A. 
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and be in full force and effect at all park and recreation areas which are now or which may hereafter be under the jurisdiction and control of the city, including all grounds, roadways, avenues, parks, buildings, school facilities when they are in use as recreational facilities, and areas, under the control, management or direction of the city manager. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the use of all such parks and recreation areas and the observance of such provisions shall be a condition under which the public may use such parks and recreation areas. Certain provisions of this chapter shall further be applicable outside such parks and recreation areas where the context indicates an intention that they be so applied.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public officer, employee or peace officer who is acting in the course of and within the scope of the public business, nor to any other person conducting public business or related activities for, on behalf of, and pursuant to lawful authority of, an appropriate public entity.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
A. 
Power and authority is given to the city manager, the city manager's authorized representatives, and to any of the attendants employed in such parks or recreation areas, in their discretion, to eject and expel from the parks or recreation areas or building thereon, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any other law, ordinance or rule that may be in effect now or may hereafter be passed or adopted for the regulation and government of such parks or recreation areas, or of public places in general. In addition to his or her ordinary powers of arrest or citation, any peace officer enforcing any such law or regulations shall be authorized, in lieu of arresting or citing any violator, in his or her discretion to so eject and expel the violator.
B. 
No person being ejected or expelled pursuant to the authority of subsection A of this section shall refuse to leave as ordered, nor shall any person who has been so ejected or expelled return, during the calendar day in which he was ejected, to the same park, recreation area or building, unless specifically permitted to do so by the person who ejected him or by the city manager or an authorized representative thereof.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
A. 
In an emergency or when the city manager, chief of police (or an appropriately designated representative of any such official) determines that the public safety, or public health, or public morals, or public interest demands such action, any park, square, avenue, grounds or recreation center or any part or portion thereof, may be closed against the public and all persons may be excluded therefrom until the emergency or other reason upon which the determination of the city manager or chief of police is based has ceased, and upon the cessation thereof the park, square, avenue, grounds or recreation center or part or portion thereof so closed shall again be reopened to the public by order of proper authority.
B. 
No person having knowledge of or having been advised of any closure order issued pursuant to subsection A of this section shall refuse or fail immediately to remove himself or herself from the area or place so closed, and no such person shall enter or remain within any such area or place known by him or her to be so closed, until the area or place has been reopened to the public by order of proper authority.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
A. 
No person shall hold, conduct, participate in, attend or address any meeting, organized gathering or assemblage, group picnic, celebration, parade, service or exercise, of fifty or more persons, in any park or recreation area without a written permit granted by the city manager as provided in this section.
B. 
The city manager (acting personally or by his or her delegated designee) is empowered to grant permits authorizing any person, society, association or organization to hold or conduct a meeting, organized gathering or assemblage, group picnic, celebration, parade, service or exercise for the observance of or commemoration of any public celebration, event, or demonstration of a patriotic, municipal or memorial character, or for social, educational, training, entertainment or recreational purposes.
C. 
An application for a permit shall be granted if the issuing authority determines:
1. 
That the requested activity is consistent and compatible with proper and appropriate park and recreation area uses at the location applied for;
2. 
That the requested activity is reasonable and will not interfere with general use of the park or recreation area by other individual or group members of the public;
3. 
That the requested activity will in all respects comply with the provisions of this code and of any other ordinance, law, rule or regulation in effect at the time and place the activity is to be conducted;
4. 
That the requested activity is not reasonably anticipated to incite violence, crime or disorderly conduct;
5. 
That the requested activity will not entail unusual, extraordinary or burdensome expense or police operation by the city; and
6. 
That no other reason exists why the granting of the permit would be detrimental to the public interest.
D. 
Except in cases where a fee is paid adequate in amount to fully reimburse the public accounts for all involved costs and expenses including allowance for overhead and capital investment, permits shall not be granted for the purpose of conducting services of any religious denomination or sect, or for the purpose of discussing, expounding, advocating or opposing the principles or creed of any religious denomination or sect. In all other respects, however, applications for such permits shall be considered and processed on an equal basis, subject to the same advantages, qualifications and limitations as other applications by or for other nonreligious organizations, groups or gatherings.
