The following terms shall have the meaning indicated in this
section:
PARKS
The grounds, buildings thereon, water therein and any other
property necessary for the operation thereof and constituting a part
thereof, which is now or may hereafter be maintained, operated and
controlled by the Town and Village of Lima for public park purposes.
PERSONS
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association
of persons; the singular number shall include the plural.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported or drawn.
The following activities are prohibited within any municipal
park:
A. No person shall disturb the peace and good order in any park.
B. No person shall refuse to comply with a lawful order of any peace
officer or law enforcement official.
C. No person shall beg, hawk, peddle or solicit within any park, except as may then be permitted upon application and compliance with Chapter
116, Parks and Recreation, of the Code of the Village of Lima (as the municipality charged with such administrative duty).
D. No person shall engage in gambling or gaming.
E. No persons, except peace officers or other law enforcement officers,
shall have or carry any dangerous weapons, concealed or otherwise
on or about his or her person while in any park.
F. No person shall use obscene, profane or abusive language while in
any park.
G. No person shall loiter in or near the public restrooms.
H. No person shall carry, fire or discharge any gun, pistol or firearms
nor carry any rocket, torpedo or other fireworks of any description
nor use any bow or arrow or engage in trapping or hunting.
I. No person shall remove or damage or mutilate vegetation, trees, bushes,
buildings, equipment, furnishings, or structures or violate the regulations
of the Lima Town Board and the Village Board of Trustees relating
to any building or place, damage any notice posted by order of the
Village Board of Trustees or deposit materials in or upon any park
land or park road or pond.
J. No person shall write, paint or carve on any tree, bench or park
structure.
K. No person shall kill, injure or unnecessarily disturb any fish, waterfowl,
birds or animals. No person within the confines of the park shall
hunt, pursue with dogs, trap or in any other way molest any wild bird
or animal found within the confines of the park or rob or molest any
bird nest or take the eggs of any bird.
L. No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any buildings,
signs, equipment or other property located or found in the park.
M. Carry in/carry out waste policy. Trash cans are not provided. Park
visitors are required to take all trash with them upon departing the
park. This policy eliminates unsightly trash containers and the costs
and nuisances associated with them and encourages all visitors to
help maintain a clean park.
N. No person shall play or practice golf within the park.
O. No person shall ride or lead a horse in the park.
P. No person shall appear in the park in a state of nudity or commit,
perform or engage in any lewd, lascivious, obscene or indecent act
or behavior, and no person shall make any indecent exposure of his
or her person.
Q. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any reasonable order
relating to the regulation, direction or control of traffic or to
any other order lawfully given by any police officer or willfully
resist, obstruct or abuse any police officer or other official in
the execution of his office.
R. No person shall operate a vehicle along or over any road or drive
within any park in a reckless manner or without due regard for the
safety and the rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of
all other vehicles, so as to endanger the life, limb or property of
any person while in the lawful use of said park drive or roads.
S. No person shall participate in a drag race upon any park drive or
park property. "Drag racing" is defined as the operation of two or
more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in
a competitive attempt to outdistance each other or the operation of
one or more vehicles over a common selected course from the same point
to the same point wherein timing is made of the participating vehicles
involving competitive accelerations or speeds. The operation of two
or more vehicles side by side, either at speeds in excess of permitted
speeds on park drives or rapidly accelerating from a common starting
point to a speed in excess of such permitted speeds, shall be prime
facie evidence of drag racing.
T. No person who is under the influence of intoxicating beverages, illegal
drugs or substances shall operate any vehicles within the park.
U. No person shall drive or move or cause or knowingly permit to be
driven or moved within the park, any vehicle or combination of vehicles,
which is in unsafe condition so as to endanger any person.
V. No person shall use or shine spotlights or unnecessarily or continuously
shine automobile headlights into park lands, except under the direction
of a police officer or park employee or except where reasonably necessary
for the preservation of life or property.
W. No person shall drive or operate any snowmobile or snow machine of
any type at any time within the park, except for the purpose of packing
trails to provide for access by park users, when explicitly authorized
by municipal authority.
X. No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle on any lawn, grass,
sidewalk or trail area within the park.
Y. No person shall be permitted to smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe,
e-cigarette or vape-cigarette at any location within the municipal
park.
Z. No person shall permit a pet or domestic animal owned or harbored or controlled by said person to run freely in the public park, and the use of the public park by any domestic animal shall be allowed only if such animal is kept on leash at all times while within the park. Additionally, said leash must be held by a person supervising such animal or pet at all times when the animal or pet is present within the park. Animals or pets may not be chained or tied to a fence or tree or other structure within the park, but must be under the supervision of the owner or person supervising the pet or animal at all times while within the park. All persons accompanying or allowing an animal to enter a public park are required to remove from the park any solid waste deposited by the pet or animal while present in the park. Failure to do so will subject the person to penalties as provided in §
116-8 of the Code of the Village of Lima. These requirements and prohibitions are intended to apply to dogs and to any other domestic animal or pet.
Activities designated herein shall only be permitted after permits
have been obtained from the Village Board of Trustees, as the municipality
charged with the duty of administration of said public park, pursuant
to the procedure set forth in this section.
A. No person shall commit any of the following acts within said parks
without first obtaining a written permit of the Village Board of Trustees
or some person duly authorized to act for them:
(1) Post or display any sign, banner, advertisement or notice of any
kind within any park or play any music at a volume that can be heard
by other park patrons not directly affiliated with the party playing
such music, or keep or offer any article for sale.
(2) Hold any public meeting or engage in any marching, drilling or driving
as members of a military, political or other organization; use any
loudspeaker or other sound-amplifying equipment.
(3) Camp overnight within a park.
B. Permit procedures.
(1) A permit to use park facilities shall be issued by the Village Clerk
at the Village office.
(2) All permits must be signed upon issuance by the applicant for the
permit. The person signing for the permit shall be responsible for
all damages to any park facility or contents thereof and agrees to
indemnify the Village for any such damages.
(3) All permits except those for which payment has been made must be
picked up at the Village office at least 72 hours prior to use of
park area or the permit may be revoked by the Village Clerk and the
permit may be reissued to a third party.
(4) The Village Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to grant permits
in conformity with the rules and regulations contained herein.
(5) All permits issued by the Village Board of Trustees or by its duly
authorized agents shall be in writing and are subject to park rules
and regulations. Any violation of any term or condition thereof or
any law or ordinance or rules or regulations governing the parks shall
constitute grounds for revocation of said permit. No permit for the
same purpose shall be issued to the person or group whose permit has
been revoked during the year in which such revocation is made.
(6) No person shall construct, repair or relocate utility fixtures such
as sewers, hydrants, posts, lines and conduits or open trenches or
make excavations or engage in any construction in or on park lands
without a permit.
No parents, guardians or custodians of any minor shall permit
or allow him or her to do any act which would constitute a violation
of this chapter or any other state or local law or ordinance.
This chapter shall become effective 10 days after publishing
and posting as required by the laws of the State of New York.