[Amended 7-16-1991 by Ord. No. 15-91; 11-16-1993 by Ord. No.
30-93; 9-9-2008 by Ord. No. 12-2008; 9-25-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018]
A. No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted within the confines of
Birch Grove Park, Veterans Park and the First Street Playground within
the City of Northfield. This includes all structures and all lands
within the metes and bounds description of the parcels of property
constituting Birch Grove Park, Veterans Park and the First Street
Playground.
B. No person(s) shall be permitted to bring any dog,
cat or other domestic pet into the confines of Birch Grove Park and
the First Street Playground in the City of Northfield or on any lands
within the metes and bounds description of the parcels of property
constituting the park and the First Street Playground.
C. No person(s) shall be permitted to deposit, leave or abandon any
domesticated or nondomesticated animal or other living creature within
the confines of Birch Grove Park, Veterans Park and the First Street
Playground in the City of Northfield. This restriction and prohibition
is intended to be all inclusive.
D. No person shall park or stand a vehicle in or upon the Veterans Park (as defined in §
250-12 of the Code of the City of Northfield) or any of attendant and/or adjacent public parking areas between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
E. No person
shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, pursue, chase, tease,
shoot, or throw missiles at any animal, wildlife, reptile or bird,
nor shall any person remove or have in his/her possession the young
of any wild animal or the eggs or nestlings of any reptile or bird.
[Added 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
F. No person
should carry or possess firearms of any description or air rifles,
spring guns, bows or arrows, slings or any other forms of weapons
potentially inimical to wildlife or dangerous to human safety, or
any instrument that can be loaded with and is capable of firing blank
cartridges. Shooting into a park area from beyond park boundaries
is prohibited. Employing or having possession of any kind of trapping
device is also prohibited.
[Added 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
[Added 3-24-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
A. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ATHLETIC FIELD AREA
The public area that includes but is not limited to all baseball,
softball, football fields and practice areas located west of Burton
Avenue.
BANDSTAND/GAZEBO
A freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting behind
the Casto House Museum, offering shade and sufficient size for small
musical bands performing outdoor concerts.
RESERVED USE
Kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
B. Application required.
(1) Requests by outside organizations* for reserved use of any Northfield
Municipal Facilities, or any use of athletic fields must be coordinated
through the City Clerk's Office, and must be submitted in writing,
on the forms provided by the City of Northfield. It is a two-part
process, consisting of a use of facilities application, and if approved,
a use of facilities agreement. If use is approved, the requesting
organization must abide by insurance requirements as set forth in
the agreement.
(2) All requests for use of athletic fields by outside organizations*
require City Council approval and will be considered by the City Council
at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body. Meeting schedules
can be found on the municipal website.
(3) Submission of an application does not guarantee that use of facilities
will be approved.
*NOTE: Refers to groups other than the City of Northfield Cultural
Committee.
[Amended 3-8-2022 by Ord.
No. 4-2022]
C. Use of athletic field lights.
(1) Applicants must indicate if field lights are requested on the initial
application. If application is approved, a flat fee of $250 for use
of field lights shall be due upon execution of the agreement by the
applicant. Fee is nonrefundable.
(2) Additional applications by the same applicant shall be subject to
additional light-use fee.
(3) There shall be no fee for use of athletic fields by not-for-profit
educational institutions whose use was approved pursuant to the terms
of this section.
[Added 3-8-2022 by Ord.
No. 4-2022]
No permit shall be issued to any group unless
there shall be full compliance with all requirements set forth herein
and such additional rules or regulations as may from time to time
be imposed by the governing body of the City of Northfield. In determining
whether to grant the permit, the governing body of the City of Northfield
shall take into consideration such other factors as crowd control,
number of groups applying at a given date and time, traffic regulations,
impact upon the lands and premises and such other factors as may be
deemed to be relevant.
[Amended 9-9-2008 by Ord.
No. 12-2008; 9-25-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018; 3-24-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
A. Birch Grove Park shall be closed to all persons between the hours
of dusk and dawn, or such other hours as may from time to time be
posted at the entrance by the Public Works Superintendent.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
B. The portion of Birch Grove Park that encompasses the City-owned athletic fields located on Burton Avenue, shall follow the same hours of operation as in Subsection
A above, with the following exceptions:
[Amended 3-8-2022 by Ord.
No. 4-2022]
(1) Use of athletic fields by any group or organization shall be bound by the time constraints established pursuant to an approved use of facilities agreement, and as authorized under §
250-3.
C. The Bandstand/Gazebo area of Birch Grove Park shall follow the same hours of operation as in Subsection
A above, with the following exceptions:
(1) Use of the Bandstand/Gazebo area by the City of Northfield Cultural
Committee shall not be subject to the regular hours of operation.
(2) Use of the Bandstand/Gazebo area by any other group or organization shall be bound by the time constraints established pursuant to an approved use of facilities agreement, and as authorized under §
250-3.
D. The First Street Playground shall be open between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
[Added 3-5-2002 by Ord. No. 4-2002;
amended 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 10-2023]
A. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
B. It shall
be unlawful for any member of the public who shall visit Birch Grove
Park, Veterans Park, or the First Street Playground, to feed any wildlife
within these areas. Any person violating this section shall be subject
to the violation and penalties portion of this article.
[Amended 4-24-2012 by Ord. No. 3-2012]
The penalty for violation of any provision of this article shall be as set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-15.