The following words and phrases, when used in this division,
shall, for the purpose of this division, have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section:
A park, reservation or any other area in the Town, owned
or used by the Town, and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Every official of the Town Police Department.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-16)
Police Officers shall have the authority to regulate activities
in parks when necessary to prevent congestion and to secure the maximum
use for the comfort and convenience of all.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-17)
No person in a park shall wilfully mark, deface, disfigure,
injure, tamper with or displace or remove any building, benches, bridges,
railings, paving or paving material, water lines or other public utilities
or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards, whether
temporary or permanent, tables, monuments, stakes, posts, or other
boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities or
park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-18)
No person shall damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any
tree or plant, or injure the bark, or pick the flowers or seeds, of
any tree or plant growing in a park, nor shall any person attach any
rope, wire or other contrivance to any such tree or plant. No person
shall dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas in a park or in any
other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any
park area.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-19)
No person shall climb any tree in a park, or walk, stand or
sit upon any fountains or railings or upon any other property in a
park, which property is not designated or customarily used for such
purposes.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-20)
No person shall deposit or leave in any park any glass, bottles,
broken glass, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage, refuse
or other trash. No such refuse or trash shall be placed in any park
waters or left anywhere on the grounds thereof, but it shall be placed
in the proper receptacles, where provided. Where receptacles are not
so provided, all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from
the park by the person responsible for its presence, and properly
disposed of elsewhere.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-21)
No person shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase,
tease, shoot or throw missiles at any animal, reptile or bird in a
park. No person shall use, carry or possess firearms of any description,
or air rifles, spring guns, bow-and-arrows, slings, or any other form
of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human
safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges,
or any kind of trapping device, in a park. Shooting into park areas
from beyond park boundaries is forbidden.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-22)
(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to fish in, or take fish from, the
lakes and streams in the public parks of the Town, without first applying
for and receiving a fishing permit issued by the Chief of Police.
(b)
A
permit to fish in the lakes and streams in the public parks of the
Town shall be issued free of charge by the Chief of Police to any
bona fide resident citizen of the Town who shall apply therefor.
(c)
A
permit to fish in the lakes and streams in the public parks of the
Town may be issued by the Chief of Police to a nonresident of the
Town, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for such permit.
Each permit so issued to a nonresident of the Town shall be valid
for one (1) year from its date.
(d)
The
permit to fish in the lakes and streams in the parks of the Town shall
be carried by the person to whom issued at all times while fishing
and shall be exhibited by the permittee upon request of any Police
Officer.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-23)
No person shall fish at any time with a trotline or with more
than two (2) fishing poles in any of the lakes or streams in the parks
within the Town.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-24)
No person shall bring into or operate any boat, raft or other
watercraft, whether motor-powered or not, upon any waters in a park.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-25)
No person shall swim, bathe or wade in any lake or pool in a
park, except in the Highland Park Swimming Pool in Davis Park, located
between Drexel Drive and St. Johns Drive, as regulated by division
3 of this article.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-26)
No person shall picnic or lunch in the park area known as Lakeside
Park, from Beverly Drive to Wycliff Avenue, on Lakeside Drive and
St. Johns Drive.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-27)
No person shall set up tents, shacks, or any other temporary
shelter in any park, for the purpose of camping.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-28)
No person shall bring any alcoholic beverages into any park,
nor shall any person drink alcoholic beverages at any time in any
park.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-29)
No person shall remain, stay or loiter in a park between the
hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. on any day.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-30.1)
No person shall build or attempt to build a fire in any park,
nor shall any person drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches,
burning cigarettes or cigars, tobacco paper or other inflammable material
within any park area.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-31)
No person shall announce, advertise or call the public attention
in any way to any article or service for sale or hire in any park.
(1971 Code, sec. 12-33)
(a)
No
person shall manage or participate in any organized sports activity
in a park without first obtaining a permit/permission for such activity.
(b)
A
person seeking the issuance of a permit under this section shall file
an application with the Director of Town Services, or his or her designee.
The application shall state:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number of the person and organization
applying for the permit;
(2)
If the use or activity is to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by
any person other than the applicant, the name, address and telephone
number of that person;
(3)
The exact nature of the use or activity for which the permit is being
sought;
(4)
The date(s) and hours for which the permit is desired;
(5)
The park and the portion of the park desired to be used to conduct
the proposed use or activity;
(6)
An estimate of the anticipated attendance; and
(7)
Any other information that the Director of Town Services finds to
be reasonably necessary in order to determine whether to issue a permit.
(c)
The
person seeking a permit under this section must be resident of the
Town.
(d)
The
Director of Town Services, or his or her designee shall issue a permit
under this section, unless:
(1)
There is a reasonable risk that the proposed activity will be detrimental
to the safety and conditions of the park;
(2)
The proposed activity or use of the park will unreasonably interfere
with or detract from the general public’s use and enjoyment
of the park;
(3)
The proposed activity or use of the park will unreasonably interfere
with or detract from the public health, safety or welfare;
(4)
The conduct of the proposed activity or use is reasonably likely
to result in or create a clear and present danger of violence by the
applicant to persons or property resulting in potential harm to the
public;
(5)
The park grounds requested by the applicant have been reserved for
another activity or for use at the day and hour requested in the application;
(6)
False or misleading information is contained in the application or
required information is omitted;
(7)
The event would violate any federal, State or municipal law; or
(8)
The nature of the event could cause unreasonable or undue environmental
damage to the site.
(e)
For
the purposes of this section, an “organized sports activity”
means a group of five (5) or more persons engaging in various athletic
activities, including but not limited to gaming events that involve
the use of a baseball, softball, kickball, volleyball, football, soccer,
rugby, lacrosse, or Frisbee.
(Ordinance 2013 adopted 1/9/17)
Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined as provided in section 1.01.009(a) of this Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance 2013 adopted 1/9/17)
