A. 
No person shall remain, stay, or loiter in any public park, or in a building therein, or the park parking lot, or park a vehicle in any public park parking lot, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or during any time that a park closure notice has been issued and posted pursuant to subsection B below, unless an exception permit has been issued by the City.
B. 
The City Manager or his/her designee may issue a park closure order if he or she determines that there are threats to health, safety and welfare of the public or if use of the park by the public would cause damage to turf, landscaping or equipment. Once a park closure order is issued, City staff shall cause a park closure sign or notice to be placed in a prominent location within the park.
(11-03)
A. 
No person shall light or maintain any fire, except in a stove, fire circle or other place provided for that purpose, without first having obtained a permit from the Human Services Director.
B. 
Notwithstanding Subsection A of this section, on Thompson Creek Trail no person shall light any combustible material or start or maintain any fire including, but not limited to, smoking, camp stoves, candles, pyrotechnics or fireworks. No person shall possess any pyrotechnics, fireworks or flammable liquids on Thompson Creek Trail.
(14-07; 17-01)
No person shall possess, carry or discharge any firearms, airsoft guns, paintball guns, firecrackers, rockets or any other fireworks, air gun or slingshot in a public park in the City.
(14-07)
A. 
No person shall throw along, upon or across any public highway or driveway within a public park any missile capable of causing personal injury or damage to personal property.
B. 
No person shall operate a model rocket that utilizes a gas, electric or chemical engine within any public park or upon or across any public highway.
(14-07)
No person shall disturb the peace and quiet in a public park by any making undue, loud or unusual noise, or by tooting, blowing or sounding any automobile siren or signal, or by any tumultuous conduct or the use of any vulgar, profane or indecent language therein.
(94-15)
No person shall park or stand any vehicle on any road or path except at places designated by the City Traffic Engineer. No person shall park in any lot within the park in violation of posted restrictions. New restrictions effective after January 1, 1976, shall be adopted under the procedures of Chapter 10.32 of this Code.
(94-15)
A. 
No person shall ride, drive, or propel any motorized vehicle, motorcycle, or automobile in a public park other than on roads, trails or driveways provided for that purpose and in the directions posted.
B. 
No person shall operate an unauthorized motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, motor bikes, motor dirt bikes, motorized scooters, all-terrain vehicles, off highway vehicles, or any other motorized vehicles or conveyance device within park boundaries or in parking lots, unless a permit has been issued by the Director of Recreation and Human Services or his or her designee.
C. 
No person shall operate or drive any electric or combustible motorized skateboard, scooter, dirt bike, mini bike, mini motor bike, mini motorcycle, go-kart, go-ped, mo-ped, all-terrain vehicle, quad runner, dune buggy or any similar electric or combustible motorized wheeled conveyance, except for electric bicycles as defined in Section 11.10.080, within park boundaries or parking lots unless a permit has been issued by the Director of Recreation and Human Services or his or her designee.
D. 
This section shall not apply to maintenance personnel, law enforcement personnel, or persons responding to an emergency situation requiring vehicular access to the park area.
(14-07; 2025-03, 4/22/2025)
No person shall throw, discard, place or dispose of any garbage or refuse in a public park, in any place other than a garbage can or other receptacle maintained for that purpose. No person shall bring or transport garbage or refuse to a public park and place such garbage or refuse in a garbage can or other receptacle maintained for that purpose in a public park.
(94-15)
Public parks in the City are intended as places for recreation and relaxation and the free exchange of ideas, but not as a forum for commercial enterprise. Therefore, no person shall sell, offer or solicit the sale of goods or services within a park, or pass out commercial handbills or advertising, or offer commercial teaching services within a park. This prohibition shall not apply to such activity when authorized by a special event permit, a sidewalk vendor permit, or other City permit.
(94-15; 19-04)
No person shall drive any vehicle in any public park at a speed greater than is reasonable for prudence, having due regard for the traffic on the roadway, and the surface and width of roadway. In any event, no vehicle shall be driven at a speed in excess of five miles per hour.
(94-15)
No person shall:
A. 
Pick, dig, remove, destroy, injure, mutilate or cut any tree, plant, shrub, bloom or flower, or any portion thereof growing in a public park;
B. 
Cut, break, deface or injure any building, monument, sign, fence, bench, equipment or property in a public park;
C. 
Cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel in a public park.
(94-15)
No person shall:
A. 
Take or permit any dog within any public park in the City. Such prohibition shall apply irrespective of whether or not the dog may be restrained by a leash; provided, however, that the provisions of this section may be waived for activities or events of a recreational nature authorized and/or supervised by the Human Services Department. This section shall apply only where prohibitory signs are erected.
B. 
In areas within City parks designated by the City Council as off leash areas, dogs are permitted off-leash under the rules in Section 11.02.125.
C. 
Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, dogs that are restrained by a leash shall be permitted on Thompson Creek Trail and solely upon those areas of the Padua Park Trail that are adjacent to the soccer fields and adjoining sidewalks. Any person having care or custody of a dog on Thompson Creek Trail or Padua Park Trail shall remove any waste product left by such dog(s).
D. 
This section shall not apply to police service dogs engaged in law enforcement duties or to a service animal that is accompanied by its handler and following the leashing requirements in Section 6.12.180 of this Municipal Code.
(94-15; 96-06; 08-12; 11-03; 12-04; 14-07)
The following rules apply within off-leash areas:
A. 
No dog is permitted in the off-leash area except in the care, custody and control of a person thirteen years old or older. No person may have more than two dogs in the off-leash area at any one time. All dogs must be under the voice control of their caretakers at all times. No dogs are permitted in the off-leash area except during posted hours of operation.
B. 
All dogs must be at least four months of age, vaccinated for rabies, and have a current animal license. No dog that is sick, in heat, or aggressive is permitted in the off-leash area.
C. 
Any person having care or custody of a dog in the off-leash area shall quiet the dog if it barks and shall promptly remove the animal's litter.
D. 
No animals other than dogs are permitted in an off-leash area. No dog obedience classes may be conducted in an off-leash area.
E. 
The use of an off-leash area by a dog's owner or other person having care, custody, or control of that dog shall constitute agreement by the dog's owner and the person having care, custody or control of that dog to follow the rules in this section and a waiver of liability of the City, 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.
F. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to have a dog in an off-leash area between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(96-06; 01-07)
No person shall take part in or abet the playing of a game of golf or the practice thereof, nor cause to be propelled objects such as balls or stones by use of a golf club or similar instrument within any public park in the City. The provisions of this section may be waived for activities of a recreational nature authorized and/or supervised by the Human Services Department.
(14-07)