[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Albion 6-22-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village
of Albion Parks Local Law." The provisions herein are established
to maintain property and a reasonable degree of safety to maintain
life and liberty and property of the citizens of the Village. The
provisions herein are also to provide for the public health, safety
and welfare of the users of the parks and recreational areas contained
within the Village.
The prohibitions, rules and regulations contained in this chapter
shall apply to all parks and public lands and facilities devoted or
used for recreational or similar purposes which are owned, leased
or otherwise under the control, supervision and jurisdiction of the
Village of Albion, New York.
The following terms shall have the meanings herein indicated
and used in this chapter. The grounds, buildings thereon, water therein,
and any property used in connection therewith or constituting a part
thereof, which is now or may hereafter be owned, leased, used, maintained,
operated or controlled by the Village of Albion for recreational and
sports activities, include but are not limited to the so-called "Bullard
Park," "Lafayette H. Beach Park," "St. Joseph's Park," "Carosol
Park," "Veterans Memorial Park," "Albion Fire Department Field" and
"Waterman Park."
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association
of persons, and when the singular form is used, it shall include the
plural.
VEHICLE
Every device or conveyance upon or by which a person or property
is or may be transported or drawn and shall include motor vehicles
as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
A. All parks shall be open from 8:00 a.m. until dusk. Each day they are open to the public. No person shall enter or remain in any park from dusk to 8:00 a.m. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to penalties provided for by §
59-20.
B. In the event a special community event or program is being conducted with the approval of the Village Board of Trustees, either alone or in conjunction with any other approval entity, the hours of opening and closing, as set forth in Subsection
A above, may be altered to allow for either earlier opening or later closing time.
The Village of Albion Board of Trustees or its designee, when
necessary for public welfare or improvements of any park and/or any
part thereof, may close any park and/or any part thereof by posting
proper signs at the entrance of the park to be closed or at the part
of the park that is to be closed.
A. No person shall sell, send or otherwise dispense food or drink for
consideration of whatever manner it would take in any park or recreational
area without a license as required by the Village Board of Trustees
or its designee and written permission from said Board of Trustees.
B. Application for a permit shall be made, in writing, to the Village
Board or its designee on forms to be supplied upon request by the
applicant to the Village Board.
No person or entity shall sell or offer for sale any article or thing in any park or recreational area and no person shall solicit in any park or recreational area for any purpose whatsoever. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person or organization holding a permit in any park or recreational area authorized by the Village Board of Trustees or its designee within the provisions of their written permit obtained pursuant to this chapter or §
59-6B of this chapter.
No person shall post any bill, notice, advisement or other written
or printed matter within the limits of any park or recreational area
without the express written consent of the Village Trustees or their
designee.
Admissions, permit or any other fees which may be charged for
the use of the park or recreational area or any portion thereof for
certain activities shall be established from time to time by the Village
Board of Trustees.
All buildings existing or later constructed on park or recreational
area property shall be used only for the purpose for which such buildings
were designed. A "building," for the purpose of this chapter, shall
mean any structure which stands on park or recreational area property.
Buildings in a park or recreational area recognized and designed
as shelters shall be used only for purposes of picnicking.
No parent, guardian or other person having charge of caring
for any child/children shall permit them to do any act prohibited
by this chapter. Children under of the age of nine or any other child/children
who has/have the propensity of disregarding the directions of their
parents, guardian or other person having charge of caring for the
child/children shall at all times be under the supervision and control
of that parent, guardian or other person having charge of the caring
for those child/children.
No person shall handle, injure, destroy, or damage or appropriate
to themselves trees, shrubs, flowers or other plants growing in any
park or recreational area; or damage, destroy, deface or appropriate
to themselves or anybody else any building, fence, bench, table, fireplace,
sign or other property within the limits of any park or recreational
area. In addition thereto, there shall be no unauthorized moving of
any property by any person from the place in the park or recreational
area in which such park area property is situate.
No person shall do any act or acts which cause disruptions of
the public peace or which are meant to annoy or alarm another person
present in any park or recreational area. Additionally, any act or
acts which can constitute disorderly conduct, harassment or loitering
as defined in the New York State Penal Law or the ordinances of the
Village of Albion are forbidden under this section. No music will
be played at a level that disturbs the use and enjoyment of the park
or recreational area by any person or group of people in the park
or recreational area.
No person shall carry or discharge an air rifle, firearm, slingshot,
or bow and arrow, or throw stones or any other missile or object within
the limits of any park.
Trash, including all manner of garbage or refuse of any form
or shape whatsoever, shall be disposed of in a park or recreational
area by those creating the garbage and refuse and placed only in those
containers which are appropriately and conspicuously marked for such
purpose. At no time shall there be any burning of trash by the public
in any park or recreational area.
