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Prior legislation: Ord. 07-342-O.
Public parks shall include: Anna Classick Bicentennial Park, John F. Fleming Memorial Park, Coyote Evans Wayside Park, Ponderosa Memorial Park, Palmerton Park Arboretum, Plaza Park, and Rooster Park.
(Ord. 87-149-O § 1; Ord. 94-238-O § 1; Ord. 23-418-O § 56; Ord. 25-439-O § 1)
The following rules and regulations are hereby established and are to be observed and enforced for the conduct of persons using or frequenting the public parks and public land of the city of Rogue River:
A. 
No person shall build a fire within any public park except in fireplaces as provided. Designated fireplaces shall not be operated within 15 feet of a combustible structure or combustible material. The maximum fuel package size is restricted to three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height. Portable stoves, in good operating condition, will be allowed in table areas. During fire season, as determined by Oregon Department of Forestry, only propane (or other gas or liquid) fueled cooking fires are allowed. The city council may temporarily restrict or prohibit fires in otherwise allowed situations due to high fire hazard conditions, and all persons shall observe such restriction.
B. 
No person shall permit any dog to run at large within any public park or on public land and all dogs shall be kept in control on a leash at all times. Owners of dogs or other animals damaging or destroying park property or public land will be held liable for the full value of property damaged or destroyed. Owners of dogs that defecate on park property shall be responsible for cleaning up and depositing the material in the proper containers provided.
C. 
Flowers, shrubs, foliage, trees or plant life shall not be picked, cut, mutilated or removed from any park or public land area.
D. 
No person shall mutilate, deface, damage or remove any table, bench, building, sign, marker, monument, fence, fountain, faucet or other structure or cause or assist in doing any other of the above from any park or public area.
E. 
No person shall remove any dirt, stones, or rocks from any park or public area. Metal detecting is allowed; provided, that all metal detectorists:
1. 
Observe all federal and state antiquity laws.
2. 
Treat any found items of unusual value in accordance with the "Rights and Duties of Finders and Owners" defined in ORS Chapter 98. Such items should be reported to City Hall so that they can be returned to the rightful owner if possible.
3. 
Remain respectful of other users' space and privacy at all times; do not interfere with or disrupt other park users and/or activities.
4. 
Probing the ground is limited to the use of an ice pick or screwdriver-like tool with a maximum blade or shaft length of six inches, or a knife with a blade under three inches in width.
5. 
Any area disturbed must be returned to its previous state and the ground carefully leveled and returned to its original condition as much as possible.
F. 
No bottles, cans, ashes, wastepaper, garbage, sewage, or other rubbish shall be left in the park or public land area except in receptacles designated for that purpose.
G. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to haul household or yard garbage, rubbish or trash to the city park and deposit the same in the park or public property or in the park trash containers.
H. 
No person shall hunt, pursue, trap, kill, injure, mutilate or disturb the habitat of any bird or animal.
I. 
No person shall discharge firearms, pellet guns, bows and arrows, slingshots or other types of weapons or instruments capable of injuring any person. Furthermore, no person shall use or operate any power-propelled model rocket, drone aircraft, or glider. No drone shall be flown at a height of less than 400 feet in the airspace above city of Rogue River park land.
J. 
No person shall clean any fish in the bathrooms provided at the city parks.
K. 
No person shall ride, lead or drive any equine or other riding animals or permit any equine or animals (except dogs on leashes) to go upon any portion of any public park, without permission of the city council.
L. 
No dogs shall be permitted at Rooster Park without the permission of the city council.
M. 
No person shall:
1. 
Solicit the acquaintance of another.
2. 
Solicit fares.
3. 
Solicit subscriptions of food or moneys.
N. 
Smoking and tobacco use is prohibited.
1. 
Definitions.
a. 
"Electronic smoking cartridges" or "electronic smoking device liquid"
means the part or accessory to an electronic smoking device that is heated, atomized, vaporized or through some other process, using an ESD, becomes airborne to facilitate inhalation of the product or its byproducts.
b. 
"Electronic smoking device"
(ESD) means any electronic product that delivers nicotine or any other substance to the person inhaling from the device, including but not limited to an electronic cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen or e-hookah. "Electronic smoking device" includes any component, part, or accessory of such a product, whether or not sold separately. "Electronic smoking device" does not include drugs, devices, or combination products approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
c. 
"Park"
means any land owned by the city of Rogue River and designated as a park by the city council.
d. 
"Smoke" and "smoking"
mean inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated smoking instrument in any manner. "Smoke" and "smoking" also include the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol, in any manner or in any form. A lighted smoking instrument includes an activated or "switched on" electronic smoking device.
e. 
"Smoking instrument"
means any cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, weed, plant, or other tobacco or tobacco-like product or substance in any form.
2. 
Prohibition. No person may utilize or consume any tobacco or smoking product, not limited to tobacco, or smoke, or carry any lighted smoking instrument, in any park.
O. 
No person shall erect signs, markers or inscriptions of any type within the park without permission from the city council.
P. 
No person in the park may, without written permission of the city council:
1. 
Operate a concession, either fixed or mobile.
2. 
Solicit, sell or offer for sale, peddle, hock, barter, swap, vend, or provide any goods, wares, merchandise, food, liquids or services.
3. 
Advertise any goods or services by any means whatsoever or distribute any circulars, notices, leaflets, pamphlets or written or printed information of any kind.
Q. 
No overnight camping will be permitted unless authorized in writing by the city council.
R. 
The consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited within public parks without the written permission of the city council. The city council may grant permission to consume alcoholic beverages in special cases when a group reserves a park for a specific purpose. In all cases the city will require proof of liquor liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence and in a form that names the city as an additional insured prior to granting permission to consume alcoholic beverages within a public park.
S. 
Except as authorized by the city council, no person shall use any device that amplifies sound.
T. 
Motor vehicles are required to park only in designated areas. The city police are hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be removed and stored, any vehicle left unattended in a public park (any vehicle removal shall be done in compliance with state law).
U. 
Persons using bicycles, skateboards, roller skates and similar contrivances shall only use these devices on roads or in parking areas.
V. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $1,000.
W. 
In order to enforce all rules and regulations, and to maintain a sanitary and orderly appearance in city parks and on public land, any city police officer is vested with the authority to require all persons using said park to abide by the rules and regulations and has full authority to issue a citation.
(Ord. 87-149-O § 2; Ord. 89-182-O §§ 1, 2; Ord. 94-238-O § 2; Ord. 13-381-O § 1; Ord. 23-418-O § 57; Ord. 24-429-O § 3; Ord. 25-435-O § 2; Ord. 25-439-O § 1)