§ 121-6. Conduct in parks and park property.

A. 

Buildings and other property.

(1) 

Disfiguration and removal. No person in a park (defined for purposes of this chapter as a park, playground, beach, recreation center or any other area in the City owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation, and including comfort stations) shall willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with or displace or remove any buildings, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings, paving or paving materials, water lines or other public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards, whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary markers or other structures or equipment, facilities or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.

(2) 

Rest rooms and washrooms. No person in a park in the City shall fail to cooperate in maintaining rest rooms and washrooms in a neat and sanitary condition.

(3) 

Removal of natural resources. No person in a park in the City shall dig or remove any beach sand, whether submerged or not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants, down timber or other wood or materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency.

(4) 

Erection of structures. No person in a park in the City shall construct or erect any building or structure of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary in character, or run or string any public service utility into, upon or across such lands, except on special written permit.

(5) 

Glass containers. No person shall have glass containers in his possession on the grounds of a City playground. Said areas shall consist of areas commonly known as a "City playground" and listed in the office of the City Clerk.

[Added 1-9-1995 by Ord. No. 1197]

B. 

Trees, shrubbery and lawns.

(1) 

Injury and removal. No person in a park in the City shall damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark, or pick the flowers or seeds, of any tree or plant, nor shall any person attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant. A person shall not dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas, or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area.

(2) 

Climbing trees, etc. No person in a park in the City shall climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon monuments, vases, fountains, railings, fences or gun carriages or upon any other property not designated or customarily used for such purposes.

C. 

Animals, birds, etc.

(1) 

Hunting. No person in a park in the City shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw missiles at any time at any animal, reptile or bird; nor shall be remove or have in his possession the young of any wild animal or the eggs, nest or young of any reptile or bird. Exception to the foregoing is made in that snakes known to be deadly poisonous, such as rattlesnakes, moccasins, coral snakes or other deadly reptiles, may be killed on sight.

(2) 

Feeding. No person in a park in the City shall give or offer or attempt to give any animal or bird any tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substances.

D. 

Sanitation.

(1) 

Pollution of waters. No person in a park in the City shall throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or tributary, stream, storm sewer or drain flowing into such waters any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the pollution of said waters.

(2) 

Refuse and trash. No person in a park in the City shall have brought in or shall dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse or other trash. No such refuse or trash shall be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any park, or left anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the proper receptacles where these are provided. Where receptacles are not so provided, all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.

E. 

Recreational activities.

(1) 

Bathing and swimming.

(a) 

Designated areas. No person in a park in the City shall swim, bath or wade in any waters or waterways in or adjacent to any park, except in such waters and at such places as are provided therefor, and in compliance with such regulations as are herein set forth or may be hereafter adopted, nor shall any person frequent any waters or places customarily designated for the purpose of swimming or bathing or congregate thereat, when such activity is prohibited by the person in charge, upon a finding that such use of the water would be dangerous or otherwise inadvisable.

(b) 

Certain hours. No person in a park in the City shall frequent any waters or places designated for the purpose of swimming or bathing or congregate thereat, except between such hours of the day as shall be designated by the person in charge for such purposes for each individual area.

F. 

Behavior.

(1) 

Intoxicating beverages.

(a) 

Prohibition. No person in a park in the City shall have brought alcoholic beverages, nor shall any person drink alcoholic beverages at any time in the park.

(b) 

Drunkenness. No person in a park in the City shall be under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

(2) 

Fireworks and explosives. No person in a park in the City shall have brought, or have in his possession, or set off or otherwise cause to explode or discharge or burn, any firecracker, torpedo, rocket or other fireworks or explosives of flammable material, or discharge them or throw them into any such area from land or a highway adjacent thereto.

(3) 

Closed areas. No person in a park in the City shall enter an area posted as "Closed to the Public," nor shall any person use or abet the use of any area in violation of posted notices.

(4) 

(Repealed)

Editor's Note: Former Subsection F(4), Games of chance, was repealed 3-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1048.

(5) 

Going onto ice. No person in a park in the City shall go onto the ice on any of the waters, except such areas as are designated as skating fields and provided that a safety signal is displayed.

(6) 

Loitering and boisterousness. No person in a park in the City shall sleep or protractedly lounge on the seats or benches or other areas, or engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to a breach of the public peace or tending to disturb others in their peaceful use and enjoyment of the park.

G. 

Food and beverages in Cameron Park. No person shall bring, carry, transport or cause to be brought, carried or transported into Cameron Park between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. any food or beverages of any kind whatsoever, and no person in Cameron Park between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall have upon his person or in his possession any food or beverages of any kind whatsoever. This subsection shall not apply to charitable endeavors approved by City Council or to the person participating in such endeavors.

[Added 6-10-1974 by Ord. No. 902; amended 3-14-1983 by Ord. No. 1048]