For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"City park or recreation area"
means any parklands, playgrounds, community centers, athletic fields, or other recreation facilities, owned by, leased by, or under the control of the City.
"Community services officer"
means any person employed by the County Sheriff that patrols and services any City park and recreation area.
"Director"
means the Director of Community Services or the Director's designee.
"Peace officer"
is any person falling within the provisions of Section 830 of the California Penal Code.
"Pet"
means any dog, cat or other domestic animal.
"Skateboard"
means a board of any material that has wheels attached and such wheels may be used for moving or propulsion.
"Skate park"
means any facility that is designed and maintained for recreational use of non-motorized wheeled devices, including skateboards, roller-skates, roller-blades, non-motorized BMX bikes and scooters, and wheelchairs, and includes the entire area within the fencing surrounding the skate facility, if the immediate skate facility is fenced.
"Watercourse"
means any natural or artificial stream, river, creek, ditch channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine, arroyo or wash, in which waters flow in a definite direction or course, either continuously or intermittently, and which as a definite channel and bed or banks. A channel is not limited to land covered by minimal or ordinary flow but also includes land covered during times of high water. Watercourse does not include any surface drainage prior to its collection in a stream, river, creek, ditch, channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine, arroyo or wash.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019; Ord. 616, 6/26/2024)
A. 
The operation, maintenance and improvement of all City park and recreation areas is under the control of the Director.
B. 
The community services officer, peace officers, and Director are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the City, and to take appropriate actions in the case of any violations.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
The Director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of City parks and recreation areas and to charge fees for the use of City parks, in amounts established by resolution of the City Council. Such rules and regulations, or excerpts thereof, may be posted in City parks if such posting is feasible in the opinion of the Director. Irrespective of posting, copies of such rules and regulations will be available to persons desiring copies thereof at the office of the Director during business hours or on the City website. No person is permitted to violate and no person may fail to comply with the rules and regulations of the Director.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person is permitted to transport into a City park, or consume on the premises of a City park, any intoxicating liquors having an alcoholic content in excess of 20% by volume; provided, however, that the above prohibition is not applicable to persons transporting or consuming such intoxicating liquors in any park in accordance with leases, concessions or managerial contracts approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
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No person is permitted to trap, kill, wound or maltreat any wild or domesticated bird or animal in any City park or recreation area, and no person may permit any pet to pursue, trap, kill or wound any wild or domesticated bird or animal in any City park or recreation area.
B. 
No person is permitted to hitch a horse or other animal to any tree or shrub or structure in a manner that may cause damage to park property. No person is permitted to ride, drive, lead or keep a saddle horse or other animal in any City park, except on such roads, trails or areas as the Director may designate and subject to such regulations as the Director may promulgate.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
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An organization with a permit and license issued pursuant to Chapter 4.06 may conduct bingo games in specific locations within City parks or recreation areas upon the issuance of written permission from the Director and payment of a special use fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council. Bingo games may only be conducted in the specific locations indicated in the Director's written permission.
B. 
Bingo games authorized by this section must be conducted in compliance with the requirements of Section 326.5 of the Penal Code and Chapter 4.06 of this code. Violations of those provisions are punishable according to the terms thereof.
C. 
