[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of St. Francis
as Ch. 19 of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Chapter 47 of the Milwaukee County Ordinances pertaining to the rules
and regulations governing parks and parkways under the jurisdiction of the
Milwaukee County Park Commission, including violations, is fully adopted by
reference and made a part of this chapter as though fully set forth herein.
The City Park Commission, as established in Chapter 17 of this Code, shall have jurisdiction over all parks, parkways, tot lots or other municipal areas available for public use. The Commission shall have the authority to make rules and regulations governing the use of such areas, which shall have the same force and effect as an ordinance of the City.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The St. Francis Park Commission.
Unless otherwise stated, shall include the grounds, buildings thereon,
waters therein, and any other property which is now or may hereafter be under
the control or jurisdiction of the St. Francis Park Commission.
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation and association
of persons, and the singular number shall include the plural.
A.
Public meetings, etc.; permit. All public meetings, assemblies,
entertainments, tournaments or public discussion on any subject, religious,
social, political, or otherwise, is prohibited within the limits of any park
or parkway, except when a written permit of the Park Commission has first
been granted and then only in areas designated as assembly areas by the Park
Commission. No military or other parade or procession or funeral shall take
place in or pass through the limits of any park or parkway except upon written
permit of the Park Commission.
B.
Public speeches; public music; permit required. No person
shall use any loudspeaker or other amplifying equipment, nor shall any person
publicly play any music or play any musical instrument in any park or parkway,
without the written permit of the Park Commission.
C.
Auto radios; loudness prohibited. Auto radios must be
turned low at all times so as not to be heard from a distance beyond 20 feet
from the instrument.
D.
Interference with permittees prohibited. No person shall
be allowed within the limits of any park or parkway of the City of St. Francis
in those areas designated by the Park Commission as assembly areas, but only
with written permission of the Park Commission.
A.
Prohibited except in designated areas. No person shall
engage in any sport, game, race or amusement in any park or parkway except
upon such portions thereof as may be designated for that purpose, and then
only under such rules and regulations as may be established by the Park Commission.
B.
Permits for exclusive use; interference with prohibited.
Permits for the exclusive use of any picnic or play area for any specified
date or time may be granted at the discretion of the Park Commission, and
no person shall in any manner disturb or interfere with any person or party
occupying the ground under such a permit nor with any of his or its equipment
or property.
No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale any tangible or intangible
article, merchandise, or thing, nor solicit for any trade, occupation, business
or profession or for alms, within any park or parkway without the written
permit of the Park Commission.
A.
Use of firearms and fireworks; hunting with bow and arrow;
trapping. No person shall carry, fire, or discharge any gun,
pistol, or firearm, nor any rocket, torpedo or other fireworks of any description,
nor shall any person engage in trapping within any park or parkway without
a written permit of the Park Commission, nor shall any person hunt with bow
and arrow within any park or parkway. The word "gun" shall include air gun.
B.
Throwing of stones or missiles. No person shall throw
stones or missiles in or into any park or parkway.
C.
Making of fires. No person shall make or kindle a fire
for any purpose except in places provided therefor, and then subject to such
regulations as may be prescribed.
D.
Deposit of tin cans, bottles and glassware forbidden
except in waste container; removal of broken tin cans, bottles or glassware.
(1)
No person shall deposit any tin cans, bottles, or other
glassware after the same have been used in any place in a park or parkway,
except in a waste container.
(2)
Any person who breaks a bottle or other glassware in
any park or parkway shall immediately pick up the broken pieces and remove
the same to a park waste container.
A.
Disturbance of animals on exhibition. No person shall
injure, molest, or disturb any animal exhibited in the zoological garden or
in any other area of the park or parkway, nor feed or attempt to feed the
same where posted rules prohibit such conduct.
B.
Animals not allowed in parks; exception. No animal, except those placed in the park, parkways or tot lots by the authority of the Park Commission, and excepting horses when saddled or harnessed and in use for riding or pleasure, driving only on roadways or paths duly designated, and except dogs on leash, as regulated by Subsection C hereof, shall be conducted into or driven within the parks or parkways or be allowed to remain therein. This, however, does not apply to animals engaged in the construction, maintenance, or operation of the parks and parkways.
C.
Dogs prohibited in certain areas otherwise permitted
only when on leash. No person having the control or care of a dog shall suffer
or permit such dog to enter or remain in a public park or parkway unless it
is led by a leash of suitable strength not more than six feet in length, and
then only within such areas in the parks as have been designated by order
of the Park Commission. The Park Commission shall cause signs to be posted
in areas wherein dogs are not permitted.
D.
Impounding of dogs. Dogs found running at large within
any park or parkway may be impounded by any peace officer or by any employee
of the Park Commission.
