(A) Commercial use; solicitation; advertising; photography. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Solicit, sell, or in any manner charge admission, or otherwise peddle any goods, wares, merchandise, services, liquids or edibles in a park except by authorized concessionaire with a city permit and the required licenses from the city.
(2) Operate a still, motion picture, video or other camera for commercial purposes in a park without a city permit. News coverage or media journalism is not considered a commercial purpose.
(3) Expose, distribute or place any sign, advertisement, notice poster or display in a park without a city permit.
(B) Pets in parks. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Bring a pet, except a service animal, into a park unless caged or kept on a leash not more than six feet in length, except that an owner of a dog is not required to restrain a dog or dogs by a chain or leash in an off leash dog exercise area, subject to the rules and regulations for such an area and Chapter 92 of this code.
(2) Permit a pet under his/her control to disturb, harass or interfere with any park visitor, a park visitor’s property or park employee.
(3) Tether any animal to a tree, plant, building or park equipment.
(4) Have custody or control of any dog or domestic pet in a park without possessing and using an appropriate device for cleaning up pet feces and disposing of the feces in a sanitary manner.
(C) Noise; amplification of sound. It shall be unlawful for any person except emergency equipment operated by public emergency personnel to install, use or operate or permit the use or operation within a park of any of the following devices:
(1) Loudspeaker or sound amplifying equipment without a city permit.
(2) Radios, tape players, musical instruments or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound in such a manner as to be disturbing or a nuisance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity within the area of audibility.
(D) Fires. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Start a fire in a park, except in a designated area, and then only in fire rings or grills, except for city employees or contractors engaged in cleaning or maintaining public property.
(2) Leave a fire unattended or fail to fully extinguish a fire.
(3) Scatter or leave unattended lighted matches, hot coals, burning tobacco, paper or other combustible material.
(E) Aviation. It shall be unlawful, except for emergency aircraft, to use city property for a starting or landing field for aircraft, hot air balloons, parachutes, hang gliders, drones or other flying apparatus without a city permit.
(F) Amusement contraptions. It shall be unlawful to bring in, set up, construct, manage or operate any amusement or entertainment contraption, inflatables, device or gadget without a city permit.
(G) Engine-powered models and toys. It shall be unlawful for any person to start, fly or use any fuel or battery powered model aircraft, model boat or rocket or like powered toy or model without a city permit unless in an area designated by the city.
(H) Unlawful occupancy. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Enter in any way any building, installation, or area that may be under construction, locked or closed for public use except public safety workers.
(2) Enter in any way or be upon any building, installation or area after the posted closing time or before the posted opening time, or contrary to posted notice in any park.
(3) Enter in any way any building, installation or area after receiving a permit revocation or unlawful occupancy notification during the time period specified.
(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