(A) Hours of operation.
(1) Parks shall be open to the public daily at hours established by the Board. 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 open to the public by the Board.
(2) Either the Board, the Parks and Recreation Director or his or her designee, is authorized to close any park or portion thereof at any time for the protection of park property or for the public health, safety, or welfare.
(B) Use permits.
(1) Use permits shall be required for the exclusive or special use of all or portions of park areas, buildings, or trails; for use of park areas and facilities when they are closed to the public; to conduct certain activities not normally permitted as per conditions of this chapter; for regulation of large group activities, as defined herein; or to reduce or eliminate certain user fees for groups, as defined herein.
(2) Procedures to issue use permits shall be in accordance with guidelines established by Board resolution.
(3) Use permits shall be approved by the Director or his or her authorized designee, or if required by this chapter, by the Board. However, the Director reserves the right to defer any use permit approval to the Board.
(4) It shall be unlawful for a person or persons to violate any provisions of an approved use permit.
(5) It shall be unlawful for a person or persons to engage in any activity requiring a use permit without first obtaining the permit.
(C) User and special use fees/modifications.
(1) User fees for entrance into parks and special use fees for various park uses shall be set by Board resolution.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, without payment, any facility or area for which a user fee or special use fee is charged, unless payment is reduced or waived by use permit.
(3) Upon group request for reduction or elimination of fees, the issuing authority shall evaluate the request including, but not limited to, the following factors:
(a) Charitable nonprofit;
(b) Property or income tax supported; and
(c) Educational or religious.
(4) Use permits to reduce or eliminate fees shall be approved by the Board, the Director or his or her authorized designee. The Director reserves the right to defer any fee modification request to the Board.
(D) Use by groups. Use permits shall be required for any entertainment, tournament, exhibition, or any other special use which can reasonably be expected to have 20 or more persons involved or potentially have a detrimental effect on park property or other park users.
(E) Vehicle permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to bring a motor vehicle into a park (where a vehicle permit is required) without appropriately displaying an approved annual, daily, or temporary vehicle permit, attached with its own adhesive, hung from a rear view mirror or otherwise displayed as directed, unless exempted by a use permit.
(Ord. 30, passed 4-14-87; Am. Ord. 65-2009, passed 8-4-09; Am. Ord. 72-2011, passed 1-17-12; Am. Ord. 86-2018, passed 8-21-18) Penalty, see § 91.99