[Adopted 5-12-1982 by Ord. No. 4-82]
The following rules and regulations are hereby
adopted for the protection, regulation and control of parks owned
and operated by this municipality, including driveways, sidewalks,
paths, parking lots, buildings and all facilities located within and
upon public parks.
All parks in this municipality shall be operated
and maintained under the supervision of the governing body. The governing
body may, by resolution from time to time, delegate all or any aspects
of such supervision to the Recreation Commission or any other designated
agency of the municipality.
[Amended 9-25-1996 by Ord. No. 18-96; 6-22-2022 by Ord. No. 13-2022; 2-23-2022 by Ord. No. 02-2022]
Public parks shall be open each day during the
period between dawn and dusk, except that the closing time of a public
park may be extended by prior permission and authorization of the
governing body or the Recreation Advisory Committee for good cause.
No person shall, without such permission and authorization, enter
into or remain in a public park except during the hours the park is
open to the general public. No vehicles shall be parked in any parking
lots connected to any public park before dawn and after dusk.
[Amended 9-8-2010 by Ord. No. 18-2010]
No person shall possess or consume alcoholic
beverages at any time in any public park, except with permission as
provided in the ordinances of the Borough.
No group or organization of 20 or more persons
shall use or occupy a public park without first having obtained a
group use permit. Such permit shall be obtained from the recreation
agency of the municipality not later than seven days before the proposed
date of use. The granting or denial of such permit shall be based
upon the rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the governing
body. Group use shall be limited to designated areas. Adult supervision
of children's groups shall be required at all times.
No person in a park shall picnic or lunch in
a place other than those designated for that purpose. No person shall
build, light or maintain a fire within a public park except in a camp
stove or fireplace in an area designated for that purpose. All fires
shall be extinguished immediately upon completion of use of the camp
stove or fireplace.
No person shall engage in any commercial use
or enterprise in a public park, except that duly licensed vendors
may sell items to individuals from motor vehicles temporarily parked
in the vicinity or parking area of a public park.
No person shall use any portion of a public
park, except those areas designated for that purpose, for the purpose
of travel with or parking of vehicles, including mopeds. Footpaths
and walks established for pedestrian use shall not be used for vehicle
travel. The use of any unlicensed motor vehicle, snowmobile, trail
bike or minibike is prohibited in any public park.
The governing body hereby authorizes the installation
of appropriate signs, to be located within public parks, giving notice
of the various rules and regulations or portions thereof set forth
in this article. No person shall damage or deface any such sign.
[Added 8-28-2002 by Ord. No. 19-2002]
A.
No person
shall provide food or nourishment to any animal, wildlife, or bird
in, near or around Wampum Memorial Park or Wampum Lake. "Bird" shall
include, but not be limited to, any ducks, geese, Canadian Geese,
pigeons, shore bird, whether native or domesticated, introduced or
feral game bird.
B.
Except
for park patrons, it shall be unlawful for persons to park at Wampum
Park, in the parking area north of West Street.
[Added 8-13-2014 by Ord. No. 09-2014]
[Added 10-12-2022 by Ord. No. 21-2022[1]]
No person shall bring to and dispose of solid
waste generated off-site to any Borough park, playground or parking
lot. For the purposes of this section, “solid waste” shall
mean Type 10 (Municipal Waste), Type 13 (Bulky Waste), and Type 13C
(Construction and Demolition waste) as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.13(g).
