[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Harborcreek as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-8-1979 by Ord.
No. 79-79]
This article shall be known as and may be cited as the "Harborcreek
Township Parks Ordinance."
The Board of Supervisors for the Township of Harborcreek determines
it to be in the best interests and welfare of the citizens of the
Township that certain rules and regulations be promulgated for conduct
within the public parks located within the Township, and the purpose
of this article is to set forth certain rules and to provide for the
establishment of rules and regulations for the conduct of individuals
in the various parks located in the Township.
[Amended 7-24-1991 by Ord. No. 79-79-1]
Public parks located within the Township shall be open to the
public from sunrise until 9:00 p.m. on each day, when they will be
closed to the public, with the exception of special events approved
by the Board of Supervisors.
The speed limit for all motorized vehicles within any public
park in the Township shall be five miles per hour.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Supervisors may establish other rules and regulations for
conduct within the parks located within the Township, which rules
and regulations shall be posted on site at the individual park within
which the rules and regulations apply.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before the Magisterial
District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine or penalty up to and not
exceeding the sum of $300, plus the costs of prosecution or, in default
of the payment thereof, be sentenced to imprisonment in the County
Jail for a period of time not exceeding 30 days.
