This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Regulation of Town Parks of the Town of Louisa, Virginia."
The Louisa Town Council deems it reasonable,
necessary and desirable to provide an ordinance specifying rules and
regulations in order to provide for the safe and peaceful use of park
lands, for the education and recreation of the public, for the protection
and preservation of the property, facilities, and natural resources
of the Town, and for the safety and general welfare of the public.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
Includes any intoxicating beverage as defined by Virginia
law and includes beer and wine as further defined in this chapter.
Any contrivance, device, gadget, machine or structure designed
to test the skill or strength of the user or to provide the user with
any sort of ride, lift, swing, or fall experience including, but not
limited to, ball-throwing contest, pinball-type device, electronic
videos, animal rides, dunk tank, ball pit, moonwalk, ball-and-hammer
device, trampoline, and the like.
A specified place within a park.
Any alcoholic malt beverage, including 3.2 beer.
Any nonmotorized vehicle which is driven by means of pedaling.
Such vehicles include, but are not limited to, road bicycles, mountain
bicycles, recumbent bicycles, tricycles, and mopeds with the motor
off.
The appointed and elected members of the Louisa Town Council.
Riding or propelling oneself by human power or gravity on
wheeled devices that are worn on a person's feet or stood upon by
a person. Such devices specifically include, but are not limited to,
roller skates, in-line skates, roller skis, skateboards and scooters.
The Town Manager of the Town of Louisa.
A self-propelled vehicle intended to be driven on a roadway.
Such vehicles include, but are not limited to, cars, trucks, motorcycles,
scooters, recreational vehicles, or mopeds under motor power.
Any self-propelled, off-the-road or all-terrain vehicle designed
to be driven off a roadway. Such vehicles include, but are not limited
to, snowmobile, mini-bike, amphibious vehicle, motorcycle, go-cart,
scooter, dune buggy, or all-terrain vehicle (ATV).
All flora and fauna within a park and the physical factors
upon which they depend; including air, water, soil, and minerals.
Any land or water area and all facilities thereon, including,
but not limited to, trails, under the jurisdiction, control or ownership
of the Town of Louisa.
Individuals, firms, corporations, societies or any group
or gathering whatsoever.
Any animal that is tamed and domesticated and kept as a companion.
Any substance, liquid, or gas which could cause contamination
of air, land, or water so as to create or cause a nuisance or render
unclean or noxious or impure so as to be actually or potentially harmful,
or detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare.
Any land, waters, facilities, or possessions of the Town
of Louisa, and shall include parks.
The written permission that must be obtained from the Town
Manager to carry out a given activity.
Any contrivance used or designated for navigation on water.
Any device, including, but not limited to, firearms, bows,
electronic weapons, slings, and pellet or BB guns, from which a shot
or projectile of any type is discharged or propelled by means of an
explosive, gas, compressed air, or other means. An "electronic weapon"
means a portable device which is designated, used or intended to be
used, offensively or defensively, to immobilize or incapacitate persons
by the use of an electric current.
Any living creature, not human, wild by nature, endowed with
sensation, power of voluntary motion, including, but not limited to,
mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and mollusks.
A vinous alcoholic beverage.
