(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation using a city park to do any of the following acts or to permit any child or person under disability that is under their care, custody or control to do any of the following acts:
(1) Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, or displace or remove any trees or growing plants, building, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings, paving or paving material, waterlines or other public utilities, parts, or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts, or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.
(2) Throw, discharge, or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream or other body of water in or adjacent to any park or any tributary, stream, storm sewer, or drain flowing into such waters, any substance, matter, or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the pollution of such water.
(3) Bring in, dump, or deposit: (i) garbage created from activities which take place outside of a park (such as household garbage or commercial garbage) at any location within a city park or a garbage receptacle located in the park, (ii) garbage created from activities which take place inside a particular park in any location within that park other than a garbage receptacle located in that park or if garbage receptacles are not provided or if they are full, such garbage shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence in the park, and properly disposed of elsewhere. For purposes of this section, a person who obtains any permit for the use of a park or any facilities within a park is the person responsible for compliance with this section. As used in this subsection, the term "garbage" shall have its usual meaning and shall include, without limitation, any bottles, glass containers, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, refuse, or other trash. No garbage shall be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any park.
(4) Disturb the peace, loiter, or use any profane, obscene, blasphemous language, or to be guilty of disorderly, lewd or lascivious conduct of any kind in any park.
(5) Endanger the safety of any person by any conduct or act.
(6) Commit any assault, battery, or engage fighting.
(7) Violate any rule for the use of the park, made or approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(8) Prevent any person from using any park or any of its facilities, or interfere with such use in compliance with this chapter and the rules applicable to such use.
(9) Failure to yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian by any person who is riding a bicycle, roller skates, roller blades, scooter or skateboard on a park trail, sidewalk or parking lot in any park.
(10) Placement or erection of any structure, sign, bulletin board, post, pole or advertising device of any kind whatever in any park, or attaching any notice, bill, poster, sign, wire, rod or cord to any tree, shrub, fence, railing, post or structure therein without approval from the City Manager.
(11) Use of playground equipment or playground areas designated for children of a particular age by persons who are not in the designated age group.
(12) Parking a motor vehicle: (i) upon any park road, trail or sidewalk, (ii) in any area where signs are posted by the city prohibit parking and (iii) along any roadway within or adjacent to a park unless signs are posted by the city permitting parking in such areas. Parking lots are available for the public at baseball and softball complexes.
(13) Driving any motorized vehicle over or through any park or park trail or sidewalk except any city maintenance vehicle or private vehicles needed for special events which have been approved by the City Manager.
(14) Plying the vocation of a solicitor, agent, peddler, fakir, mendicant, beggar, strolling musician, organ grinder, exhorter or showman in any park without City Manager approval.
(15) Selling or offering for sale any goods or wares or staging musical events without permission from or by contract with the City Manager.
(16) Walking, skating, standing or sitting on any border, flowerbed, monument, vase, fountain, railing, or fence in any park.
(17) Practicing golf in any park not designated for that purpose.
(B) All references in this section to "park" shall refer to the city parks designated in § 97.02 of this Code.
(C) The following are the rules and regulations for the Burkburnett Skate Park:
(1) Users of this facility assume all risk of personal injury or damage to personal property.
(2) No children under five years of age are allowed in the park.
(3) A safety helmet must be worn at all times when using the skate park, “NO HELMET, NO SKATE.” Kneepads, elbow pads, wrist pads and shirts are highly recommended.
(4) No food, drinks, smoking, reckless, or improper behavior allowed in the skate park facility.
(5) The skate park and its ramps/rails are for use of skateboards and inline skates only.
(6) No personal ramps or rails are allowed.
(7) Alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the skate park.
(8) No pets allowed within skate park facility.
(9) Skating on bleachers is prohibited.
(10) No loitering allowed inside the skate park.
(Ord. 629, passed 3-4-02; Am. Ord. 656, passed 4-21-03) Penalty, see § 97.99