No one shall kill, injure, or attempt to injure or unnecessarily disturb
any waterfowl or other birds or animals, wild or domestic, within any of the
parks or parkways, nor shall any person rob or disturb the nest or eggs of
any bird or other animal therein.
A.
Destruction of property.
(1)
No person shall climb any tree, or pluck any flowers
or fruit, wild or cultivated, or break, cut down, trample upon, remove, or
in any manner injure or deface, write upon, defile or ill use any tree, shrub,
flower, flower bed, turf, fountain, ornament, statue, building, fence, apparatus,
bench, table, official notice, sign, bridge, structure, or other property
within any park or parkway.
(2)
No person in any park or parkway shall remove any device
for the protection of trees or shrubs, nor shall any such person fasten a
horse or other animal next to any tree, shrub, or grass plot which may become
damaged by the action of the animal.
B.
Removal of ice or sand prohibited. No person shall remove
any sand from any park or any shore within a park without a written permit
of the Park Commission.
No person shall ascend or land with any aircraft, including gliders
and parachutes, nor engage in stunt flying or parachute landing in any park
or parkway without the written permit of the Park Commission.
A.
Driving confined to regular drives and parking areas.
No person shall operate or drive any motor vehicle or other vehicle of traffic
or burden upon any part of the parks or parkways except roads, driveways,
parking areas or other areas which have been designated by the Park Commission
for vehicular travel.
B.
Vehicles for hire not to stand in parks; exception. No
person shall cause any taxi, bus, limousine, or other vehicle for hire to
stand upon any part of the parks or parkways for the purpose of soliciting
or taking in passengers or persons other than those carried to the parks or
parkways by said vehicle, unless licensed by the Park Commission.
C.
Use of parks by certain vehicles prohibited. No person
shall cause any bus, with or without passengers, nor any cart, dray, wagon,
truck, or trailer, or other vehicle carrying goods, merchandise, manure, soil,
or any other articles, or solely in use for the carriage of goods, merchandise,
manure, or other articles, to enter or be driven in any part of the parks
or parkways. This section shall not apply to vehicles engaged in the construction,
maintenance, or operation of the parks or parkways, to vehicles making deliveries
to the parks or parkways, or to buses under permit of the Park Commission.
D.
Duty of vehicle operators to comply with traffic codes.
It shall be the duty of every person operating an automobile, motorcycle,
or other vehicle of traffic or burden within the parks or parkways to comply
with the state, county and municipal traffic codes and with all orders, directions,
and regulations of traffic officers or officially displayed on any post, standard,
sign, or device installed for the regulation of traffic.
E.
Speed of vehicles. No vehicle shall be operated on any
road or drive in any park or parkway exceeding 10 miles per hour.
F.
Parking prohibited in specific areas during specific
hours. No person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain standing
on any highway or roadway within the boundaries of parks and parkways as hereinafter
designated in excess of the length of time and between the hours as hereinafter
specified in this subsection. No parking shall be allowed on any of the park
or parkway roads during the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. except by permit
issued by Park Commission.
G.
MOTOR GO-KART
MOTOR VEHICLE
PARKING
Definition of terms. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meaning indicated:
A motor vehicle propelled by a cycle-type gasoline engine or engines,
designed to travel on three or more wheels, with a seat for the driver and
not exceeding 300 pounds net weight.
A vehicle which is self-propelled.
The standing of any motor vehicle or other vehicle of traffic or
burden, whether attended or unattended, upon any highway otherwise than temporarily
or while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in receiving or discharging
passengers or while standing in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic
signals.
H.
Posting of signs. The City Park Commission shall erect
suitable signs on all highways hereinabove restricted as to parking, which
signs shall indicate the limitation of no parking and shall indicate that
no parking shall be allowed at any time.
I.
Parking area to be used for parking purposes only. No
person shall operate a motor or drive any motor vehicle in any area designated
for the parking of vehicles for the purposes of parking therein or of maintaining
such area.
J.
Operation of motor go-karts prohibited in parks. No person
shall operate a motor go-kart upon any part of the parks of parkways except
in areas which have been designated by the Park Commission for the operation
of motor go-karts.
A.
Definition. "Snowmobile" means a motor-driven vehicle
designed to travel over a snow surface with an operator or an operator and
one or more passengers. Such vehicle shall derive traction from a continuous
track-laying device, the periphery of which shall be rubber or metal-reinforced
rubber but shall not include any block, studs, flange, spike or other protuberance.
The term "snowmobile" shall not mean a vehicle driven by an airplane propeller
or a vehicle driven by wind action and specifically designed for ice sailing.
B.
Permit required. No person shall operate a privately
owned snowmobile without first obtaining a permit from the Park Commission.
C.
Areas designated. No person shall operate a snowmobile
upon any part of the park or parkway except in areas which have been designated
by the Park Commission for operation of snowmobiles.
D.
Hours restricted. No person shall operate a snowmobile
in any park or parkway before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
E.