E. 
In the event it is proposed that an admission fee be charged for attendance at the requested activity, or that contributions will be solicited or a collection taken up at the requested activity, the application for a permit shall expressly state such proposal. No person shall charge any such admission fee or solicit contributions or take up any collection at or for any such activity unless a provision allowing it to be done is included in a permit issued under this section.
F. 
The issuing authority may attach conditions to any such permit which are deemed necessary or appropriate to assure that the activity will be carried on in conformance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, in a manner consistent with proper park and recreations area uses, and in a manner not detrimental to the public interest. Where deemed appropriate, the issuing authority may require suitable insurance, indemnity bond or other guarantee to protect city property from damage, to protect the public from unusual and undue expense, or to protect the city from liability of any kind or character. In this connection there may further be required a money deposit or payment to defray unusual expenses to be incurred by the city, such as costs of additional police services, fire protection services, cleanup services, or other municipal services of whatever nature.
G. 
Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall specify the time when and the place where the activity shall be held or conducted, and shall designate the name of the person, society, association or organization to whom the permit is issued.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
A. 
The city manager shall have power and authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the use and enjoyment by the public and by individual members of the public, of any park, recreation area, recreation or community center, or any portion thereof, or governing the use and enjoyment of any building, structure, equipment, apparatus or appliances thereon, or governing any portions of the foregoing. A copy of the rules and regulations, or a synopsis thereof shall be posted in some conspicuous place at or near the premises where the rules and regulations are to be effective, or in lieu thereof, signs or notices may be posted at or near the premises in order to give public notice of the rules and regulations.
B. 
No person having knowledge of or having been advised of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subsection A of this section, shall disobey, violate, or fail to comply with, any such rule or regulation.
C. 
No person shall disobey, violate, or fail to comply with, any instruction, sign or notice posted in any park, recreation area, or community or recreation center, or in any building or structure thereon, for the control, management, or direction of the premises, when the instruction, sign or notice has been posted in implementation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subsection A of this section.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
Within the limits of any public park or recreation area of the city, no person shall:
A. 
Hitch, fasten, lead, drive or let loose any animal or fowl of any kind; provided, that this shall not apply to a dog in compliance with Sections 11.44.110 or 11.44.120 herein, or a cat when led by a cord or chain, not more than six feet long;
B. 
Ride or drive any horse or other animal, or propel any vehicle, cycle or automobile, except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose;
C. 
Carry or discharge any firearm, airgun, slingshot or other device designed or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile; provided, that this subsection shall not apply to any peace officer or other person lawfully licensed to carry a concealed weapon or who regularly carries a weapon in connection with private employment protecting property or persons (e.g., private patrol services and bodyguards);
D. 
Carry or discharge any firecracker, rocket, torpedo or any other fireworks; provided, that this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the possession or use of safe and sane fireworks not otherwise prohibited by law, at places designated or provided for such purpose;
E. 
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;
F. 
Cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, gravel, or fertilizer;
G. 
Swim, bathe, wade in, or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake or stream, except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose;
H. 
Make or kindle a fire except in a picnic stove, brazier, fire pit, or other appropriate device provided or approved for that purpose by the public authorities;
I. 
Camp or lodge therein at any time, or otherwise remain overnight, whether or not in a structure permanently affixed to the ground, except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose;
J. 
Cook, prepare, serve or eat any meal, barbecue or picnic except at the places provided therefor;
K. 
Wash dishes or empty salt water or other waste liquids elsewhere than in facilities provided for such purposes;
L. 
Leave garbage, cans, bottles, papers or other refuse elsewhere than in receptacles provided therefor;
M. 
