A. 
It is unlawful for any person to wilfully enter or be present in any city-owned public park or recreation facility between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.; provided, that the city council may by resolution duly approved and adopted modify the closing hours of any city-owned public park or recreation facility to any time between sunset and ten a.m.; and provided further, that:
1. 
Recreational activities conducted by the community services department are exempt; and
2. 
Duly authorized permits obtained from the community services department will allow community organizations and community groups to conduct or continue activities after the curfew. City council approval shall be required of all initial fundraising events or such other activities that may be referred to the council by the director of recreation.
B. 
The hours during which it is unlawful for any person to enter or be present in any city-owned public park or recreation facility, except as provided in this section, shall be posted in each such facility or park.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall place, throw, leave, keep or maintain any bottle, glass, crockery, sharp or pointed article or thing in such a manner that any person in a park is or may be cut or in any way injured thereby.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall throw, place or dispose of any garbage, waste paper, combustible refuse or can in any place in a park other than into a garbage can, box or other receptacle maintained therein for that purpose.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall discharge or shoot any gun, slingshot, bow and arrow or any similar device except at a range or place designated for such purpose by the city.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person other than a duly authorized park employee in the performance of his or her duties shall:
A. 
Cut, break or disturb any monument, sign, fence, bench, structure, apparatus, equipment or property in a park, or any portion thereof; or
B. 
Mark or place thereon or on any portion thereof, any mark, writing or printing; or
C. 
Attach thereto any sign, card, display or any similar device; or
D. 
Dig, remove, destroy, injure, mutilate or cut any tree, plant, shrub, bloom or flower or any portion thereof growing in any park; or
E. 
Remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel from any park; or
F. 
Light any fire unless maintained in a stove, fire ring or place provided for that purpose.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
A. 
No person shall bring into any school ground, public park or playground any horse, cattle, mule, goat, sheep or swine, unless pursuant to lawful permit issued by the community services department.
B. 
No person shall bring into any school ground, public park or playground any dog, except as may be permitted by the provisions of Section 6.20.140 of this code.
(Ord. 1598 § 2, 2001; Ord. 1795 § 1, 2018)
A. 
No person shall bring into or operate in any park any motor vehicle; e.g., car, truck, jeep, motorcycle, minibike. City employees in the performance of official duties connected with and a part of their employment shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
B. 
Bicycles shall be parked in stands provided at the perimeter of the parks, except that bicycles may be operated in bicycle paths and areas approved by the city council or pursuant to an authorized permit issued by the community services department.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall disturb the peace and quiet of any park by:
A. 
Any unduly loud or unusual noise; or
B. 
Tooting, blowing or sounding any automobile siren, horn, signal or noise-making device; or
C. 
Any tumultuous conduct; or
D. 
Playing or sounding any radio, tape deck or musical instrument in a loud or unusual manner.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
A. 
No person shall use any electric amplifying equipment or other sound amplifying equipment in any park unless a permit therefor has been issued.
B. 
No sound amplifying system shall be used in any park for any purpose unless the permit, in addition to authorizing sound amplifying equipment, authorizes the exclusive use of the facility for the group for which the permit is obtained and in no event shall such amplifying equipment be used in such a manner as to create a loud or raucous noise.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall solicit in any manner or for any purpose to sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise, or distribute or pass out any commercial handbill, advertising matter or literature therein.
A. 
Literature to promote the program of the community services department is exempt.
B. 
Any concession operating under lease granted by the city council is exempt.
C. 
Any athletic team may solicit voluntary contributions from the spectators attending such game when such action is found by the community services department to be consistent with the policies of the department and the city.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall camp overnight in any park without a permit. Permits will be authorized by the community services department to any recognized youth group of a character-building nature, permitting its members, as a group, to camp overnight at a designated facility. The members of such groups will be supervised during such camping by an adequate number of responsible adults. Upon granting such permit, the members of the youth group and its adult supervisors may camp at the time, location and under the conditions specified in the permit.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
No person shall play or practice golf or use golf clubs in any area of a park not designated for such use.
(Ord. 859 § 1, 1973)
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to:
1. 
Protect the public health, safety and general welfare by prohibiting smoking in recreational areas under circumstances where other persons will be exposed to secondhand smoke;
2. 
Assure a cleaner and more hygienic environment for the city, its residents, and its natural resources;
3. 
Strike a reasonable balance between the interests of persons who smoke and the interests of non-smokers, including children, to breathe smoke-free air, recognizing the threat to public health and the environment which smoking causes;
4. 
Provide for the public health, safety, and welfare by discouraging the inherently dangerous behavior of smoking around non-tobacco users, by protecting children from exposure to smoking where they live and play; and by protecting the public from nonconsensual exposure to secondhand smoke; and
5. 
Supplement applicable state and federal laws pertaining to smoking and not to duplicate, contradict, or frustrate such laws. This chapter shall be construed consistently with that intention.
B. 
Definitions. Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions will govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this chapter:
"City park"
means all city-owned or city-leased property designated as a city park, which area includes the parking lot for the city park.
"Smoke," "vape," "smoking" or "vaping"
means and includes any of the following: (a) the direct burning or indirect heating of any cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any similar kind of smoking equipment or article, using any form of tobacco, plant product including marijuana, or other combustible substance in any form; or (b) the holding or carrying of a lighted or operated cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment or device; or (c) emitting or exhaling the smoke directly from a cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment or device. "Smoke" also means the gaseous or vaporous products or particles created by the use of a lighted or operated pipe, cigar, cigarette, electronic cigarette, or other kind of smoking equipment or article.
C. 
Prohibition.
1. 
It is unlawful for any person at any time to smoke in any of the following places:
a. 
City parks;
b. 
City park parking lots;
c. 
Within twenty feet of any city park;
d. 
Within twenty feet of any city park parking lot;
e. 
Within twenty-five feet of any playground or tot-lot sandbox area.
2. 
No person shall intimidate, threaten any reprisal, or effect any reprisal, for the purpose of retaliating against another person who seeks to obtain compliance with this section.
D. 
Posting of Signs Required. Conspicuous signs that contain all capital lettering at least one inch in height on a contrasting background stating this prohibition shall be posted in all public parks.
(Ord. 1816 § 2, 2020)