(A) Park hours .
(1) Parks shall be open to the public from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain in a park at any other time without a use permit except when the park area or facility is otherwise designated by the city, or the park area or facility is being used as part of an authorized city program.
(2) The City Manager, his/her designee or an on-duty police/fire supervisor is authorized to close any park or portion thereof at any time for the protection of park property or the public health, safety or welfare.
(B) Permits.
(1) City permits shall be required for the exclusive or special use of all or portions of park areas, special use facilities, buildings or trails or for the use of park areas and facilities when they are otherwise closed to the public.
(2) Permits shall be required for an entertainment, tournament, commercial filming, exhibition or any other special use which can reasonably be expected to have 25 or more persons involved or potentially have a detrimental effect on park property or other park users. Security, insurance and/or security bonds may be required and paid by permit holder prior to usage.
(3) It shall be unlawful for a person to violate any provision of a permit.
(C) Use fee; failure to pay use fee. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, without payment, any facility or area for which a permit is required and user fee charged, unless the payment is waived by the city.
(Ord. 2002-969, passed 5-13-02; Am. Ord. 2010-1114, passed 4-26-10; Am. Ord. 2022-1269, passed 1-10-22) Penalty, see § 10.99