[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Wallingford 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 553.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 62.
Animals — See Ch. 71.
Open burning — See Ch. 93.
Skateboards and roller skates — See Ch. 184.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 151, Parks and Park Facilities, adopted 9-25-2007 by Ord.
No. 549.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall the meanings indicated:
As defined by § 30-1 of the Connecticut General
Statutes which includes all forms of alcohol, beer, spirits and wine.
The Recreation Commission.
The Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Director of Recreation.
Written authorization issued by the Director or his designee
to a person to use a particular park facility for the date and time
prescribed.
Any area of land owned by the Town of Wallingford, including
land leased to others for use as farmland or for farming purposes,
the preservation or restriction of the use of which would maintain
and enhance the conservation of natural or scenic resources or promote
conservation of soils, wetlands or water resources.
A place for recreation as designated by the Commission, whether
active or passive, laid out in walks, drives and recreation grounds
or fields, but not including any public street that may cross a park.
The particular function available in any park, such as a
pavilion, a tennis court, a ball field, etc.
Any person, group of persons, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company or any other legal entity.
Department-sponsored sporting events which are widely known
and attract large crowds. Examples are the TWIST Soccer Tournament,
the Tradition Softball Showcase, intra-Town soccer and softball tournaments.
This definition shall not apply to the Department's normal, regular
summertime permitted sporting events and recreational activities.
The Town of Wallingford.
Includes any device suitable for the conveyance, drawing
or other transportation of persons or property, whether operated on
wheels, runners, a cushion of air or by any other means, except baby
carriages, wheelchairs and vehicles used by the Town to maintain or
service the parks.
A.
No person shall enter or remain in any park or open
space land between dusk and 4:00 a.m. If, however, artificial lighting
has been installed by the Town for the purpose of illuminating sporting
events or other activities or events authorized by the Director, then
the closing hours shall be as follows:
(1)
If the entire park or open space land is so illuminated,
then the closing hours for such park or open space land shall be from
the time the lighting is extinguished and 4:00 a.m.
(2)
If only a section of a park or open space land is
so illuminated, then the closing hours for such section, and such
section only, shall be from the time the lighting is extinguished
and 4:00 a.m. and the rest of the park or open space land shall be
closed.
B.
Any person in attendance at an activity authorized
by written permit issued by the Director and which permit allows such
activity to be conducted during the prohibited hours, shall be exempt
from this section.
C.
Any person engaged in farming an area of land under
lease or other agreement from the Town, including such person's family
members, agents or employees, shall be exempt from the closing hours
prohibitions regarding open space land.
A.
The entire park at which a special event or tournament
has been scheduled will be closed to any other recreational activity
or sporting event throughout the duration of such event or tournament.
Any persons involved in such other recreational activity or sporting
event during those times must vacate the park.
B.
Park facilities shall be closed to all recreational
activity and sporting events during such time as the facilities are
undergoing reconditioning, repair or general maintenance.
No person shall ride or drive any vehicle in
any park except upon the roads, paths or trails provided therefor
or at times in areas which have been designated for such purpose by
the Commission.
No person shall drink or consume any alcoholic
liquor in any park, nor shall any person possess or bring alcoholic
liquor into any park with the intent to drink or consume said alcoholic
liquor within the park.
No person shall use any tobacco products, including,
but not limited to, smoking cigarettes, smoking cigars, smoking pipes
or chewing tobacco in any park, except that the use of such products
shall be permitted within areas designated and marked in such parks
for the parking of motor vehicles.
A.
Any person seeking to reserve the use of a park facility
for a certain date and time must file a facility permit application
with the Director. Application forms are available at the Department
of Parks and Recreation, 6 Fairfield Boulevard, Wallingford, Connecticut.
The Director shall determine the information requested in the application.
B.
Any person holding a facility permit shall have priority
for the use of the particular park facility on the date and time indicated
on said permit, and if another person is there at such date and time,
that person must vacate such park facility.
C.
Any person issued a facility permit must comply with
any conditions of use made a part of said permit.
D.
Any person issued a facility permit must carry it
on his or her person or have it readily available during the entire
period of reserved use and exhibit same upon request to the Director,
his designee or to a Wallingford peace officer.
E.
Standards for issuance. The Director shall issue a
facility permit when he finds that:
(1)
The proposed use will not interfere with the use of
any other park facility or the enjoyment of the park by the public.
(2)
The proposed use is not reasonably anticipated to
result in physical damage to the park facility or create a public
safety issue.
(3)
The proposed use is appropriate to the park facility.
(4)
The application does not unreasonably reserve the
park facility for multiple dates.
(5)
The park facility is available for use on the date
and time requested in the application.
A facility permit is required for the use of
ball fields in any park during the period from April 1 through October
31.
[Amended 3-23-2021 by Ord. No. 639]
The Commission may adopt regulations setting
forth the facility permit fee structure for use of the various park
facilities, the liability insurance requirements of persons using
park facilities, the form of the application for use of a park facility
and any other matter deemed necessary for the efficient administration
of the permitting process and for the protection of park facilities
and other areas administered by the Commission. Facility permit fee
structures, including waiver provisions, require the approval of the
Town Council. Fee structure changes will take effect 30 days after
action by the Council unless the Council determines otherwise.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be fined $90.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Director
or his designee and by the Police Department, acting separately or
jointly.
Any person denied a facility permit by the Director
may appeal such denial to the Commission. Any appeal must be in writing
and mailed or delivered to the Department of Parks and Recreation
within 10 days of the date of denial. The Commission shall sustain
or deny the appeal based upon the written record consisting of the
Director's reasons for denial and the applicant's reasons for appeal,
but may invite the parties to a hearing. In any event, the Commission
shall render its decision within 15 days of the date of appeal.
