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Village of Great Neck Estates, NY
Nassau County
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The regulations contained in this chapter are adopted for the care, management and protection of the Village park, for the regulation of conduct of persons within such park and the exclusion of improper persons therefrom. In furtherance thereof, the Board of Trustees is authorized to adopt, and from time to time amend, rules and regulations for the use of the Village park and pool, which regulations may pertain to matters included in this chapter or otherwise. If such rules and regulations conflict with any provision of this chapter, the provisions of such rules and regulations shall take precedence over the provisions of this chapter.
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The use of the park and its facilities is limited to residents of the Village of Great Neck Estates, their guests as provided in this chapter and the rules and regulations, and such other persons as may be authorized pursuant to this chapter.
B. 
The Board of Trustees may, by resolution, define the term "resident" for the purposes of this article and establish categories of residency and fees for use of the park and its facilities by persons in such categories. The Board of Trustees also may adopt regulations, including fee requirements, for the admission of guests and other persons to the park and its facilities; provided, however, that in no event shall guests be permitted admission to the park and its facilities unless accompanied by one or more resident sponsors.
C. 
Park admission cards will be issued by the Village Clerk to persons eligible therefor upon application. Persons desiring admission to the park or its facilities, or using the park or such facilities, shall identify themselves by showing their admission cards and furnishing other pertinent information upon request of the park attendants.
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No person shall use or be within the boundaries of the park or its facilities unless such person is an authorized resident or guest or unless such use or presence is otherwise authorized by the Board of Trustees.
[Added 5-6-2013]
Pursuant to § 150-2B of this Code, and for the purposes of this chapter, the term "resident" shall mean:
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An adult taxpayer who lawfully resides in the Village;
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Each adult who is a member of the household of such adult taxpayer and who lawfully resides in the Village; and
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A minor who is a member of the household of such adult taxpayer and who lawfully resides in the Village or is a full-time student in an accredited course of study leading to a degree.
Unless otherwise determined in rules and regulations adopted or amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, the park will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. beginning on Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day in each year. The park will be open at all other times from 8:00 a.m. to sundown and closed to the public at other hours. No person shall be permitted in the park during hours when the park is closed to public use.
No person shall enter or leave the park premises except at the entrances established for such purposes.
Residents shall be responsible for the conduct of their guests.
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No person shall use the tennis courts at any time during which the Park Superintendent determines that the condition of the courts does not permit playing.
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All players using the tennis courts must wear rubber-soled tennis shoes without heels.
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The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may enact reasonable rules and regulations for the use of the tennis courts, including the establishment or amendment of fees for such use.
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Children under 16 should defer to adults in the use of the courts.
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All men must wear outer shirts while on the tennis courts.
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All persons using dock and float facilities do so at their own risk. No person may use the dock or float facilities unless such person is a resident boat owner who holds a locker permit, or an authorized guest of such boat owner.
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The west side of all floats shall be reserved for loading and unloading of boats only, and the maximum time for said loading and unloading shall be 15 minutes.
No bathing shall be permitted in the waters of Little Neck Bay fronting the park unless such waters have been pronounced fit for bathing by the Nassau County Department of Health.
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No person on the park premises shall engage in disorderly or intoxicated conduct. No person shall bring any alcoholic beverage into the park premises or possess, consume, sell or otherwise provide any alcoholic beverage in the park.
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No person shall utilize profane, obscene, insulting or abusive language in the park.
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No person shall commit any disorderly or noisy conduct or obscene or indecent acts tending toward a breach of the peace.
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No disrobing is permitted in toilets.
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No person shall mutilate, deface or otherwise damage or remove any park property.
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No person shall cut, pull or remove any flowers, shrubbery or trees from the park or' in any way damage any of the shrubbery or gardens.
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No person shall throw or deposit any wastepaper, newspaper, boxes or rubbish of any kind upon park grounds.
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Rubbish and refuse must be deposited in receptacles provided for such purpose.
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Hawking and peddling in the park or any entrance is prohibited.
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No person shall post or distribute any card, pamphlet or circular within the park premises without the consent of the Board of Trustees.
The park is not a public forum. No public meeting or gathering may be held within the park premises without the prior written consent of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall within the park:
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Drive golf balls or play football or baseball, other than softball, in the park.
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Skate on the tennis courts.
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Engage in archery.
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Ride a bicycle on sidewalks or any other place not designated for that purpose.
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No motor vehicle shall be permitted to park stop or stand at any place in the park except at the parking area designated for that purpose, and then only for a period of time authorized by law, rule or regulation.
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Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the park rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, no motor vehicle shall be parked at any location in the park unless it displays a current parking sticker or valid visitor pass issued by the Village of Great Neck Estates as required by such rules and regulations.
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No motor vehicle shall be operated in the park at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
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Any person found to have violated any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation adopted or promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a violation and shall be punishable in the manner provided in § 1-1 of this Code.
