539.17 PICNIC AREAS.
   (a)   No person in the Park or in any playground shall:
      (1)   Picnic or lunch in a place other than those designated for that purpose. City personnel shall have the authority to regulate the activities in such areas when necessary to prevent congestion and to secure the maximum use for the comfort and convenience of all. Visitors shall comply with any directions given to achieve this end.
      (2)   Use any portion of the picnic areas or of any of the buildings or structures therein for the purpose of holding picnics to the exclusion of other persons, or use such area and facilities for an unreasonable time if the facilities are crowded.
      (3)   Leave a picnic area before any fire, including charcoal or wood chip fires, is completely extinguished and before all trash in the nature of boxes, papers, cans, bottles, garbage and other refuse is placed in the disposal receptacles where provided. If no such trash receptacles are available, then refuse and trash shall be carried away from the Park area by the picnicker to be properly disposed of elsewhere.
         (Ord. 1970-10. Passed 5-25-70.)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.