A. 
General. Park rules, as promulgated in this chapter, are established to provide a system by which the greatest number of people may obtain the maximum satisfaction from the use of City parks and recreation facilities. For the rules to serve this purpose, they must be understood and followed by the park users. Accordingly, park safety involves both public awareness and rule enforcement programs.
B. 
Application of Park Safety Program. The degree and extent to which the application of park safety shall be adapted to City parks shall be based on purpose and location of each park and recreation facility, its environment and surrounding community, the number and type of persons using it, the number and type of rule violations that have occurred in the past, and the perception that the people of the City have of the park or facility as a safe place to use. The City shall keep records of safety problems and rules violations in each facility and continuously evaluate its safety program for each facility based on those records.
(Ord. 01-0101 § 48 (KCC 7.12.680))
Park safety is the responsibility of both the police department and the department of parks, cultural and natural resources. Specific responsibilities include the following:
A. 
Parks, Cultural and Natural Resources Department.
1. 
Enforcing rules of conduct set forth in the ordinance for which department personnel have appropriate authority.
2. 
Developing and implementing public awareness programs regarding the purpose of the facilities and the rules governing their use.
3. 
Encouraging voluntary compliance with rules based on awareness.
4. 
Training department personnel in the appropriate use of administrative sanctions as a means of park rule enforcement.
5. 
Notification of law enforcement officers who have primary jurisdiction in a particular geographic area whenever department personnel observe violations of park rules requiring further law enforcement authority or other violations of local, State, or federal laws, whenever there is an emergency requiring law enforcement assistance, or whenever they need assistance in executing their responsibilities pursuant to this chapter.
B. 
Police Department.
1. 
Deputizing and training of personnel authorized to issue citations for infractions and misdemeanor offenses.
2. 
Providing supplementary patrols in natural resources and parks facilities as jointly determined by the director of the department of parks, cultural and natural resources and the director of the police department.
3. 
Responding, as appropriate, to requests from department personnel for assistance in situations beyond their capacity or authority to act.
(Ord. 01-0101 § 48 (KCC 7.12.690))
Violation of the park rules may be a civil infraction or criminal misdemeanor. The initial method of enforcement shall be by a request for voluntary compliance. Violation of this code may be subject to enforcement by the King County sheriff pursuant to KMC § 9.40.620 and 9.40.630. In addition, any person failing to comply with the park rules shall be subject to the loss of park or recreation facility use privileges and ejection from City park areas or associated marine park areas. In the future, at the direction of the department director, the park rules ordinance may be updated to request that certain department personnel be commissioned by the King County sheriff for the purpose of issuing citations to the violators of adopted park rules.
(Ord. 01-0101 § 48 (KCC 7.12.700))
Any other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, the manager is authorized to enter into a contract or agreement with the director of the City of Kenmore police department to provide specific park patrol services to enforce the laws and ordinances of the City of Kenmore within City of Kenmore park areas.
(Ord. 01-0101 § 48 (KCC 7.12.710))