No person in the park shall:
(1) 
Swim or wade in any water or waterway or in adjacent to any park, except such water or waterway as may be designated in accordance with the terms of this article, park rules and regulations, or as authorized by permit issued in accordance with this article.
(2) 
Swim or wade, except during those hours established for such activities by ordinance, park rules and regulations or authorized by permit issued in accordance with this article.
(3) 
Swim within five feet of a boat ramp except that swimming within 25 feet of a boat ramp or dock on Lake Alvarado shall be prohibited.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.01), adopted 10/20/2008; Ordinance 2019-009, sec. 2, adopted 9/16/2019)
No person shall bring into or operate any vessel upon any park waters, except by permit from the director or city manager. Boating is allowed in Lake Alvarado, however any boat ramp or dock on Lake Alvarado shall be used only for the purpose of loading and unloading boats. In Stonegate Park only non-motorized boating in vessels that do not exceed 12 feet in length shall be allowed.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.02), adopted 10/20/2008; Ordinance 2016-015, sec. 1, adopted 7/18/2016; Ordinance 2019-009, sec. 1, adopted 9/16/2019)
(a) 
No person shall start or maintain in any park any outdoor fire, except for cooking fires which shall be started and maintained only in a stove, fire pit, barbecue pit or in a portable camp stove.
(b) 
No person starting or maintaining any fire in a park shall leave the fire unattended without first completely extinguishing the fire.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.03), adopted 10/20/2008)
(a) 
No person in a park shall:
(1) 
Abandon any animal in the park.
(2) 
Permit animal defecation caused by an animal owned or possessed by him to remain on park property, unless properly disposed of in a trash receptacle. This prohibition shall not apply to service dogs.
(3) 
Fail to have in his possession materials or implements that, either alone or in combination with each other, can be used immediately in a sanitary and lawful manner to remove and dispose of defecation the animal owned or possessed by him may deposit on park property.
(4) 
Permit an animal owned or possessed by him to enter or remain on a league athletic playing field/facility enclosed by a fence. A league athletic playing field/facility is designed and maintained for league play of sports activities approved by the director or city manager such as football, soccer, tennis, softball and baseball.
(5) 
Permit an animal owned or possessed by him to run at large, nor permit any such animal in a park unless it shall at all times be restricted or kept on a leash no greater than 15 feet in length. Nor shall any person allow an animal owned or possessed by him to remain unattended on park property.
(b) 
It is an exception to subsection (a)(5) of this section that:
(1) 
The animal is a police service animal under the supervision of a police officer in the performance of his official duties;
(2) 
The animal is a water fowl at a city-owned facility;
(3) 
The animal is a service dog performing duties of assisting the disabled;
(4) 
The animal is a dog lawfully allowed in an off-leash site.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.04), adopted 10/20/2008)
No person shall:
(1)
Operate a motor-driven model airplane;
(2)
Engage in the sport of archery;
(3)
Launch, discharge, or cause to be launched or discharged paint, paintballs, or any other projectile; or
(4)
Hit a golf ball;
in a city park.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.05), adopted 10/20/2008)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or operate a skateboard, roller skates, inline skates or other skating devices on any brickwork, cobblestone, or ornamental surface, retaining wall, picnic table, tennis court, basketball court, fountain area, planter, sculpture, or other similar surface or structure located in a city park. Skateboarding is restricted to areas designated as a skate park.
(Ordinance 2008-036, exh. A(4.06), adopted 10/20/2008)