Reckless operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile
in a reckless manner.
F.
Rules. Persons operating snowmobiles shall comply with
all Park Commission rules.
Riders of bicycles shall comply with the rules for the regulation of other vehicles, as stated in § 332-12, and in addition thereto shall be subject to the following regulations:
A.
No person shall ride a bicycle upon the lawns, walks,
or foot trails in the parks or parkways.
B.
Riders shall proceed in the extreme right-hand lane of
the drives at all times, in single file only.
C.
Riding crosswise and curving to and fro are strictly
prohibited.
D.
No rider shall take both hands off the handles or ride
recklessly in any other manner.
E.
A bicycle shall not be towed by a rope or otherwise,
nor shall any rider hold onto any moving vehicle for the purpose of being
drawn along.
F.
No bicycle shall be pushed upon any park or parkway drive
where an adjoining foot walk is available.
G.
Infants, children, or extra passengers shall not be carried
on bicycles in any manner whatsoever.
H.
Children riding small bicycles, wheels less than 20 inches
in diameter, may use the foot walks.
I.
Wherever possible, bicycles shall be parked in places
provided for such purpose.
A.
Disorderly conduct. No person shall use threatening,
abusive, insulting, profane, or indecent language, nor be guilty of conduct
that is abusive, insulting, obscene, indecent, or constitutes a breach of
the peace.
B.
Person guilty of disorderly conduct to be removed. No person violating any of the prohibitions enumerated in Subsection A of this section shall be allowed to remain in any park or parkway.
C.
Smoking; when prohibited.
(1)
No person shall be permitted to smoke or to hold a lighted
cigarette, cigar, or pipe in any building where domestic or wild animals are
exhibited, nor in any building or section of a building, or in any park or
parkway area where officially posted notices so prohibit.
(2)
Dropping lighted cigar, etc., on roadway. No person shall
throw or drop a lighted cigar or cigarette stub or empty a lighted pipe from
an automobile moving along a park or parkway drive.
No person shall bring into or drink any spirituous, vinous, malt or
mixed liquors in any park or parkway, except in such areas as designated by
the Park Commission, and except at such places as beverages are sold by licensees
of the Commission.
No person shall sleep or camp or lodge in any park or parkway except
in such places as designated for such purposes as overnight or tourist or
trailer camps, and then only subject to the rules and regulations of the Park
Commission governing the use of such areas.
No person shall interfere with or in any manner hinder any employee
of the Park Commission, nor any employee of a contractor while engaged in
constructing, repairing, or caring for any portion of the parks or parkways,
or while in the discharge of the duties conferred by this chapter.
A.
Except for vehicular traffic moving through the streets
or roadways, and except when the Commission publishes general permission to
use all of certain parks or parkways upon summer nights, the parks and parkways
shall be closed each night between the hours of 12:00 midnight and sunrise
the following morning, and no person shall remain therein during said hours,
provided that the Park Commission may from time to time, in all or any of
the parks or parkways, publish or post closing hours different from the above,
or discontinue closing hours, as in the exercise of the judgment of the Commission
may appear reasonable and necessary.
B.
Memorial Park. The St. Francis Memorial Park shall be
closed during hours of darkness, as defined by § 340.01, Wis. Stats.,
as it may be amended from time to time, except when otherwise stated or extended
by permit.
All permits shall be issued by a duly authorized employee of the Park
Commission in writing and subject to park rules and regulations. The persons
to whom such permits have been granted shall be bound by said rules and regulations
as fully as though the same were inserted in said permits, and any person
or persons to whom such permits have been granted shall be liable for any
loss, damage or injury sustained by the Park Commission or by any person by
reason of the negligence of the person or persons to whom such permits have
been granted, their servants or agents.
A.
The fees for permits to use City park facilities, including
kitchen facilities, are as provided by the current fee schedule on file with
the City Clerk.
B.
Deposit required for proper cleanup: $50. If the area
is properly cleaned after the permittee is done, such deposit may be refunded
in part or whole.
C.
This section applies to all City-owned land, including
but not limited to all parks and cemeteries under the control of the City.
If such area is to be used for civic purposes, the Common Council may waive
the fees required herein.
[Added 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1198]
Application for a permit for use of City parks is to include information
for any tent proposed to be erected.
Any peace officer of the City, Milwaukee County, or any other municipal
subdivision may without a warrant arrest any offender whom he may detect in
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and take the person so
arrested forthwith before a magistrate having competent jurisdiction, and
he shall have at all times the right to enter the premises of any building,
structure, or enclosure in any park or parkway, including such grounds, building,
structure, or enclosures which may be leased or set aside for private or exclusive
use of any individual or group of individuals, for the purpose of arresting
violators hereof and may use all necessary means to attain that end.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code, unless otherwise provided for herein.
