[Adopted 2-14-1990 by Ord. No. 893 as
Ch. X of the 1988 Code]
This chapter is enacted to establish rules and
regulations of the public lands and parks of the Borough and to establish
hours for use of the public lands and parks owned by the Borough.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any written license issued by or under the issuing authority,
permitting the performance of a specified act or acts.
Any lands situated in the Borough now owned or hereafter
acquired by or under the jurisdiction of the Borough or any lands
so designated.
Selling goods or services by sample or taking orders for
future delivery with or without accepting advance payment for the
goods, or seeking any form of contributions.
To sell, to dispose of by any sale or to trade.
In the interpretation of this chapter and all
succeeding park ordinances, the provisions shall be construed as follows:
A.
Any requirement or prohibition of any act shall respectively
extend to and include the causing and procuring, directly or indirectly,
of such act.
B.
No provision hereof shall make unlawful any act necessarily
performed by any officer or employee of the Borough in line of duty
or work as such, or by any person, his agent or employees in the proper
and necessary execution of the terms of any agreement with the Borough.
C.
Any act otherwise prohibited by law or local ordinance
shall be lawful if performed under, by virtue of and strictly within
the provisions of a permit so to do, and to the extent authorized
thereby.
No person shall post, paint, affix, distribute,
hand out, deliver, place or leave about any bill, billboard, placard,
ticket, handbill, circular or advertisement; display any flag, banner,
transparency, target, sign, placard, blimp, balloon, airplane, searchlight
or any other matter for advertising purposes or operate any musical
instrument or drum for advertising purposes or for the purpose of
attracting attention to any exhibition, show, performance or other
display without the permission of the Borough.
No person, group or organization shall solicit
alms or contributions for any purpose without the permission of the
Borough.
All statutes, regulations, ordinances and other
applicable rules and regulations regarding disorderly persons shall
apply herein and shall be enforced as part of the terms and conditions
of this chapter, and any person in violation thereof shall be subject
to punishment as provided by law.
No person shall bring into or have in the parks
any explosive, including any substance, compound, mixture or article
having properties of such a character that alone or in combination
or contiguity with other substances or compounds may decompose suddenly
and generate sufficient heat, gas or pressure or any or all of them
to produce rapid flaming or combustion or administer a destructive
blow to surrounding objects without the approval of the Borough.
All statutes, regulations, ordinances and other
applicable rules and regulations regarding firearms, weapons and tools
are incorporated herein and are enforceable within the terms and conditions
of this chapter, and any person in violation thereof shall be subject
to punishment as provided by law.
No person shall sell or offer for sale any object
or merchandise or any other thing, whether corporeal or incorporeal,
except pursuant to a permit.
A.
No person shall kindle, build, maintain or use a fire
except in places designated for such purpose.
B.
Every fire shall be continuously under the care and
direction of a competent person from the time it is kindled until
it is extinguished.
C.
Only charcoal, charcoal lighters or fuel provided
by the park will be permitted.
D.
No cigar, cigarette or lighted match shall be discharged
carelessly or in a manner which may start a fire.
No person shall play any game of chance or have
possession of any instrument or device for gambling.
No person shall:
A.
Cut, break, deface, defile or misuse any building,
playground, equipment, fence, tree, bush, plant or turf or other thing
belonging to a park or playground, or any part thereof.
B.
Destroy, remove, carry away, or have possession of
any building, playground equipment, fence, tree, bush, plant, turf
or other thing belonging to a park or playground, or any part thereof.
C.
Cut into, destroy or remove any of the curbing, roadways,
sidewalks or paths within a park or playground without written permission.
[Amended 2-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1865]
Public lands and parks owned by the Borough
shall be open for use from dawn to dusk, except that facilities with
lighting, including, but not limited to, Muni fields, Pulis Avenue
fields, Old Mill Woodlands tennis courts and dog park, shall be open
for use during the hours that the lights are on.
[Amended 2-15-2022 by Ord. No. 1865]
Signs setting forth the hours that the public
lands and parks will be open shall be posted in at least one location
wherever space shall so permit.
A permit will be necessary for use of public
lands and parks during hours other than as established herein. Such
permit or permits authorizing such use or uses of the public lands
or parks shall be granted in writing by the appropriate public body
or official of the Borough as designated by the Mayor and Council
upon application to the appropriate public body or official. All conditions
of the permit approved must be adhered to, and any falsifications
or violation of the terms and conditions or rules and regulations
shall constitute grounds for its revocation by the public body or
official issuing the permit.
[Added 9-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1432]
In accordance with § 157-11 of the Borough Code, dogs are prohibited from running at large and prohibited in playground areas and on playing fields within the Borough.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding
$200 for each offense or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
30 days, or both, plus the cost of any damages.