Park areas to be excluded from bingo use include, but are not limited to, dance pavilions, picnic ramadas, portable enclosures, and any park open space area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may permit any child under the age of seven years to play in any playground area, or fish, swim or play in or near any lake, pool or drainage ditch, except in areas that are fenced and set aside for infants, unless such child is attended by an adult.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may cause or allow a commercial vehicle to enter any part of a City park or recreation area over park roads, without first obtaining permission to do so from the City. A commercial vehicle is a vehicle of a type maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may deface or mutilate any tree, fence, wall, building, railing, playground or playground equipment, camp or picnic structure, monument or any other object or structure within a City park.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may operate any model airplane or flying device with or without a remote control within any City park or recreation area without a special permit issued by the Director pursuant to Section 8.08.240.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may set up or maintain any exhibition, show, performance, concert, place of amusement, lecture, oration or concert hall in any park or recreation area without written permission from the Director.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person is permitted to ignite or permit to be ignited, a fire anywhere in a City park or recreation area except in an area designated by the City. No person is permitted to throw away any burning or combustible material in any location where it could set fire to grass, shrubs, buildings or any other combustible material.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person is permitted to play or engage in team games or sports in a City park or recreation area, except at such places specifically designated for that purpose by the Director. The use of "regulation-type" baseballs is prohibited except as authorized by the Director.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person is permitted to destroy, disturb, deface or remove earth, sand, gravel, oil, minerals, rocks or fossils, features of caves, or any parts thereof from any City park or recreation area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
It is unlawful for any person to remain on the grounds of a City park or recreation area or to permit any vehicle to remain therein, between dusk and dawn (dusk is one-half hour after sunset and dawn is one-half hour before sunrise). The Director may designate and enforce an earlier or later opening or closing time for any City park or recreation area or for the use of any equipment therein and to post that alternative time at the park or recreation area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person is permitted to leave or park any motor vehicle or leave or hitch any horse in any location in a City park or recreation area, except where designated for vehicle parking or for hitching horses. A person is permitted to park a vehicle and to hitch a horse within a City park or recreation area during that person's visit to such park or recreation area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
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No person is allowed to bring or permit a pet to enter or remain in a City park or recreation area except in accordance with the following limitations:
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Pets are only permitted in City parks or recreation areas during the hours when such City parks or recreation areas are open to the public.
2. 
Any dog brought into or permitted to enter a City park or recreation area must have a valid license issued pursuant to Title 6. Evidence of such valid license must be presented by the person responsible for such dog when required by a peace officer or community services officer.
3. 
Any pets in a City park or recreation area must be physically restrained at all times, by a leash no more than six feet in length, or by being confined in a vehicle, tent, trailer or other approved structure, except in off-leash areas designated pursuant to Section 8.08.180.
4. 
No pet is allowed to enter or remain on the portion of a trail which extends beyond the limits of campgrounds or picnic areas of a City park or recreation area, except to the extent allowed on that extension trail.
5. 
No pet is allowed to enter or remain within any structure in a City park or recreation area. This subsection does not apply to service animal under the care and control of its handler or someone designated by the handler.
6. 
No pet is allowed to be or remain unattended outside a tent, camper or other enclosed vehicle during any time the park is considered closed.
7. 
No noisy, vicious or dangerous pet, or a pet which disturbs other persons is allowed in any City park or recreation area.
8. 
No pet is allowed to be on any sports court, playground, or athletic field unless authorized in writing by the Director.
9. 
No person bringing a pet into a City park or recreation area is allowed to permit the pet to defecate on public park property unless that person immediately removes and places the feces into a proper receptacle.
B. 
Any person bringing a pet into a City park or recreation area is solely responsible for the actions of such pet. Such person must immediately report any injury inflicted by such pet upon any person or any damage caused by such pet to any real or personal property.
C. 
The Director may further regulate pets in, or may exclude pets from, any City park or recreation area or City park where the Director finds that the presence of pets substantially conflicts with the general use and enjoyment of such parks.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019; Ord. 616, 6/26/2024)
A. 
A person owning or having custody or control of any dog may allow that dog to be unrestrained by a leash in any area within a City park or recreation area that has been designated by the Director as an off-leash area, subject to the following conditions, in addition to any other provisions of this chapter:
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The dog must wear a collar at all times, and the dog's owner or person having custody or control of the dog must carry a readily available leash at all times;
2. 
The dog must be kept within the sight and voice control of the owner or person having custody or control of the dog, sufficient to ensure that the dog is not involved in a violation of any condition outlined herein or any other provision of law; and
3. 
The dog must not bite or harass a person or other animal or interfere with another person's lawful use of the City park or recreation area.
B. 
Any person who enters or uses an off-leash area waives liability of the City for any claim, injury or damage to that person or the dog owned or controlled by that person caused by, resulting or arising from that use or entry. Use of an off-leash area by a dog's owner or another person having custody or control of that dog constitutes an agreement by the dog's owner or such other person to follow the rules set forth in this section and his or her agreement to protect, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City from any claim, injury or damage arising from or in connection with such use.
C. 
Any person authorized to enforce the City's animal control regulations may order a person owning or having custody or control of a dog in a designated off-leash area to physically restrain the dog if it violates any condition in subsection A in accordance with the following:
1. 
The order may be accompanied by a written notice that the order continues in effect until the City Manager or the City Manager's designee revokes the order, in writing.
2. 