Play or engage in model airplane flying, driving of golf balls, archery, baseball, softball, football, soccer, volleyball or any similar games of a hazardous nature except at such places as are especially set apart for such purposes;
N. 
Play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, or other device, for money, chips, shells, credit or any other representative of value, or maintain or exhibit any gambling table or other instrument of gambling or gaming;
O. 
Indulge in riotous, offensive, threatening, or indecent conduct, or abusive, threatening, profane, or indecent language;
P. 
Disturb in any unreasonable manner any picnic, meeting, service, concert, exercise or exhibition;
Q. 
Distribute any commercial handbill (as defined in Section 5.20.020) without a prior permit so to do from the city manager, which permit shall be issued only after due processing of an application pursuant to Chapter 5.20, and then only if the city manager determines that it would be affirmatively in the public interest to allow upon public property the commercial activity involved;
R. 
Post, place, erect, or leave posted, placed or erected, any commercial or noncommercial bill, handbill, circular, notice, paper, or advertising device or matter of any kind, in or upon any building, structure, pole, wire, or other architectural or natural feature of whatever character, except upon a bulletin board or such place especially designated and provided for such purposes, unless prior approval so to do has been obtained from the city manager, which approval shall be given only if the city manager determines that it would be affirmatively in the public interest to allow the use of public property for such purposes, or that constitutional principles require that it be allowed;
S. 
Sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing whatsoever, or practice, carry on, conduct, or solicit for, any trade, occupation, business or profession, unless the activity has been expressly allowed pursuant to specific provisions to such effect contained in either: a permit issued pursuant to Section 11.44.040; a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 5.36; a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 5.48; a concession agreement or franchise or the like duly entered into or granted by the city council;
T. 
Remain, stay or loiter therein between the hours of ten p.m. and dawn of the following day, except while attending a gathering or meeting for which a permit has been issued or which is being sponsored or conducted by the city. This subsection shall not apply to persons lawfully lodging, camping or otherwise remaining overnight at a place especially designated and provided for such purposes;
U. 
Use any restroom, washroom or dressing facility designated for the opposite sex, except that this subsection shall not apply to children six years of age or younger who are accompanied by an adult or other older person;
V. 
Row, sail or operate any boat, craft or other device, on or in any pond, lake, stream or water except at such place as is especially designated and provided for use of such boat, craft, or device;
W. 
Hunt, frighten, chase, set snare for, catch, injure or destroy any animal or bird, or destroy, remove or disturb any of the young or eggs of the same, or injure or maltreat any domestic or other animal;
X. 
Fish with hook and line, seine, trap, spear, or net, or by any other means, in any pond, lake, stream or water, except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982; Ord. 853 § 1, 2022)
A. 
No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle (as the foregoing are defined in the Vehicle Code) or any other motorized or self-propelled vehicle or device upon which a person can ride, on, over or along any public property or easement (whether or not on a public park or recreation area) which has been designated, set aside, or is used, as a pedestrian walkway, trail, path, lane or way, or as an equestrian trail, path, lane or way.
B. 
The public entity having ownership or control over any such trail, path, lane, way or walkway may cause it to be posted with an appropriate sign or signs expressly allowing the use of vehicles or devices otherwise prohibited under the provisions of subsection A of this section, and to the extent that such signs allow variations from such prohibitions, the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be inapplicable.
C. 
The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to any electrically-driven wheelchair carrying a crippled or otherwise physically incapacitated person.
D. 
The public entity having ownership or control over any trail, path, lane, way or walkway mentioned in subsection A of this section, may, by the posting of an appropriate sign or signs, further restrict the use of the trail, path, lane, way or walkway by persons riding bicycles or other nonmotorized vehicles or devices, or by equestrians, and when any such sign is posted, no person shall disobey any prohibition, restriction, direction or other regulation expressed thereon.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
No persons shall assemble, collect or gather together in any walk, driveway, passageway or pathway in any park or in other places set apart for the travel of persons or vehicles in or through any park or recreation area, or occupy the same so that the free passage or use thereof by persons or vehicles passing along the same is obstructed in any unreasonable manner.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
No parent or guardian, or any person having the custody of any child under the age of eight years, shall cause, permit or allow the child to enter or visit any public park or recreation area having a lake within the boundaries of the park or recreation area unless the child is accompanied by a person of not less than sixteen years of age.
