(A) Camping. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Camp in a park, except in areas provided and designated for that purpose;
(2) Camp without a use permit from the park system;
(3) Occupy camp sites in a park contrary to a permit or otherwise violate provisions of a use permit;
(4) Operate any vehicle within a campground during posted quiet hours, except in emergencies;
(5) Camp overnight in a park if under 18 years of age, unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian, or possessing written permission from a parent or legal guardian;
(6) Camp in a park longer than ten consecutive days; and/or
(7) Camp in a park more than 14 days in a calendar month without approval of the Director or his or her designee.
(B) Picnicking. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Assume exclusive use of a reservation picnic site without a use permit;
(2) Use a portion of a reservation picnic area without a permit if the area is reserved by a permitted group;
(3) Conduct picnic activity at reservation picnic sites contrary to a use permit or otherwise violate provisions of a use permit; and/or
(4) Set up temporary shelters, such as tents, tarps, canopies, and other devices, other than in designated camping areas, without authorization by a use permit.
(C) Swimming. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Wade or swim within a park, except at beaches and at times designated by the Board for those uses;
(2) Wade, swim, or use any beach in a park without proper attire;
(3) Take glass bottles or glass containers of any kind into designated beach areas;
(4) Use outside of a beach area so designated, any innertube, life raft, or other inflatable or buoyant object or flotation device intended to support a person, except persons are permitted to use a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket or vest when properly attached; and/or
(5) Fail to obey posted beach safety rules as established by Board resolution for each park system beach.
(D) Boating. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Launch or land any watercraft upon any waters within a park, except at designated locations and times;
(2) Leave any watercraft unattended on land or in the water, except in designated areas;
(3) Operate any watercraft in a designated swimming area or other prohibited area;
(4) Operate a watercraft in a park; and/or
(5) Tow a person on water skis, surf board, knee board, innertube, or jet ski in a designated swimming area, boat launching area, or other unauthorized area, or enter a designated swimming area on the device.
(E) Fishing. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Fish in a park in violation of any provision; and/or
(2) Fish in a prohibited area.
(F) Horses and horseback riding. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, lead, or allow a horse within a park except as authorized by the Board for park patrolling and by use permit.
(G) Bicycling. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate any type of bicycle, except on roadways, paved or aggregate surfaced trail, and designated trails;
(2) Operate any type of bicycle except as close to the right-hand side of the authorized trail or roadway as conditions permit, or to cross to the left of a solid yellow centerline;
(3) Operate a bicycle in violation of M.S. Chapter 169, as it may be amended from time to time;
(4) Ride or operate a bicycle, except in a prudent and careful manner, and at speed faster than is reasonable and safe with regard to the safety of the operator and other persons in the immediate area; and/or
(5) Park a bicycle at any park beach except at a bicycle rack if the rack is provided.
(H) Snowmobiling. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate a snowmobile anywhere in a park, except on designated trails and then only on the right-hand side of the trail;
(2) Operate a snowmobile in a park contrary to rules and regulations issued by the Board;
(3) Operate a snowmobile in a park in excess of posted speed limits when present or at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under current conditions, or in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger the person or property of another or to cause injury or damage thereto;
(4) Operate a snowmobile in violation of M.S. §§ 84.81-84.91, as they may be amended from time to time, and published annually in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Snowmobile Rules and Regulations (all rules and regulations therein pertaining to "public land and water" shall apply on park property);
(5) Operate a snowmobile in violation of any posted trail sign; and/or
(6) Tow another person or thing, except through the use of a rigid tow bar attached to the rear of the snowmobile, except in emergencies.
(I) Cross-country skiing. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Cross-country ski in any park, except on designated trails at designated times when weather and grounds conditions permit;
(2) Conduct an organized meet or race on park cross-country ski trails without a use permit;
(3) Cross-country ski in a park in violation of M.S. §§ 85.40-85.45, as they may be amended from time to time; and/or
(4) Operate a dog sled or any motorized recreation vehicle on cross-country ski trails.
(J) Other special activity uses. It shall be unlawful for any person to participate in or conduct any activity, except those uses for which a park area or facility has been planned or promoted by the Parks Department, without a use permit.
(K) Other winter activities. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Ice skate, sled, coast, snowshoe, or ski in a park except at designated times and places; and/or
(2) Enter an area marked by signs indicating thin ice.
(L) Hiking. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Hike in a park except in recreation use areas and on designated trails and roadways, unless authorized by special use permit; and/or
(2) Hike on designated packed or groomed cross-country ski trails after a two-inch or more snowfall.
(M) Geocaching. It shall be unlawful for any person to place a geocache in a park except by permit.
(N) Disc golfing. It shall be unlawful for any person to play disc golf in a park except in designated areas or by permit.
(Ord. 30, passed 4-14-87; Am. Ord. 72-2011, passed 1-17-12; Am. Ord. 86-2018, passed 8-21-18; Am. Ord. 105-2024, passed 5-21-24) Penalty, see § 91.99