[1972 Code § 98-1]
The following rules and regulations are hereby adopted for the
protection, regulation and control of parks owned and operated by
the Borough, including driveways, sidewalks, paths, parking lots,
buildings and all facilities.
[1972 Code § 98-2]
All parks in the Borough shall be operated and maintained under
the supervision of the Borough Council. The Borough Council may, by
resolution from time to time, delegate all or any aspects of such
supervision to the Recreation Commission or any other designated agency
of the municipality.
[1972 Code § 98-3]
Public parks shall be open during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to
sunset each day, except that the closing time of a public park may
be changed by prior permission and authorization issued by the Borough
Council. No person shall, without permission, enter into or remain
in a public park except during the hours the park is open to the general
public.
[1972 Code § 98-4; New]
The use of intoxicating beverages, drugs or narcotics in any
public park is strictly prohibited. No person shall be permitted within
a public park while under the influence of intoxicating beverages,
drugs or narcotics.
[1972 Code § 98-5]
No person shall leave or throw bottles, broken glass, ashes,
wastepaper or other rubbish or litter in any public park, except in
a properly provided receptacle designated for that purpose. No person
shall throw or place any dirt, stone, rock, debris or foreign or waste
substance in any portion of a public park, and no person shall cause
any portion of a public park to become polluted or otherwise unfit
or unsafe for use by the public.
[1972 Code § 98-6]
No group or organization of 20 or more persons shall use or
occupy a public park without first having obtained a group use permit.
Such permit shall be obtained from the municipality not later than
seven days before the proposed date of use. The granting of denial
of such permit shall be based upon rules, regulations and standards
promulgated by the Governing Body. Group use shall be limited to designated
areas. Adult supervision of children's groups shall be required
at all times.
[1972 Code § 98-7; Ord. No. 99/17 § 1]
No person shall build, light or maintain a fire or cooking grill
within a public park without the written permission of the Mayor and
Borough Council. All fires shall be extinguished immediately upon
completion of food preparation.
[1972 Code § 98-8]
No person shall discharge or set off any fireworks, firecrackers,
torpedoes, rockets or noisemakers of any kind in a public park.
[1972 Code § 98-9; New]
No person shall engage in any commercial use or enterprise in
a public park or parking area of a public park.
[1972 Code § 98-10]
No person shall gamble or play at games of chance or use any
gambling device in any public park.
[1972 Code § 98-11]
No person shall use any portion of a public park, except those
areas designated for that purpose, for the purpose of travel within
or parking of vehicles, including mopeds. Footpaths and walks established
for pedestrian use shall not be used for vehicle travel. The use of
any unlicensed motor vehicle, snowmobile, trail bike or minibike is
prohibited in any public park.
[1972 Code § 98-12]
No person shall harass, obstruct, molest, assault or interfere
with any person lawfully within a public park, nor shall any person
resist, obstruct, molest, assault or interfere with any law enforcement
officer or public official in any public park.
[1972 Code § 98-13]
No person shall use abusive, threatening, insulting or indecent
language in a public park, nor shall any action constituting a nuisance
be allowed by any person.
[1972 Code § 98-14]
The Borough Council authorizes the installation of appropriate
signs, to be located within public parks, giving notice of the various
rules and regulations or portions thereof set forth in this section.
No person shall damage or deface any such sign.
[1972 Code § 98-15; Ord. No. 98/09 § 1; Ord. No. 99/17 § 2; Ord. No. 2016-13]
a.
Ice Skating Prohibited. No person shall ice skate on either Best
Lake or Watchung Lake at any time.
b.
Swimming and Water Sports Prohibited. No swimming, wading or boating
is permitted on Best Lake or Watchung Lake.
c.
Fishing Restrictions. Fishing is prohibited along and on all areas
of Watchung Lake, except along the retaining wall on the side of the
lake adjacent to Stirling Road. Any fish caught from the retaining
wall on the northeast side of the lake are to be immediately returned
to the water unharmed.
d.
Skateboarding, Roller Skating, Bicycling Prohibited in Certain Areas.
No skateboarding, roller skating, or bicycling is permitted on the
concrete portion of the Watchung Lake Dam or Spillway or on any walkway
within the Watchung Lake Park.
e.
Pedestrian Traffic Prohibited in Certain Areas. Pedestrian traffic
will not be permitted on the concrete portion of the Watchung Lake
Dam or Spillway.
f.
Remote-Control Model Motor Boats Prohibited. All remote control model
motor boats are prohibited on Best Lake or Watchung Lake.
g.
Fishing Restriction at Best Lake. Fishing is permitted along and
on all areas of Best Lake. However, any fish caught from Best Lake
shall be immediately returned to Best Lake unharmed.
[Ord. No. 2016-13]
