[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Chenango 9-20-1982 by L.L. No. 3-1982. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 32.
Firearms — See Ch. 37.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 52.
Transient merchants — See Ch. 66.
It is the intent of this chapter to protect the rights of all residents of the Town of Chenango so as to enjoy to the fullest facilities at Town parks and recreation areas located within the Town of Chenango.
A. 
No profane or abusive language shall be used in any Town park.
B. 
No persons shall sell or offer for sale any goods without permission from the Parks and Recreation Commission.
C. 
No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in the park area unless permission is received from the Parks and Recreation Commission, or except during activities sponsored by the Town.
D. 
Betting or gambling of any type is prohibited.
E. 
Baseball will be permitted only on diamonds set aside for this activity.
F. 
Hitting golf balls is prohibited, except in designated areas.
G. 
No person shall cut, deface, injure, remove or disturb any tree, shrub, building, fence, bench or any other structure, apparatus or property; or pick, cut or remove any shrub, brush or flower; or mark or write upon any building, fence, bench, signs or other structures.
H. 
Open fires (that is to say, fires not in gasoline stoves, charcoal grills, etc.) or fires not in designated places and any unattended fires are prohibited. No fire shall be left unextinguished after use.
I. 
No firearms, fireworks, air guns, bows and arrows or any dangerous weapons are permitted, except that firearms lawfully in possession, if holstered or cased, may, without loitering, be carried through a Town park.
J. 
Throwing or leaving refuse in or on a Town park, other than in receptacles there provided for trash, is prohibited.
K. 
No vehicles (such as trail bikes, snowmobiles, minibikes, etc.) shall be operated or parked in a Town park area outside designated roadways or designated parking areas.
L. 
No vehicles shall be operated in a Town park at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
M. 
Privately owned boats, rafts or other artificial means of support on water shall be allowed entry upon waters in designated areas.
N. 
No entertainment or exhibition of any kind shall be given without the directions, approval or supervision of the Parks and Recreation Commission.
O. 
Town parks and recreation areas shall be opened for public use between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. or such other hours as may be specifically authorized by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
P. 
No person shall throw stones or other missiles.
Q. 
No animals shall be led or let loose in the park.
The Parks and Recreation Commission, Supervisor and Town Board may close the park facilities whenever, in their judgment, such action is deemed necessary or desirable for the protection of health or safety of persons entitled to use such facilities. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall have the responsibility to resolve all scheduling conflicts involving the use of park facilities.
[Amended 10-3-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
The Town Clerk is herewith authorized and empowered and directed to publish and post a notice of the adoption of this chapter in all Town parks and recreation areas and in the manner as provided by the law.