A person subject to an order issued in accordance with this provision may apply to the City Manager or the City Manager's designee for revocation of the order.
3. 
The City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, may, after conducting a hearing on the application, revoke the order if the applicant demonstrates that, based upon a change in circumstance, the order is no longer required to accomplish the purposes of the code.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
Any person authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of Title 6 of this code is also authorized to enforce the pet control provisions of this chapter and those rules and regulations of the Director which relate to pet control and to take appropriate action in the case of any violations thereof. Such enforcement authority is the same as that provided in Title 6 of this code.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
No person may pick, dig up, cut, mutilate, destroy, injure, disturb, move, molest, burn or carry away any plant or vegetation, or portion thereof, including aquatic plants, from any City park or recreation area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
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Rubbish. It is unlawful for any person to bring garbage, refuse, cans, trash, ashes, bottles, broken glass, animal carcass, or any other similar item into any City park, for the purpose of disposing of it.
B. 
Glass Containers. It is unlawful for any person to possess or use any container made to carry liquid and made of glass in any City park or recreation area, except in locations where such containers are permitted under the terms of a lease, operating agreement or permit.
C. 
Littering. It is unlawful for any persons to leave or scatter about any boxes, empty or otherwise, waste paper, remains of meals, newspapers or rubbish of any kind in any City park or recreation area, except in receptacles provided for such purpose.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
A. 
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to ride a skateboard, to skate, or to be within the fenced area surrounding a skate facility in a skate park owned or operated by the City, whether supervised or not, unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads.
B. 
It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to ride, jump, or otherwise use any bicycle in a skate park owned or operated by the City, except during the posted times when bicycles may legally use a skate park owned or operated by the City. A person may use a bicycle in a skate park pursuant to the written rules of the park. Any person using a bicycle pursuant to this section must wear a helmet, elbow, and knee pads. Bicycles used in violation of this section may be impounded as evidence of the violation. If a bicycle is impounded, an impound fee may be charged in an amount established by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
A. 
Except as otherwise permitted by this code or other applicable law, no person is permitted to:
1. 
Vend, offer for sale, or dispose of any goods, wares or merchandise, or conduct any business within a City park;
2. 
Leave, post, or affix any hand bills, circulars, pamphlets, tracts, or advertisements to any tree, fence or structure within a City park or recreation area.
B. 
During City-sponsored events in City parks, persons may undertake activities in subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2) in areas and under the conditions specified by the City.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
The Director may grant a permit to take any action prohibited by this chapter on a finding that such action otherwise complies with the rules and regulations adopted by the Director pursuant to Section 8.08.030, is in the best interests of the City, or that it will not substantially interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of City parks or recreation areas.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
A. 
No person is permitted to drive a vehicle within a City park or recreation area as follows:
1. 
At a speed which endangers the safety of persons, property or wildlife.
2. 
At a speed greater than 10 miles per hour in camp, picnic, utility or headquarters area or in areas of general public assemblage.
3. 
At a speed greater than 20 miles per hour in other areas.
B. 
This section does not apply to State highways and public roads in City parks or recreation areas.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
Any person using a City-provided charcoal grill must properly extinguish and dispose of all ashes in the provided hot coal containers, keep the grill in a tidy and sanitary condition, and clear away all cooking and eating utensils and waste matter after using the grill. Open-flame grilling is prohibited.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019; Ord. 616, 6/26/2024)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to ride or drive a bicycle, motorcycle, automobile or any other vehicle in any location in a City park or recreation area other than on an automobile road or trail designated to accommodate such vehicles. Bicycles are permitted on walkways and trails within City parks when designated by the Director.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person to obstruct the free travel of pedestrians on any walk, road or avenue, or of vehicles on automobile roads.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
It is unlawful for any person to wash, clean, polish, repair, renovate, or paint any vehicle in a City park or recreation area, except for emergency repairs necessary to make such vehicle safe.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
It is unlawful for any person to place any garbage or other waste in any watercourse or to use any watercourse or hydrant for washing or bathing, or for any activity which would tend to cause pollution to violate or threaten to violate any provision of Chapter 9.06.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)
It is unlawful for any person to use, transport, carry, fire, or discharge any fireworks, firearm, air gun, archery device, slingshot, or explosives of any kind across, in, or into a City park or recreation area.
(Ord. 561 § 3, 2019)