The following words shall have the meaning indicated when used in these regulations:
"Amplified sound"
means music, sound wave, vibration, or speech projected or transmitted by electronic equipment, including amplifiers.
"Council"
means the city council of the city, or any person authorized by the council, pursuant to law, to act in its stead.
"Knife or dagger"
means any knife, dirk, or dagger having a blade of three inches or more in length; any ice pick or similar sharp stabbing tool; any straight-edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle.
"Park"
means any community park, neighborhood park, or any other recreational facility maintained by the city.
"Vehicle"
means any device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn, excepting a device moved by human power.
"Vehicular travel"
means travel by a vehicle.
(Prior code § 13.04.010; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall enter, be, or remain in any city park unless he/she complies at all times with all of the city regulations applicable to such park and with all other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
(Prior code § 13.04.012; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
A. 
Roads for Public Use. The provisions of the California Vehicle Code are applicable in the city parks with respect to any way or place of whatever nature, which is publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. All violations of the Vehicle Code shall be enforced and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions thereof.
B. 
Surfaces Other than Roads for Public Use. No person shall drive or otherwise operate a vehicle in a park upon surfaces other than those maintained and open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, except upon temporary parking areas as may be designated from time to time by the council, and further excepting vehicles in the service of the city, animal control vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and motorized wheelchairs.
(Prior code § 13.04.014; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992; Ord. 05-08 § 4, 2005)
No person shall ride or operate a skateboard, scooter or rollerblades in any park except as authorized by council.
(Ord. 05-08 § 5, 2005)
No person shall practice, carry on, conduct, or solicit for any occupation, business, or profession in any park, or sell or offer for sale any food, beverage, merchandise, article, or anything whatsoever in any park. This section shall not apply to any person acting pursuant to a contract with the city, or under a permit granted by the council.
(Prior code § 13.04.016; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
A. 
No person shall cause, permit, or allow any animal owned or possessed by him/her, or any animal in his or her care, custody, or control to be present in any park except:
1. 
Equine animals being led or ridden under reasonable control upon any bridle path or trail provided for such purpose.
2. 
Equine or other animals which are hitched or fastened at a place expressly designated for such purpose.
3. 
Dogs or cats when led by a cord or chain not more than six feet long, or when confined within the interior of a vehicle.
4. 
Dogs which have been specially trained and are being used by blind or disabled persons to aid and guide them in their movements.
5. 
Small pets which are kept on the person of the possessor at all times.
6. 
In connection with activities authorized in writing by the council.
7. 
Fowls or animals turned loose at the direction of the council.
B. 
It shall be the mandatory duty of all persons owning, possessing, in control of, or otherwise responsible for a dog, cat, or an equine animal in a park to promptly collect, pick up, and removal all fecal matter left behind by said animal in or upon any park; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to guide dogs for blind or disabled persons or to equine animals on bridle paths.
(Prior code § 13.04.018; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
A. 
Purpose. The council enacts this chapter for the sole purpose of securing and promoting the public health, comfort, safety, and welfare of its citizenry. While recognizing that certain uses of sound amplifying equipment are protected by constitutional rights of free speech and assembly, the council nevertheless feels obligated to reasonably regulate the use of sound amplifying equipment in order to protect the correlative constitutional rights of the citizens of this community to privacy and freedom from the public nuisance of loud and unnecessary sound.
B. 
Permit Required for Amplifiers. It is unlawful for any person to install, use, and operate within a park a loudspeaker or any sound amplifying equipment for the purposes of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, or lectures, or of transmitting music to any persons or groups of persons in any park, or in the vicinity thereof, except when installed, used, or operated in compliance with one of the following provisions:
1. 
By authorized law enforcement or park and recreational personnel; or
2. 
Under a reservation or permit issued by the council, and when operated in accordance with terms of the reservation or permit.
C. 
Granting or Denial of Permit. In determining whether to grant or deny a permit, the council shall be guided by the following considerations:
1. 
The constitutional free speech and assembly rights of all persons, including the applicant;
2. 
The possible effects upon the peaceable passage or presence of persons in the park;
3. 
The potential for disorder or unlawful injury to persons or property;
4. 
The potential invasion of other persons' rights of privacy;
5. 
The possible unlawful breach or disturbance of the peace;
6. 
Any actual conflict with other scheduled park uses or events.
The council shall not deny a permit on the basis of any dislike for or disagreement with the content of any proposed talks, addresses, lectures, or musical presentations. The council may, however, deny a permit for any such events which are designed for the purpose of advocating imminent lawless conduct.
D. 
Power Source for Amplifiers. Amplifiers permitted in parks shall be operated only through a power source provided by the city or with a battery.
(Prior code § 13.04.020; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall carry or discharge firearms, or carry or discharge any gun, or pistol, or any sling shot or similar device, or any bows and arrows, or carry or use any other object capable of propelling a projectile, or carry or use any object calculated to make a noise sufficient to disturb the peace or quiet of the park, or bring into any park any of the above objects or articles or discharge fireworks, rockets, torpedoes or other types of explosives unless expressly approved by the city council.
(Prior code § 13.04.022; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992; Ord. 05-08 § 6, 2005)
A. 
The provisions of the California Dangerous Weapons' Control Law are applicable in city parks and shall be enforced and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions thereof. No person shall carry on his or her person, in plain view, any knife or dagger.
B. 
Exceptions to Applicability. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment for use in a lawful occupation or for the purpose of lawful recreation.
(Prior code § 13.04.024; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall cut, break, injure, deface, or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage, pen, monument, fence, bench, or other structure, apparatus, or property, or pluck, pull up, cut, take, or remove any shrub, bush, plant, or flower, or mark or write upon, paint, or deface in any manner any building, monument, fence, bench, or other structure.
(Prior code § 13.04.025; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall cut, dig, or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, gravel, or fertilizer, except park maintenance personnel.
(Prior code § 13.04.028; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall play or practice the game of golf, including chipping, putting, driving or any other type of play or practice which includes the hitting of a golf or similar type ball with a golf or similar type club, except in areas designated for the same.
(Prior code § 13.04.030; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall swim, fish, bathe, wade, release pet animals in, or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or reservoir except by permission of the council.
(Prior code § 13.04.032; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall kindle a fire except in fireplaces provided for that purpose or in barbecues approved by the council, except by permission of the council.
(Prior code § 13.04.034; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
No person shall wash dishes, or empty salt water or other waste liquids, or leave garbage, cans, bottles, papers, cigarette butts, cigar ends, smoking waste or other refuse elsewhere than in the receptacles provided therefor.
(Prior code § 13.04.036; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992; Ord. 05-08 § 7, 2005)
No person shall be or remain in any park between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day without permission of the council. The provisions of Section 12.28.220(c) shall govern the granting or denial of such permission.
(Prior code § 13.04.038; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992; Ord. 05-08 § 8, 2005)
No person shall hold any meeting, service, concert, exercise, parade, or exhibition in any public park without first obtaining a permit from the council. The provisions of Section 12.28.220(c) shall govern the issuance or denial of a permit under this section.
(Prior code § 13.04.040; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
The provisions of the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act are applicable in city parks and shall be enforced and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions thereof.
(Prior code § 13.04.044; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)
A. 
Every act prohibited or declared unlawful and every failure to perform an act made mandatory by this chapter is a misdemeanor punished in accordance with Section 1.32.010 et seq., of this code.
B. 
Every act prohibited by Section 12.28.230 or 12.28.240 of this code shall subject the possessor of the prohibited item(s) to confiscation of that/those item(s).
(Prior code § 13.04.048; Ord. 92-11 § 4, 1992)