(A) It is unlawful to engage in any action on the premises of a park or facility administered by the city’s Cultural Services Department or Recreation Services Department that has not been explicitly approved by either of these departments as sanctioned cultural or recreational programming and has the effect of damaging the city’s real or personal property. By way of illustration and not limitation, an activity that would fall within the scope of this prohibition is the use of a shovel or spade to disturb the ground in response to an alert signal from a metal detector. It is not the intent of this section, and the text of this section shall not be interpreted in any manner, that reduces or impairs the ability of the city to pursue civil actions to recover damages and/or seek the prosecution of individuals for committing criminal offenses such as trespass, injury to personal property, and injury to real property.
(B) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 01 ORD 3-14, passed 3-6-14; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21) Penalty, see § 98.99