(a) Explosives, Firearms and Weapons.
(1) No person, except a police officer or peace officer while on duty, shall bring into or have in his or her possession in any park, any firearms, slingshots, firecrackers, missile propelling instruments or explosives, including any substance, compound, or mixture having properties of such a character that alone or in combination with other substances, compounds or mixtures, propel missiles, explode or decompose to produce flames, combustion, noise, or noxious or dangerous odors.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the proper use of cigarette lighters, matches or of charcoal lighter fluid in proper containers in picnic grills where permissible pursuant to the provisions of these ordinances.
(3) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and is subject to suspension from the park and criminal prosecution.
(b) Fires.
(1) No person shall start a fire in the park except small fires for cooking in park grills or privately owned grills, without the approval of the Commission.
(2) All persons granted approval from the Commission shall also obtain all necessary approvals and permits from the Canton Fire Department.
(3) No person shall leave unattended any fire, ember, or burning briquette. Any fire, ember, or burning briquette shall be continuously under the care and direction of a competent adult from the time it is kindled until the time it is extinguished.
(4) No person shall vacate the immediate vicinity of any fire, ember, or burning briquette without same person who ignited said fire, ember, or burning briquette extinguishing same.
(5) No person shall dump hot ashes or fire onto the grass, plants, or into bodies of water. Hot ashes shall be dumped in designated receptacles only.
(6) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and is subject to suspension from the park and criminal prosecution.
(c) Urination and Defecation in Parks.
(1) No person shall urinate or defecate in any park. or in or upon any park building, monument or structure, except in a facility which is specifically designed for such purpose.
(2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the parks.
(d) Unsanitary Use of Fountains, Pools, and Water.
(1) No person shall use, or permit any animal under his or her control to use, any water fountain, drinking fountain, pool, sprinklers, reservoir, lake or any other water contained in the park for the purpose of washing or cleaning himself or herself, his or her clothing or other personal belongings. This subdivision shall not apply to those areas within the parks which are specifically designated for personal hygiene purposes (i.e., bathroom) provided, however, that no person shall wash his or her clothes or personal belongings in such areas.
(2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the parks.
(e) Music, Sound Amplification, and Noise.
(1) No person shall make, or cause or allow to be made, unreasonable noise in any park so as to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or harm. Unreasonable noise means any excessive or unusually loud sound that disturbs the peace, comfort or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensitivity or injures or endangers the health or safety of a reasonable person of normal sensitivity, or which causes injury to plant or animal life, or damage to property or business within or up to fifty (50) feet outside of the boundaries of park properties.
(2) No person shall play or operate any sound reproduction device including but not limited to musical instruments, radio, stereo, and/or any other sound producing or sound amplifying device, without formal approval from the Canton Park Commission. The Commission, at its discretion may require the acquisition of a Sound Variance from the City of Canton License Bureau.
(3) This section shall not apply to sound reproduction devices listened to solely by headphones or earphones, and inaudible to others, which are permitted in all areas of the parks.
(4) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park.
(f) Metal Detectors.
(1) No person shall use a metal detector to find and recover metal objects in the park without the approval of the Commission.
(2) If granted approval, all items found and recovered shall be considered property of the City of Canton.
(3) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park.
(g) Lost or Stolen Items. The park is not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged personal items or equipment.
(h) Damage or Alteration of Park Property.
(1) No person shall injure, deface, paint, write on, disturb, vandalize, remove, or climb upon, unless designed for that purpose, any part of a park or any building, sign, equipment, or other property found therein.
(2) No person shall damage, injure, disturb, or remove any tree, flower, shrub, grass, rock, mineral, fossil, or any archaeological feature, without approval of the Director.
(3) No person shall plant, or cause to be planted, any tree, shrub, flower, grass, or other plants within the park without the approval of the Director.
(4) No person shall perform or cause to be performed construction, landscaping, or maintenance work of any kind or any work incidental thereto, including storage of materials, in any park without permission from the Director.
(5) No person shall fail to report damage to any recreational or park equipment or property.
(6) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park and criminal prosecution.
(i) Interfering with Park Employees.
(1) No person shall unreasonably interfere with or interrupt the laborers, officers or persons employed in the parks for the improvement or management thereof.
(2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park.
(j) Cleaning Personal Items.
(1) No person shall shake or otherwise clean any carpets or rugs in any park or fasten to any trees or shrubs any clothesline or hang up any clothes to dry or bleach within any park.
(2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park.
(k) Camping or Encroachment of Park Land.
(1) No person shall be permitted to remain within the park between sunset and sunrise or establish or maintain any camp or other temporary lodging or sleeping place within a park without the approval of the Commission.
(2) No person shall willingly encroach upon a park or leave personal possessions unattended in any park, except in an emergency, without approval of the Commission.
(3) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park.
(l) Litter, Dumping, and Trash.
(1) All litter, trash, and waste shall be placed in designated trash or recycling receptacles.
(2) No person shall bring into, leave behind, dump or otherwise deposit on or in any park construction materials, tires, brush, grass clippings, leaves, furniture, building, hazardous, or any other like materials.
(3) No person shall place, or cause to be placed, in any receptacle in the park provided by the Canton Park System for refuse disposal, any items except that which resulted from permitted activities within the park. Large amounts of household or other refuse found in such receptacles will be considered as prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(4) No person shall throw, drop, allow to fall, or discharge into or leave in the waters within any park (including pools and fountains) or any tributary, brook, stream, sewer or drain flowing into said waters, any substance, liquid or solid, which may or will result in the pollution of said waters.
(5) No person shall engage in dumping in any park.
(6) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and is subject to suspension from the park and criminal prosecution.
(Ord. 59-2016. Passed 4-4-16.)
(Ord. 59-2016. Passed 4-4-16.)