It is the intention of the city council in enacting this chapter
that all persons using the city's public parks or public park
facilities comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
For the purposes of this chapter, the phrase "authorized
activity" means an activity which has been approved by the community
services director or authorized subordinate for a certain place and
time within any park.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 2, 2021)
For the purposes of this chapter, the word "park"
includes all recreational and other public land owned, operated, managed
or controlled by the city of Fountain Valley and includes all buildings,
parking lots and improvements thereon.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
No person shall deposit, discharge or otherwise dispose of any
paper, ashes, dirt, bottles, broken glass, cans, trash, litter, animal
carcass, rubbish, debris or any substance, matter or thing, in or
on the grounds of a park except in the proper receptacles where these
are provided. If receptacles are not provided, all such material shall
be removed from the park upon the completion of park use.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
No person shall bring into any park any paper, ashes, dirt,
bottles, broken glass, cans, trash, litter, animal carcass, rubbish,
debris or any substance, matter or thing for the purposes of disposal
if the material was accumulated outside of the park for dumping in
the park. Nothing contained herein is meant to restrict park users
from disposing of their normal trash in the proper receptacles when
that trash was generated through park use.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
(a)
No person shall engage in the playing of any activity which endangers
the health, safety or welfare of the participant or any other person.
No person shall engage in any of the following activities unless a
permit is obtained beforehand from the community services director:
(1)
Transporting, possessing or discharging any firearm, air gun, BB
gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, crossbow, spear, fireworks, firecracker,
rocket or explosives of any kind;
(2)
Lighting or maintaining any fire unless such fire is lighted and
maintained in a stove, barbecue grill, or similar device;
(3)
Erecting or maintaining any barrier, string, wire, rope, or chain
or other device of obstruction across any path, trail or area where
the public may be expected to make contact with such obstruction;
(4)
Golfing, boxing, wrestling or the martial arts;
(5)
The flying of model airplanes, drones, helicopters, rockets or any
other self-propelled craft or the launching of any hot air or gas
balloon.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 3, 2021)
No person shall ride or otherwise propel a skateboard or use
rollerskates or rollerblades in the area known as the "civic
center." For the purposes of this section, the civic center
shall be defined to mean that area bounded on the north by Slater
Avenue, to the east by Los Alamos Street, and to the west and south
by the city's property boundary line. The city shall post the
property appropriately to warn persons that such activity is prohibited.
(Ord. 1280 § 1, 1998)
No person shall possess any glass beverage container such as
a bottle, glass, mug or stein for carrying or containing any liquid
for drinking purposes in any park.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
No person shall consume any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other
liquid containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by
volume, which is fit for beverage purposes, in any park. The community
center and the social hall in the recreation center, and area adjacent
or in reasonable proximity thereto, shall be exempted from this prohibition
if a permit has been issued by the community services director. Said
permit shall contain an approved site plan which will designate the
areas in which alcoholic beverages will be permitted and which will
contain adequate security measures to prevent the use of alcoholic
beverages outside of those areas.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 937 § 1, 1982; Ord. 962 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1216 § 1, 1994; Ord.
1571 § 4, 2021)
The use of tobacco products, including, but not limited to,
smoking, chewing and sniffing such products, is prohibited and unlawful
in all city parks and recreation facilities when appropriate signs
have been posted warning of the prohibition.
(Ord. 1398 § 1, 2007)
Camping in public parks is prohibited except when done in specially
designated areas and then only with the written permission of the
community services director.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 5, 2021)
No person shall store or leave personal property in any city
park after its posted closing time or closing event unless said person
receives written permission from the city manager, community services
director, or city council. City park closing times or closing events
shall be set forth via separate council resolution. Any personal property
stored or left in any city park after its posted closing time or closing
event without written permission from the city manager, community
services director, or city council may be seized by city. City shall
store said seized personal property for a period of ninety calendar
days, during which time the owner can retrieve his or her personal
property. City may destroy any personal property left in storage for
over ninety days.
