(a) Aumiller Park, Harmon Field, Lions Field, Schines Art, Park, Picking Park, and any other City park area which comes under the control and jurisdiction of the City of Bucyrus will be operated at the discretion of the Public Service-Safety Director, however:
(1) All parks shall officially open annually no later than May 1;
(2) The City park restrooms will open annually no later than May 1 and close no earlier than November 1, weather permitting;
(3) The Aumiller Park Swimming Pool will open no later than Memorial Day and close no earlier than Labor Day;
(4) The northwest main entrance to Aumiller Park will remain open all year;
(5) The east entrance through the fjord in the Sandusky River will be closed and locked with no traffic through the river to be permitted from October 1 through May 1; and
(6) Aumiller Park facilities will be available for rent for the use of company picnics on three dates only annually.
(b) Annually the open hours of the various City parks shall extend from sunrise to 10:30 p.m. with all activities therein terminating at the later hour, after which all persons present therein shall promptly leave and vacate the park; likewise no person shall enter upon or remain upon any City park premises after aforesaid park closing hour.
(c) Any ball game in progress on any of the lighted ball diamonds before 10:30 p.m. shall be allowed to be concluded, and the lighted tennis courts may continue to be used at the same time until the conclusion of a ball game, after which, following the expiration of fifteen minutes, the lights throughout all of aforesaid areas shall be turned off; there shall be no departure whatsoever from the foregoing hours' rules without the prior written approval of the Service-Safety Director.
(d) For the safety and protection of persons, both children and adults, using the parks, a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour is established for all drives and roadways throughout aforesaid City parks, at the entrances of which prominent signs reciting same shall be installed for everyone to read entering a park.
(e) No beer, intoxicating liquor or other drug of abuse shall be permitted to be carried or transported upon or consumed upon any City park premises, except within the boundaries of the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area and then specifically subject to the rules and regulations contained in the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area regulations, nor shall any person found to be in an intoxicated condition or under the influence of any other drug of abuse, be permitted at any time to enter upon any City park premises or once discovered in such a state to remain thereupon.
(f) No person or persons shall drive any automobile, truck, van, motorcycle, motor scooter or any other mechanical vehicle over and upon the grass areas, basketball courts, ball playing fields or tennis courts within any City parks except for ball diamond routine maintenance, vehicle parking purposes alongside the roadways or within specifically established and designated public parking areas.
(g) No person or persons shall create a commotion or disturbance or otherwise conduct himself/herself/themselves in an unlawful or disorderly manner within any City park, or damage or destroy any of the grass, trees, shrubbery, playground or recreation equipment or other property within any City Park.
(h) Leashed pets are allowed in the City Parks, except within the playground and/or mulched areas.
(i) Said rules to be ratified by Council who shall continue to have on its own authority, the right to establish or amend any rules of the City parks.
(j) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and each day such violation is committed shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable accordingly. (Ord. 28-2022. Passed 6-23-22.)