Regulations.

Nonobservance of the following park regulations shall constitute a violation:A. Disorderly conduct.(1) No person shall disturb the peace and good order in any park by fighting, quarreling or wrangling with loud voices or shouts, threatening by violence to the person or property of others or engaging in riotous clamor or tumult.(2) No person shall congregate with others in a public place and refuse to comply with a lawful order of the police or the Director to disperse or leave the park.(3) No person shall beg, hawk or peddle or solicit within any park.(4) No person shall play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice or other devices for money, chips, credit or any other representative of value; nor shall any person be allowed to maintain or exhibit any gaming table or other instrument of gambling or gaming.(5) No person, except peace officers of the county or other law enforcement officers, shall have or carry any pistol, switchblade, hunting knife, slingshot, bow and arrow, dagger, metal knuckles or other dangerous weapons concealed or about his person while in the park.(6) No person shall use obscene, profane or abusive language while in the park.(7) No person shall loiter in or near toilet buildings or parking areas.B.

Games regulated. No person shall engage in potentially dangerous games involving thrown or propelled objects, such as footballs, horseshoes, roller skates, golf balls or similar objects, except in areas designated for such usage and then only subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Director. All games of any description must be conducted in a safe and orderly manner, and no rough or boisterous practices will be allowed. No one shall play games for which a permit or fee is required without first obtaining such permit and paying such fee.C. Hunting, fishing and molesting wildlife.(1) No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from or send or throw any animal or thing into a pond or any of the waters of the parks, except with the permission of the Director, and except that fishing may be permitted in season in certain park waters designated by the Director.(2) No person shall kill, injure or unnecessarily disturb any fish, waterfowl, birds or animals.(3) No person within the confines of a park shall hunt, pursue with dogs, trap or in any other way molest any wild bird or animal found within the confines of a park or rob or molest any bird nest or take eggs of any bird.(4) There shall be no fishing without a permit.(5) There shall be no hunting or carrying firearms, dangerous weapons, etc.D.

Preservation of property and natural features. No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of a park or any building, signs, equipment or other property found therein; nor shall any tree, flower, shrub, rock or other mineral be removed, injured or destroyed.E. Littering, rubbish, garbage, sewage and noxious material.(1) No person shall, without the specific written consent of the Director, bring into, leave behind or dump any material of any kind, in the park, except the refuse, ashes, garbage and other material of a picnic, camp or other permitted activity, and such material shall be deposited in receptacles or pits provided for such purposes.

Refuse is not to be dropped, thrown or scattered on park property. Tin cans, bottles or other glassware or metallic substances containing sharp edges shall be deposited in park receptacles.(2) No person shall, either within or outside of a park, discharge into, throw, cast, lay, drop or leave in any river, brook, stream, storm sewer or drain flowing into or through a park any substance, matter or thing, either liquid or solid, which may or shall result in the pollution of said river, brook or stream within a park or interfere with the conservation of the natural resources of a park or endanger the health of visitors in a park.F.

Alcoholic beverages. The consumption of alcoholic liquors or beverages, including beer, and the bringing of such items into the parks are permitted under the following conditions:(1) No person shall become intoxicated. No person shall bring into or drink any alcoholic liquors or beverages, including beer, in any park, except in such areas as designated by the Director. Beer may be brought into the parks for consumption at private family or social picnic parties but may not be dispensed or displayed at temporary bars or from kegs or other bulk dispensing units unless permission is obtained from the Director.(2) Drinking alcoholic liquors or beverages, including beer, is prohibited in the parking lots and rights-of-way within any park.G.

Dogs, cats and other household pets. No person shall bring into, permit, have or keep in the park any dog, cat, household pet or other animal destructive to birds and other wildlife, except that dogs or cats are permitted if held in control by a leash.H. Horseback riding. Horseback riding is permitted only on designated roadways or bridle paths and only on the condition that they are ridden with care and under such control that they can be easily or quickly turned or stopped. No person shall ride horseback in any park after dark or before daybreak. No person shall smoke while mounted on horseback on bridle paths within a park.I.

Swimming, swimming areas and beaches.(1) No person shall bathe, wade or swim within any park or swimming area, except at such pools or beaches therein as may be designated for that purpose by the Director, and no person shall bathe, wade or swim without having the body concealed by suitable covering.(2) Person shall be permitted to change clothing on park property only in facilities set aside for that purpose.(3) No swimming shall be permitted unless a lifeguard is on duty.(4) No glass containers or cans shall be permitted in the swimming and/or beach areas.(5) No person shall carry onto, possess, scatter or throw on any bathing beach or swimming area bottles or containers of any kind or broken glass.(6) The use of life rafts, inner tubes and other objects intended to support persons is prohibited in any of the designated swimming areas, except as otherwise permitted by the Director.(7) Boats, surfboards, water skis and similar aquatic equipment is prohibited within the designated swimming areas.(8) No diapered infants shall be permitted to wade or bathe in park water or swimming areas.(9) Cats and dogs are prohibited in all swimming areas and beaches.J.

Bicycles, snow vehicles and motorbikes.(1) No person shall ride a bicycle upon the lawn, walks, foot trails or bridle trails or any parks or parkways, unless otherwise posted.(2) No motorized snow vehicles shall be permitted upon the lawn, walks, foot trails, bridle trails, roads or parking areas of any parks or parkways, unless otherwise posted.(3) No unlicensed motorbikes or other unlicensed vehicles shall be permitted in any area of a park.(4) Riders of bicycles and snow vehicles shall comply with the rules for the regulation of other vehicles and, in addition thereto, shall be subject to the following rules and regulations:(a) Riders shall proceed in the extreme right-hand lane of the drive at all times, in single file only.(b) Riding crosswise and curving to and fro are strictly prohibited.(c) No rider shall take both hands off the handles or steering mechanism or ride recklessly in any manner.(d) 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.(e) No bicycle shall be pushed upon any park or parkway drive where an adjoining footwalk is available.(f) Children under the age of 12 riding small bicycles (wheel less than 20 inches in diameter) may use the footwalks.(g) Wherever possible, bicycles or snow vehicles shall be parked in places provided for such purpose.(h) Where motorized snow vehicles are permitted, traversing congested areas must be done in low throttle (five miles per hour or less).K.

Indecent conduct and exposure. No person shall appear in a park in a state of nudity or commit, perform or engage in any lewd, lascivious, obscene or indecent act or behavior, and no person shall make any indecent exposure of his or her person.L. In Town parks, launching or retrieving of the following is prohibited: personal watercraft, jet skis, or any other trailer-launched craft. In no event shall watercraft with motors in excess of 15 horsepower be launched or retrieved from Town park sites. Such prohibition shall extend to snowmobiles and other motorized vehicles entering onto the ice from Town parks.[Added 5-15-2003 by L.L.

No. 3-2003]