(Ord. 1560 § 4, 2020; Ord. 1571 § 6, 2021)
(a)
No person shall operate, drive, or ride any automobile, truck, motorcycle,
motor scooter, motorized bicycle, go-cart or any other motor vehicle
or any other vehicle at any time in any park except in designated
areas. The provisions of this section shall not apply to city vehicles
nor to authorized commercial delivery vehicles. No person shall ride
or use a bicycle, skateboard or roller skates upon any tennis, handball,
basketball, shuffleboard or multipurpose court.
(b)
No person shall park or leave standing and unattended any vehicle
in any of the following locations:
(1)
Any area other than those designated for parking;
(2)
Over the lines of a parking stall so that the vehicle is in more
than one stall or not completely within one parking stall;
(3)
Overhanging a designated parking stall into any park space or pedestrian
walkways or paths; and
(4)
Undesignated or permit parking only locations without written permission
by the community services director.
(c)
No person may leave a vehicle parked in any park between ten p.m.
and six a.m. of the following day unless that person is attending
an authorized activity. Vehicles left unattended between those hours
or in undesignated areas may be towed away and stored by the city
and the removal and storage costs shall be charged to and paid by
the owner prior to release. The public works director, the city engineer,
or their designee is directed to post the appropriate signs in accordance
with the California Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 7, 2021)
Unless specifically authorized by the director of community
services in writing, no person shall feed, disturb, or have physical
contact with wildlife on city property.
(Ord. 1590 § 1, 2022)
No person shall enter any public restroom unless it is the one
designated for his or her sex. The foregoing provision shall not apply
to children of tender years who are accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
No person shall be in any city park after its posted closing
time or closing event. City park closing times or closing events shall
be set forth via separate council resolution. The foregoing prohibition
shall not apply if written approval is obtained beforehand from the
community services department.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1433 § 1, 2009; Ord. 1550 § 1, 2019)
The community services director may issue permits allowing a
group or an individual to utilize an area of a park to the exclusion
of others for special occasions if he or she determines that it is
in the best interests of the health, safety and general welfare of
the citizens of the city and of the other park users. If such a permit
has been issued, the exclusive use area shall be clearly designated,
and no unauthorized person shall thereafter enter that area during
the period covered by the permit.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 8, 2021)
No person shall place, cause to be placed or maintain any sign,
card, banner, poster, advertising or notice of any kind in any park
or upon any fixture located within any park, except that the city
and its authorized concessionaires and lessees shall be exempt from
this prohibition.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
No person shall play or utilize within any park any sound-amplifying
system unless written permission from the community services director
is obtained beforehand. The foregoing shall not apply to regular portable
or vehicle radio use within a park.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 9, 2021)
Notwithstanding anything else in this chapter, the community
services director shall have the authority to designate areas for
First Amendment activities, including, but not limited to, petition
signing which may involve the use of tables, small demonstrations
not meeting the definition of a special event, and other distribution
of materials that would interfere with the use of the park and other
public land and facilities covered by this chapter. Any such designation
shall be consistent with constitutional requirements that the area
be appropriate to convey the message and any restrictions limiting
the area shall be based on the need to regulate the persons competing
to use such areas. The content of the message shall not be a criterion
and the restrictions shall be narrowly tailored to achieve the purposes
intended and such rationale shall be documented along with the facts
that supported the documentation and any alternative areas for the
communication that might be available.
(Ord. 1457 § 3, 2010; Ord. 1571 § 10, 2021)
For any permit or permission for which the approval of the community
services director must be obtained, the community services director
shall determine whether or not the permit should issue taking into
consideration:
(a)
The health, safety and welfare of other park users and the public
in general; and
(b)
The needs of other park users for access to the facilities.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1571 § 11, 2021)
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the County Jail for a
term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 930 § 1, 1982)