(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"City dog park"
means any public park or recreation area designated by city signage as a dog park that allows dog owners to let their dogs off-leash, provided they are in compliance with this chapter.
"Dog owner"
means any person owning, or having the control, custody, or care of, any dog.
(Ord. 853 § 1, 2022)
A. 
No dog owner shall bring a dog into or upon a public park or recreation area, excluding city dog parks; nor shall any such person otherwise suffer or permit any such dog to enter or remain in a public park or recreation area, excluding city dog parks, unless such dog is led by a cord or chain not more than six feet long or one or both of the following exceptions applies:
1. 
The dog has been specially trained and certified by an accredited service dog organization and is being used by blind and/or disabled persons to aid and guide the blind and/or otherwise disabled person(s) in their movements; or
2. 
The dog's presence in the public park or recreation area is authorized in writing by the city manager or designee, such as in the context of a dog training class or dog show.
B. 
Dog owners shall clean up any feces of their dog immediately and dispose of it in a sanitary manner whenever their dog has defecated.
C. 
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, no dog that is sick, in heat, or injured, or which displays aggressive behavior toward other dogs or humans is permitted in any public park or recreation area.
D. 
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, no dogs shall be permitted on the grounds of the Cathedral City Community Amphitheater unless authorized by the city manager or designee.
E. 
The city council shall have the authority to amend this section by resolution.
(Ord. 270 § 2, 1989; Ord. 853 § 1, 2022)
All users of city dog parks shall comply with the following:
A. 
All dogs must be spayed or neutered, or provide a certificate of sterility from a California licensed veterinarian with the following exceptions:
1. 
Dogs with high likelihood of suffering serious bodily harm or death if spayed or neutered, due to age or infirmity. Dog owners must obtain written confirmation from a California licensed veterinarian.
2. 
Animals recognized and registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC), United Kennel Club (UKC), or other national registries.
3. 
Dogs used by law enforcement or the military for law enforcement, military, or rescue activities.
4. 
Dogs that have been specially trained and certified by an accredited service dog organization and are being used by blind and/or otherwise disabled persons to aid and guide the blind and/or otherwise disabled person(s) in their movements.
B. 
Dogs must be at least four months of age, vaccinated for rabies, and currently licensed by the County's animal control authority.
C. 
No dog that is sick, in heat, or injured, or which displays aggressive behavior toward other dogs or humans is permitted.
D. 
Dogs must be at all times in the care, custody and control of a dog owner who is thirteen years or older. Any dog owner under thirteen years of age must be accompanied by and be under the direct supervision of an adult eighteen years or older.
E. 
No more than two dogs per dog owner shall be permitted at any one time.
F. 
All dogs must be kept within fifty feet of their dog owner and be under the voice control of their dog owner at all times if not on leash.
G. 
Dog owners shall clean up any feces of their dog immediately and dispose of it in a sanitary manner whenever their dog has defecated.
H. 
Dog owners must prevent their dogs from digging. Any holes created must be returned to their previous undisturbed state by the dog owner.
I. 
No food or treats of any kind shall be permitted.
J. 
The city council shall have the authority to amend this section by resolution.
(Ord. 853 § 1, 2022)
Any person violating this chapter shall, for each separate violation, be subject to: (a) a fine in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for a first violation; (b) a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for a second violation within a twelve-month period from the date of the first violation; and (c) a fine in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars for the third violation within a twelve-month period from the date of the first violation. The fine for a fourth and any subsequent violations within a twelve-month period from the date of the first violation shall be one thousand dollars.
(Ord. 853 § 1, 2022)