[Ord. 75, 10/1/1992, § 1]
1. The following behavior shall be prohibited in all parks owned or
operated by the Township of West Cocalico:
A. No person shall use or occupy park premises between sunset and sunrise
without written permission of the Park Board.
B. No person shall possess or consume alcoholic beverages or illegal
controlled substances on park property.
C. No person shall enter upon park property under the influence of alcoholic
beverages or illegal controlled substances.
D. No person shall deface, destroy, damage, or otherwise vandalize any
portion of the park premises, or any structure, equipment, or other
personal property located thereon.
E. No person shall operate or park any motorized vehicle of any sort
(except electric wheelchairs or similar devices for the handicapped)
except on the established driveways and/or parking areas.
F. No person shall perform any maintenance, which shall include, but
not be limited to, repairs, replacement, service, washing, waxing,
or cleaning of or upon any motorized vehicle within or upon park property.
G. No person shall bring, place, or allow any animal under such person's
control to enter into or upon park property unless such animal is
leashed. Further, no vicious animals, or animals known to attack or
threaten people or other animals, shall be permitted upon park property.
No person shall permit a leashed animal under such person's control
to remain upon park property after such animal has attacked or threatened
a person or other leashed animals lawfully on park property.
H. No person who brings a leashed animal onto park property shall fail
to remove and deposit into a proper receptacle any droppings from
such animal.
I. No person shall possess or employ firearms or fireworks on or over
park property.
J. No person shall deposit any trash, litter, bottles, cans or other
refuse onto park property, except in appropriate receptacles provided
for such purposes.
K. No fires shall be permitted on park property except charcoal fires
contained in metal grills. No live embers or coals shall be deposited
in any trash receptacles or upon the ground.
L. No person shall operate any bicycle, skate board, or other vehicle
(except wheelchairs) upon any sport court or baseball field in the
park.
M. No person shall employ loud and abusive or obscene language while
on park property, nor engage in any lewd or obscene behavior while
on park property.
N. No person shall loiter or congregate with other persons on park property
unless engaged in some activity for which provision in the park has
been made, such as sports activities, picnicking, hiking, etc.
O. No person shall operate any radio, tape or disc player, or other
electronic device at such an unreasonably loud volume so as to constitute
an annoyance to other park users or neighbors to the park.
P. No person shall remove any park equipment or other property from
the park premises.
Q. No person shall engage in any illegal or criminal activity while
on park property.
[Ord. 75, 10/1/1992, § 2]
In addition to any penalties provided hereinafter, duly appointed
Township officials, police officers and members of the Park Board
shall have the right to order any person who violates any of the aforesaid
rules and regulations to leave park property and to bar such person
from the use of the Township parks in the future. Any person who fails
to obey such order to leave the park and or barring such person from
future entry upon park property shall be subject to prosecution under
the Pennsylvania Crimes Code for "Defiant Trespass," 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 3503. Any person barred from future use of the park may
appeal such decision to the Park Board who may either affirm the order,
cancel the order, or set a time limit upon such order, and any such
decision shall be final. The Township Supervisors shall also have
the right to pursue and obtain an injunction to enforce an order barring
an individual from park property.
[Ord. 75, 10/1/1992, § 3]
The Park Board shall immediately after adoption of this Part
prepare and post such signs as may be reasonably expected to advise
park users of the rules and regulations set forth above and of the
penalties for violation of same. Such signs shall be posted at conspicuous
places in each park.
[Ord. 75, 10/1/1992, § 4; as amended by Ord. 125B, 9/16/2014]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.