[Adopted 9-18-1911 by Ord. No. 210 (Ch. 34, Art. I, of the 1966 Code)]
[Amended 5-3-1968 by Ord.
No. 964; 9-22-1978 by Ord. No. 1088]
From and after the passage of this article, the public parks
of the Borough of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, together with the riverbanks
adjacent thereto, shall be closed to the public between the hours
of 9:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, and during the hours
when said parks are closed, no person shall be in said parks, sit
or lie therein or play or loiter or sleep therein; provided, however,
that this article shall not prevent citizens and others from passing
immediately through said parks on their way to or from their work
or to or from their homes, but not lingering or loitering therein.
Users of said parks may have later hours for the use thereof upon
application to the Mayor.
From and after the passage of this article, it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, either by day or night, to play at any
game of cards for money or otherwise in any of the public parks of
this Borough, to use profane or vulgar language therein or to have
in their possession or to expose or drink any intoxicating liquor
therein.
[Amended 9-22-1978 by Ord. No. 1088]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be guilty of an offense and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined
no less than $25 and $50 for each succeeding like offense; and in
default of the payment of said fine and costs of proceedings in such
case, the offender shall be sentenced and confined to the Borough
lockup or the Clearfield County Jail for a period of not less than
three days nor more than 10 days or, at the discretion of the Mayor
or Magisterial District Judge hearing said case, shall be fined and
committed to the Clearfield County Jail for a like period.
