[Adopted 8-7-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984, approved 8-28-1984, as Ch. 84, Art. I, of the 1984 Code]
It is hereby declared, pursuant to the authority created by the City Charter[1] of the City of Kingston, the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, the City Home Rule Law and the General City Law of the State of New York, that the establishment and maintenance of proper rules and regulations for the use and enjoyment of the parks, bathing beaches, skating rinks, bathing pools and other recreational facilities of the City of Kingston are essential to the public welfare. Therefore, the provisions hereinafter prescribed to provide appropriate rules and regulations for the proper use and enjoyment of the aforesaid facilities are enacted, and their necessity in the public interest is hereby declared a matter of legislative determination. Except as herein otherwise provided, there shall be official hours for the opening and closing of the parks and other recreational facilities referred to herein, and the use by any person or persons of said parks or said recreational facilities at any other time is absolutely prohibited.
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Editor's Note: The Charter is included in Part I of this Code.
[Amended 8-5-1986; approved 8-7-1986]
The parks and other recreational facilities in the City of Kingston shall be opened no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and shall be closed no later than dusk each day. As used in this section, "dusk" shall be defined as 1/2 hour after sunset.
[Amended 5-6-2025 by L.L. No. 2-2025, approved 5-21-2025]
A. 
The jurisdiction over all of said parks and other facilities herein referred to shall reside in the Director of Parks and Recreation of the City of Kingston, who shall have the power to enforce the rules and regulations herein provided for.
B. 
Authorized enforcement officers, including City law enforcement and parking enforcement officers, may issue tickets and enforce violations of the rules and regulations contained in this chapter.
[Amended 5-6-2025 by L.L. No. 2-2025, approved 5-21-2025]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or any vehicle to loiter in or to pass through, on foot or by means of any vehicle, any of the parks or other facilities herein referred to at any time other than the time officially permitted within such park or such facility.
B. 
Only vehicles authorized by the Director of Parks and Recreation may remain parked at any time outside the hours of operation for the park or recreational facility. All other vehicles are prohibited from parking, or otherwise being left unattended, in a City park or recreation facility outside the hours of operation.
[Added 8-1-2006, approved 8-3-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person(s) to bring into, or possess in, any City park glass containers of any type or size at any time.
[Amended 8-1-2006, approved 8-3-2006; 5-1-2012, approved 5-2-2012; 5-6-2025 by L.L. No. 2-2025, approved 5-21-2025]
A. 
The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be a violation for which the first sh all be punishable by a fine of up to $100; second and subsequent offenses shall be punishable by a fine of up to $300.
B. 
In addition to the penalties set forth herein, vehicles in violation of § 310-4 may be subject to removal under the direction of the Police Department of the City of Kingston.
[Amended 8-1-2006, approved 8-3-2006]
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the public shall have the right to remain in the parks or other facilities of the City of Kingston when special events or functions are held thereat, and if the affair or function is not concluded until after the closing hours as fixed herein, it shall be lawful for the general public to be there; provided, however, that they leave the parks or other facilities within a reasonable length of time after the conclusion of the affair or function referred to herein.
Appropriate signs establishing the hours for the opening and closing of such parks and public facilities shall be conspicuously posted in said parks and other facilities before the effective date of this article for those facilities now in operation and, hereafter, prior to the opening of any such park or other recreational facility.