The phrase "public parks" as used herein shall mean and include all of the properties now or hereafter owned and/or controlled by the City of Yamhill, Oregon, and operated as parks available for the use of the public, including all of that property known as "Beulah Park" deeded to the City of Yamhill by deeds recorded in Volume 93, Page 513, Deed Records of Yamhill County, Oregon, which park lies in part outside the corporate limits of the City of Yamhill.
(Ord. 190 §1, 1954; Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)
(A) 
All persons and/or organizations requesting the use of the structures located within the City Park shall apply for and obtain a Park Use Permit or Special Events Permit, whichever is appropriate, prior to the scheduled usage of the City Park.
(B) 
No person shall solicit or engage in the sale of merchandise or services or operate any concessions within any public park without an official City Business License, in addition to the Park Usage Permit or Special Events Permit previously obtained.
(C) 
The fees for the City Business License, Park Usage Permit and Special Events Permit shall be established by the City Council by resolution.
(D) 
All permit applications shall be on a form provided by the City, and shall be available at City Hall.
(Ord. 190 §2, 1954; Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)
A Park Usage Permit shall be issued by the City and a Special Events Permit must receive City Council approval for the activities identified in Section 7.04.020 prior to the commencement of the activity.
(Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)
For the conduct of persons using or frequenting the public parks of the City of Yamhill, Oregon, as above defined, the following rules and regulations to be observed and enforced within or nearby said public parks are hereby established:
(A) 
No person shall cut, damage or remove any flower, shrub, or tree without prior obtained permission from the Yamhill City Council.
(B) 
No person shall deface, injure, damage, mutilate, or molest any building, installation, piece of equipment, or personal property, be it publicly or privately owned, within any public park.
(C) 
No person shall build any fire within any public park except it be built in a stove or fireplace provided therefor.
(D) 
No person shall permit any dog to run at large within any park, and all dogs within the public parks shall be kept in control on a leash at all times.
(E) 
No person shall ride or drive any horse or other animal or permit any horse or other animal to go upon any portion of the public parks at any time except on roads and regularly provided parking areas in said parks, or to ride or drive any horse or other animal in a reckless manner or permit them to be so ridden or driven within said parks.
(F) 
No motor vehicle or bicycle shall be operated, stopped or parked or left standing any place in a public park except on roads or parking areas provided therefor, or, be driven in a manner contrary to law.
(G) 
Parking or loitering in public parks in the night time after sunset is prohibited, and all persons shall be excluded from said parks between the hours of sunset and sunrise, except as may be permitted for special occasions under order of the City Council. A violation of this provision shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable as such.
(H) 
No person shall dump or dispose of any garbage in any public park except in receptacles provided therefor, including stoves and fireplaces.
(I) 
No person shall scatter or dispose of any bottles, broken glass, tin cans, waste or discarded paper, or litter, or waste material, or rubbish of any kind in or around any part of the public park excepting receptacles provided therefor, including stoves and fireplaces for burnable materials only.
(J) 
Except pursuant to a written permit previously obtained from the City Chief of Police, no person other than an authorized peace officer or person licensed pursuant to ORS 166.291 or 166.292, as now or hereafter amended, shall carry or discharge a firearm, B.B. gun, air pistol, soft air pistol, air rifle or soft air rifle on or about his or her person. No person shall discharge any slingshot or other such missile, or any bow and arrow, within or across any public park or portion thereof, or discharge any fireworks therein except on special concession previously obtained from the City Council or its designee. No person, other than a peace officer, may carry any knife having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, any knife other than cooking cutlery and pocket knives in the possession of an adult, any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slingshot, metal knuckles, or any similar instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any person.
(K) 
No person shall commit any misdemeanor, disorderly act, or unnecessary roughness in or about any public park.
(L) 
All ordinances of the City of Yamhill shall apply to and be in full force and effect within the public parks owned or controlled by the City of Yamhill even though such parks be wholly or in part outside the corporate limits of the City.
(Ord. 190 §2, 1954; Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003; Ord. 504 §1, 2014)
(A) 
No person shall possess, consume, give away or otherwise dispose of any illegal drugs within or near to any public parks.
(B) 
No person may possess, keep, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of or consume alcoholic liquor within or near to any public parks, unless such place has been issued a special event permit for that purpose and approved by the City Council. The special event permit will be issued in accordance with Section 7.04.020.
(Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)
(A) 
Any violation or infraction of this chapter will be punishable upon conviction as a violation in accordance with Chapter 1.36 of this code.
(B) 
The penalties imposed by this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other remedies available under City ordinance or state statute.
(Ord. 190 §3, 1954; Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 445 §21, 1998; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or portion of this chapter for any reason shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment is rendered.
(Ord. 190 §4, 1954; Ord. 422 §1, 1997; Ord. 459 §1, 2001; Ord. 469 §1, 2003)