
To move from one location to another any field equipment;
(21)
To move from one location to another park maintenance equipment;
(22)
To indulge in indecent or riotous conduct or language or to otherwise
make noises in such a manner as to disturb any picnic, meeting, concert,
or exhibition in any park;
(23)
To operate a public address system without prior written permission of the director, or in violation of § 20-23;
(24)
To disturb or interfere unnecessarily with spectators or participants
in any event conducted in any park or to enter any area provided for
or occupied by spectators or participants at any such event for the
purpose of doing any such act;
(25)
To sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article, or thing, whatsoever,
except through concessions operated by the City or upon a lease or
permit granted by the director;
(26)
To practice, carry on, conduct or solicit for any trade, occupation,
business, or profession or circulate any petition of whatsoever kind
or character without permission of the director;
(27)
To use any park facility or equipment which has been reserved without
first having received written permission of the director;
(28)
For any person to resort to any toilet set apart for the opposite
sex, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to children accompanied
by their father, mother, or guardian;
(29)
To fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with any lawful order of the
director, parksman, or authorized personnel, in the enforcement of
any provision of this chapter;
(30)
The use of the parks of the City is declared to be a privilege and
the privileges of using City parks may be revoked to any person using
vulgar or offensive language to anyone at the parks and such privilege
of use may be revoked for conduct which annoys or harasses any other
lawful user of any park;
(31)
No person shall erect, maintain or operate, or cause to be operated,
any sound-amplifying equipment for commercial sound advertising purposes
in any of the public parks of the City;
(32)
No person shall possess any glass beverage container in any park.
(33)
In the play park area of Dorada Park no bicycles, skateboards, smoking,
pets will be allowed.
(34)
No alcohol shall be allowed in Dorada Park except for City sanctioned
events.
(35)
Alcohol shall be banned in all City parks except Kerr Park and as
set forth in Section 34 of this section. Individuals wishing to have
gatherings or events at City parks where alcohol is consumed must
receive prior authorization from the police chief or his designee.
This provision does not apply to Kerr Park.
(36)
To enter or remain in a children's playground area if such person
is eighteen years of age or older, unless actually engaged in the
care, custody or supervision of a person younger than eighteen years
of age who is using the children's playground area.
(37)
No person owning or having custody, care or control of a dog shall
allow a dog, even if securely leashed, in any fenced sports field.
[Ord. No. 906, § 2.]
The name to be given to a new park shall be considered by the
parks and recreation commission and forwarded to the City Council
as a formal recommendation together with such findings as the commission
shall have used in arriving at the recommendation.
The following guidelines shall be used by the commission in
securing their findings:
(a)
If the entire acreage for a public park is being dedicated to the
City, the park may be named for the person making the dedication or
a member of that person's family.
(b)
If the park is a benefit district between two families, consideration
will be given to the possibility of naming it in some fashion to reflect
the family name of both families.
(c)
If the park is a benefit district of three or more property owners,
or is formed by purchase, required dedication, or other such means
by the City, the name to be selected shall be that of a notable historical
personage or event which can be demonstrated to be tied in some significant
manner to the location of the new park.
(d)
Where the park is connected to a school, the school name may also
be attached to the park.
(e)
Except in extraordinary circumstances, park names shall not be changed
once they have been adopted.
