It is hereby declared to be unlawful to conduct, perform, or
participate in any of the following activities on any park property
without first obtaining a written permit from the City Manager or
his or her designee:
1. The
playing of golf in any form or manner.
3. Operating
self-powered model vehicles, such as planes, boats, cars, of any kind.
4. Lighting
or maintaining any fire except in a stove, barbecue grill, or portable
stove.
5. Skateboarding,
unless otherwise permitted to do so in a designated public skate park
facility.
6. Wading,
bathing, swimming, launching any type of boat, raft, air mattress,
surfboard, or entering in or on any lake, stream, or pond found in
any City park.
7. Being
present upon or within any City park between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m., without first obtaining a permit from the City Manager
or his or her designee.
8. Carrying,
transporting, possessing, discharging, firing, or shooting over, onto,
or through any park any firearm, air gun, BB gun, spring gun, slingshot,
bow and arrow, crossbow, spear, fireworks, firecracker, rocket, explosive
of any kind, or any form of weapon potentially dangerous to human
beings or wildlife.
9. Boxing,
prizefighting, wrestling, or martial arts displays or the promotion
thereof.
10. Fishing
in any lake other than those designated by the City Manager or his
or her designee, and during hours that are not authorized for such
activity.
11. Musical
concerts of any kind.
12. Engaging
in any other activity that endangers the health and/or safety of the
public.
13. Damaging,
defacing, altering, destroying, or making, cutting, painting upon,
or otherwise marring or mutilating or removing any equipment, pathway,
facility, building, or structure, any tree, grass turf, or other plant
material within a City park; playing or utilizing any sound-amplifying
system, refusing to vacate an area reserved by another person or group,
upon request by a City officer.
14. Working
on or repairing vehicles.
16. Failure
to remove animal excrement from an animal owned, cared for, or under
the control of the person with such animal.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2785 § 1, 2010; 2802 § 1, 2011)
It is hereby declared to be unlawful to throw, cast, deposit,
dump, or transport any refuse, ashes, offal, vegetables, garbage,
dross, cinders, shells, straw, shavings, paper scraps, or dirt, or
dead animals, fish, fowl, bird, or reptile, glass, crockery, bones,
tin cans or like matter, empty boxes, cartons, wastepaper, remains
of food, newspaper, filth, or rubbish of any kind in any City park
except to place the same in cans or receptacles provided for such
matter.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
It is hereby declared to be unlawful to operate, drive, or propel
any automobile, truck, motorcycle, or other type of motorbike within
any City park, except upon those designated path areas so authorized
by the City Manager or designee.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
It is hereby declared to be unlawful to permit or allow any
animal on or upon any park property except domestic dogs or cats on
leashes of six feet or less and in the immediate possession of an
owner or caregiver. No other animals shall be allowed on City parks
except where the City Manager or designee has granted a permit to
allow specified animals.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
It is hereby declared to be unlawful to sell, offer for sale,
purchase, give away, transport, deliver, consume, or have in one's
possession any intoxicating beverage within a City park except where
the City Manager or designee has granted a permit therefor subject
to the regulations of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011; 2871 § 1, 2016)
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, groups
of persons, or other entity to utilize any City park, or portion thereof,
on a consistent, repetitive basis for athletic purposes in such a
manner so as to monopolize the use of the park, or a portion thereof,
to the exclusion of other members of the public without a written
permit from the City Manager or designee.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
The City Manager or designee is authorized to adopt administrative
rules and regulations governing the operation and use of City parks.
Any person or organization found to be violating such rules and regulations
may be removed from the City parks by the City Manager or designated
agents.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
This chapter may be enforced by any City police officer, park
patrol officer, or any other City officer or employee designated by
the City Manager to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(2682 § 1, 2006; 2802 § 1, 2011)
A. Any
person in or on a designated public skate park facility shall comply
with the following requirements:
1. Any
person who rides a skateboard or BMX bicycle or uses in-line skates
at a public skate park facility shall wear a helmet, elbow pads, and
knee pads at all times while utilizing the facility.
2. Skate
park facilities are designed for use without the introduction of any
outside obstacles, ramps, rails, or other similar materials or devices.
No outside obstacles, ramps, rails, or other similar materials or
devices shall be brought onto the premises of or used at any skate
park facility.
3. The
hours of operation for the skate park facilities are from 6:00 a.m.
to 11:00 p.m., unless otherwise designated in writing by the Director
of Community Services, or designee. Use of any skate park facility
outside of the authorized hours of operation is prohibited. Use of
any skate park facility after sundown or before sunup is prohibited
unless the City has turned on skate park facility lights.
4. Glass
products, glass bottles, glass beverage containers, and any other
type of glass object or material are prohibited in any skate park
facility.
5. Alcoholic
beverages are prohibited in any skate park facility.
6. The
use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or the use of any other type
of tobacco or smoking product is prohibited in any skate park facility.
7. Other
than skateboards, BMX bicycles, and in-line skates, no other wheeled
or motorized vehicles are allowed within any skate park facility.
8. The
Director of Community Services, or designee, may, in his or her sole
discretion, regulate the hours of operation at the skate park facility
for specified groups of users. The City shall post such regulations
in appropriate signage at the skate park facility.
B. Signs
shall be posted at each skate park facility to afford reasonable notice
that any person who rides a skateboard, BMX bicycle, or uses in-line
skates at any skate park facility must wear a helmet, elbow pads,
and knee pads, and any person failing to do so will be subject to
citation under the City's municipal code.
C. "Designated
public skate park facility" shall mean any skate park facility operated
by the City. Such facilities are also referred to in this code as
"skate park facility" or "skate park facilities."
(2785 § 2, 2010; 2802 § 1, 2011)