No dogs or other domesticated animals are allowed in any park
for any reason (unless there is a specific area designated for domestic
animals) without the prior written consent of the Village Board of
Trustees or its designee.
No alcoholic beverages are allowed in any park or recreational
area without the prior written consent of the Village Board of Trustees
or its designee or an order signed by the Mayor of the Village of
Albion. No permission or consumption of alcohol will be granted by
the Board of Trustees of the Village of Albion without the applicant
having first supplied the Village of Albion proof that he and/or the
group or the body represented by such applicant has and will keep
in full force and effect during the duration of the event such liability
insurance naming the Village as an additional insured thereunder with
limits acceptable to the Village of Albion Board of Trustees.
A. Obedience to signs, markings. All motor vehicles operated within
the park limits shall be operated in accordance with all traffic signs
and road markings erected on or along the park or recreational area
roadways.
B. Use of the established roadways. No motor vehicles are to be operated
on other than the established roadways in any park or recreational
area.
C. Standing, parking. Motor vehicles shall stand or be parked only in
park or recreational area locations designated for such purpose.
D. Speed. No person shall operate a motor vehicle within the park limits
of any park or recreational area at a rate of speed greater than 15
miles per hour.
E. "Motor vehicle" defined. For the purposes of this chapter, a motor
vehicle shall include every vehicle propelled by muscular or any other
means of power, except a wheelchair.
A. All other provisions of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law
and the traffic ordinances of the Village of Albion are subject to
the punishment therein provided, and all provisions of the state,
the statutes of New York and other ordinances of the Village and the
penalties therein provided shall apply to any action, violation, offense
or crime committed within any park in the Village.
B. Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days,
or both such fine and imprisonment. If property damage is a result
of the action of the defendant, restitution for such property damage
will be sought by the Village of Albion. Restitution would include
the cost to replace the damaged property, as well as the labor utilized
in repairing or replacing the property.
A. Any skateboard facility located in or later constructed in any park
or recreational area within the Village will not be supervised. Skate
at your own risk. Know your abilities.
(1) All users must wear a helmet at all times.
(2) Elbow and knee pads are recommended.
(3) Smoking, alcoholic beverages and drugs are prohibited.
(4) Skateboards, in-line skates, scooters, and BMX bikes are the only
devices allowed in these areas. No motorized vehicles will be allowed
in these areas.
(5) Use of facilities during the inclement weather or when the facility
is wet or slippery is prohibited. The skateboard park will be closed
at these times.
(6) No profanity, cussing, abusive language or roughhousing is allowed.
(7) Additional obstacles or any modifications to the existing structures
are prohibited.
(8) All acts of vandalism will be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
(9) No dogs or animals are allowed in the skateboard park.
(10)
Amplified music is prohibited.
(11)
No food, drink, gum, glass, or breakable objects are allowed
on the skate surface.
(12)
Children under the age of 12 are prohibited.
(13)
The skatepark is open 8:00 a.m. until dusk.
(14)
The skatepark is under video surveillance.
(15)
Entering after-hours is considered trespassing and will result
in criminal prosecution.
(16)
The Village of Albion is not responsible for personal property.
(17)
The Village of Albion Board of Trustees reserves the right to
close the skateboard park facilities for events, emergencies, or when
conditions necessitate.
(18)
The park is considered closed during inclement weather or unsafe
facility conditions.
(19)
All other park rules and regulations must be followed. Failure
to comply with these rules may result in the privileges being revoked.
B. Helmets required for persons operating a bicycle.
(1) No person one or more year of age and less than 14 years of age shall
operate a bicycle, unless such a person is wearing a helmet meeting
the standards of the American National Institute of the Snell Memorial
Foundation's Standards for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling.
(2) This section shall be administered and enforced in accordance with
§ 1238 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of New York.
C. Helmets required for persons operating skateboards, scooters and
roller blades. No person under the age of 16 shall operate a skateboard,
scooter, or roller blades unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting
the standards of the American National Standards Institute of the
Snell Memorial Foundation's Standards for Protective Headgear
for Use in Skateboarding.
D. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Village of Albion Police
Department to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
E. Assumption of risk. The use of the skateboard at any park or recreational
area is considered a high-risk recreational activity with inherent
risk of serious injury or death. The use of the skateboard in any
park or recreational area is an assumption of the risk by the user.
The Village of Albion strongly recommends that proper protective equipment,
such as helmets, elbow pads, and kneepads, be used by all users of
skateboards, regardless of age.
No person shall dig or cause to be dug any excavation, holes
or trenches in any park or recreational area in the Village of Albion
nor shall any person remove topsoil, earth or any rocks from any park
or recreational area.