[Ord. No. 714, § 1 (part).]
City parks are designed primarily for use by individuals, families and small groups of people during the daylight and evening hours.
[Ord. No. 714, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 987, § 1; Ord. No. 1200, § 1; amended 1-22-2019 by Ord. No. 1262]
All city parks (except Burchell Park, Valley View Park and Valley View River Access Trail) shall close between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and daylight from October 1 through April 30 of each year, and from 11:00 p.m. to daylight from May 1 through September 30 of each year. Burchell Park, Valley View Park and Valley View River Access Trail shall close 1/2 hour after sunset and open 1/2 hour before sunrise every day. It shall be unlawful for anyone to be in a City park, with the exception of those activities organized by the Public Services Department or City-authorized special events, or those playing tennis on City-owned tennis courts, when they are closed, or to park any vehicle in a park between the hours of closure for camping or other purposes.
[Ord. No. 714, § 1(part); Ord. No. 873, § 1; Ord. No. 1016, § 1; Ord. No. 1030, § 1; Ord. No. 1200, § 1; Ord. No. 1216-13; Ord. No. 1233-15; Ord. No. 1240-15; amended 9-19-2022 by Ord. No. 1282.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to do or cause or permit to be done any of the acts hereinafter specified within any park owned or operated by the City. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor. In addition, any violation may be subject to an administrative citation as set forth in Article V, Administrative Citation Process, of Chapter 19, Offenses - Miscellaneous, of this Code, and any other legal remedies allowed by law.
(1)
To loiter or remain in any park during hours when the park is closed as noted in § 20-12, unless prior written permission is obtained from the director or the City Council;
(2)
To enter or trespass in any area, building, or facility which is fenced and locked or enclosed and locked;
(3)
To connect any mobile home, vacation trailer, camping trailer, pickup or truck camper or self-contained camping vehicle to any utility services or outlets provided in any park;
(4)
To clean, wash, polish, or make other than emergency repairs upon any automobile, motorcycle, or self-driven vehicle in any park;
(5)
To erect clothes lines or wash lines in any park;
(6)
To throw or dispose of in any park any bottles, tin cans, broken glass, paper, clothes, cast iron, rubbish, soil, tree trimmings, garbage, ashes, or other debris of any kind except in approved containers provided by the City;
(7)
To litter in any park;
(8)
To discard lighted or unlighted cigars or cigarettes in any area of any park;
(9)
To deface, damage, write upon, move, remove or otherwise injure any park facilities, improvements, rest room fixtures, buildings, athletic equipment, field equipment, park maintenance equipment, or property;
(10)
To cut, break, injure, drive upon, deface, or disturb any tree, shrub, or plant;
(11)
To remove any turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, or gravel;
(12)
To make or kindle a fire, except in picnic stoves or fire circles provided for that purpose;
(13)
To suffer, permit, or allow a dog to run at large in any park, or violate any provisions of Chapter 4;
(14)
To ride, lead, or drive any horse or other animal or propel any vehicle, bicycle, or automobile, except on roadways, operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour, park any place in the public park officially designated and marked as places where parking is prohibited, or violate any provisions of the vehicle code. No vehicles of any kind, except City maintenance vehicles, are allowed within the wilderness area of Kerr Park;
(15)
To operate gasoline powered go-carts, model airplanes, boats, or midget cars in any park, except in designated areas;
(16)
To wound, kill, catch, or harass any bird or other wild animal in any park;
(17)
To carry or bring any firearms, air gun, slingshot, or fireworks into any park, except for authorized personnel, or when going directly to and from the Oakdale Sportsmen's Club;
(18)
To play or engage in any game, or contest, excepting at such place as shall be especially set apart for that purpose, so as to not interfere with the activities of others;
(19)
To play or engage in the hitting of golf balls, to include plastic golf balls, in any park;
(20)
To move from one location to another any field equipment;
(21)
To move from one location to another park maintenance equipment;
(22)
To indulge in indecent or riotous conduct or language or to otherwise make noises in such a manner as to disturb any picnic, meeting, concert, or exhibition in any park;
(23)
To operate a public address system without prior written permission of the director, or in violation of § 20-23;
(24)
To disturb or interfere unnecessarily with spectators or participants in any event conducted in any park or to enter any area provided for or occupied by spectators or participants at any such event for the purpose of doing any such act;
(25)
To sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article, or thing, whatsoever, except through concessions operated by the City or upon a lease or permit granted by the director;
(26)
To practice, carry on, conduct or solicit for any trade, occupation, business, or profession or circulate any petition of whatsoever kind or character without permission of the director;
(27)
To use any park facility or equipment which has been reserved without first having received written permission of the director;
(28)
For any person to resort to any toilet set apart for the opposite sex, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to children accompanied by their father, mother, or guardian;
(29)
To fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with any lawful order of the director, parksman, or authorized personnel, in the enforcement of any provision of this chapter;
(30)
The use of the parks of the City is declared to be a privilege and the privileges of using City parks may be revoked to any person using vulgar or offensive language to anyone at the parks and such privilege of use may be revoked for conduct which annoys or harasses any other lawful user of any park;
(31)
No person shall erect, maintain or operate, or cause to be operated, any sound-amplifying equipment for commercial sound advertising purposes in any of the public parks of the City;
(32)
No person shall possess any glass beverage container in any park.
(33)
In the play park area of Dorada Park no bicycles, skateboards, smoking, pets will be allowed.
(34)
No alcohol shall be allowed in Dorada Park except for City sanctioned events.
(35)
Alcohol shall be banned in all City parks except Kerr Park and as set forth in Section 34 of this section. Individuals wishing to have gatherings or events at City parks where alcohol is consumed must receive prior authorization from the police chief or his designee. This provision does not apply to Kerr Park.
(36)
To enter or remain in a children's playground area if such person is eighteen years of age or older, unless actually engaged in the care, custody or supervision of a person younger than eighteen years of age who is using the children's playground area.
(37)
No person owning or having custody, care or control of a dog shall allow a dog, even if securely leashed, in any fenced sports field.
[Ord. No. 906, § 2.]
The name to be given to a new park shall be considered by the parks and recreation commission and forwarded to the City Council as a formal recommendation together with such findings as the commission shall have used in arriving at the recommendation.
The following guidelines shall be used by the commission in securing their findings:
(a)
If the entire acreage for a public park is being dedicated to the City, the park may be named for the person making the dedication or a member of that person's family.
(b)
If the park is a benefit district between two families, consideration will be given to the possibility of naming it in some fashion to reflect the family name of both families.
(c)
If the park is a benefit district of three or more property owners, or is formed by purchase, required dedication, or other such means by the City, the name to be selected shall be that of a notable historical personage or event which can be demonstrated to be tied in some significant manner to the location of the new park.
(d)
Where the park is connected to a school, the school name may also be attached to the park.
(e)
Except in extraordinary circumstances, park names shall not be changed once they have been adopted.