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In addition to any other punishment or penalty provided by law, the Mayor, or the Board of Trustees, or the Village Justice Court, may exclude from the use and privilege of the park for a period of time determined by such official(s), but not to exceed one year, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted or promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
The Village of Great Neck Estates shall not be responsible for any article of property lost or stolen on the park premises.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right within its discretion to modify these rules and adopt such new rules, from time to time, by local law or by resolution as it may deem advisable.
The regulations herein, and other regulations as may be adopted or amended by the Board of Trustees from time to time, are for the care, management and protection of the Village swimming pool and the locker building and grounds appertaining thereto and for the conduct of persons within such area and the exclusion of improper persons therefrom.
The normal operating season for the pool shall be from Memorial Day to the Monday following Labor Day, but the time of opening or closing for the season may be varied in the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
Weather permitting, the pool shall be open for admission from 10:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. each day. No person may remain in the pool or pool area between 8:00 p.m. of any day and 10:00 a.m. of the following day, except as authorized by the Village.
Between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, children under the age of 14 shall, subject to the safety regulations hereinafter set forth in § 150-27, have the exclusive use of the pool for the purpose of receiving swimming instructions from pool lifeguards upon payment of fees as hereinafter set forth in § 150-25. Such instructions will not be permitted at other times.
Residents of Great Neck Estates, hereinafter for convenience called "residents," shall have the right to use the pool only on the basis of unlimited seasonal use, the fees for which shall be established from time to time pursuant to § 150-25. A signed duplicate identification card will be issued, at the time of the payment of the fee, to each member of the immediate family of each resident, the duplicate to be retained by the pool management. Such card will set forth the name, sex and age of the holder and shall be signed by each holder over the age of eight years. Residents shall, at the time of each entry into the pool area, show their identification card and shall, upon request of the pool attendant at the entrance desk, also sign a registry book which shall be kept for the purpose at the desk at the entrance to the pool.
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Guests of residents may, subject to the payment of appropriate fees by the resident, be permitted the use of the pool if accompanied by an adult member of the resident host's family. All guests shall, at the time of each entry to the pool area, sign the registry book that shall be kept at the desk at the entrance to the pool.
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For each resident host family, the number of guests permitted to use the pool on any day is limited to two adult guests and the children of such adult guests.
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The same guest shall not be permitted the use of the pool more than twice a month as a guest of any one or more resident families.
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Resident families may secure, for not exceeding two houseguests at one time, a weekly card permitting such houseguest to use the pool for a continuous maximum period of one week in a season. Such houseguest shall be permitted the use of the pool on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as well as other days in the week covered by the card.
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may enact reasonable rules and regulations for the use of the pool, including the establishment or amendment of fees for such use.
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Every person using the pool is required to be familiar with and to obey the rules promulgated by the State of New York covering the use of pools. A copy of such rules will be posted at the entrance of the pool, and an extract of such rules will be distributed at the beginning of each season to each family registering for seasonal use of the pool.
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Attention is called to the fact that these rules require every person to take an adequate shower bath before entering the pool.
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Care must be used to see that any refuse is placed in receptacles provided for that purpose.
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Dogs and other animals are not permitted within the pool area.
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Consumption of food is strictly forbidden in the pool area.
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No glass containers of any kind are permitted within the pool area.
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At all times, children under the age of eight years must be accompanied in the pool or pool area by an adult entitled to enter the pool as a resident or guest. Children of eight years and over shall be permitted in the pool unaccompanied by such an adult only upon evidence of ability to swim.
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No games of any kind, including card playing, shall be permitted within the pool area, and no toys or athletic equipment other than inflated rubber toys are permitted within the pool area.
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Cars in the vicinity of the pool shall be parked only in the designated parking area.
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No person is permitted to dress or disrobe anywhere in the pool area except in the locker room provided for that purpose.
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The lifeguards, caretaker and other employees of the pool and pool area have the authority to interpret and enforce these rules and regulations, and residents and guests are subject to such interpretation.
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Anyone violating any of these rules may be barred from use of the pool, in addition to any other penalties provided by law for violation of the Village Code or park and pool regulations.
Any identification card tendered for the purpose of admission to the pool or otherwise used by a person who is not the holder named therein will be picked up by the pool attendant and turned in at the Village office, where it will be retained pending action by the Board of Trustees. In any such case, the Board of Trustees may cancel the identification card and revoke the permission granted to the holder to use the pool, without refund of the fee previously paid.
Every person present at the park, swimming pool, locker building, grounds or other area to which the regulations stated in Article I may relate shall comply with any order or direction of the person then in charge of such area, who is hereby authorized to require any person whom he/she may deem to be violating any of said regulations to leave such area and thereafter, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, to exclude such person therefrom.