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   941.02 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall break, damage, impair, destroy, misuse, or tamper with any property in the Municipal Parks. In addition to the penalty provided in Section 941.99, any person violating this section shall be liable for the full cost of repair or replacement of the property broken, damaged, impaired or destroyed.
   (b)   No fires shall be permitted in any Municipal Park except in a barbeque pit or a grill for the purpose of cooking. The Fire Chief is hereby authorized to grant an exception to allow for other types of fires, including for other purposes.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.03 OPERATION OF VEHICLES.
   (a)    No person shall drive any motorized vehicle upon any portion of a public park within the corporate limits other than on a driveway designated as such.
   (b)    No person shall drive or operate any vehicle in any public park within the corporate limits at a rate of speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour, excluding Lake Shore Drive, where the maximum speed limit will be twenty miles per hour, unless otherwise posted.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.04 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
   (a)    No persons under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs of abuse shall be allowed to enter or remain on any public park, public school premises, or public playgrounds within the City except as otherwise permitted by law in area(s) designated from time to time for such activities, including by the Safety-Service Director.
   (b)    No person shall engage in disorderly conduct or nuisance activity by being loud, boisterous, threatening or abusive, insulting or using indecent language or engaging in disorderly conduct or behavior, or in any act tending to breach the public peace.
   (c)    No person shall use any facility or section of the municipal parks at any time for any indecent or immoral purpose.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.05 LITTERING PROHIBITED.
   (a)    No person shall place or suffer to remain in or upon any park any goods, merchandise or other articles in the nature of an obstruction of the use and enjoyment of the park. Nor shall any person place straw, dirt, chips, paper shavings, shells, ashes, swill, garbage, bottles, cans or any other rubbish, whether or not such is offensive to health in or upon the same.
   (b)    No person shall distribute any circular or cards, or any other written or printed material or post any notice, bill or poster, sign, wire, rod, or card to any tree, shrub, fence or any structure of any kind in any park or parkway. This section shall not apply to sign or printed material posted or distributed by the City.
   (c)    No glass beverage containers shall be permitted within municipal parks. Glass beverage containers herein defined as any glass container which contains or did contain beer, liquor, wine, carbonated drinks or any soft drinks.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.06 SWIMMING PROHIBITED.
   (a)   (1)   Except with respect to City owned and operated swimming pools when duly authorized attendants are on duty at such pools, and except with respect to other areas designated from time to time as "Designated Swimming Area" by either the City Council or the Safety-Service Director whether or not any duly authorized attendants are on duty at such location(s), no person shall swim in any lake, pond, river, reservoir, or body of water located on land owned or used by the City for Municipal purposes where such lands are situated within the corporate limits.
      (2)    Council by and through the passage of this section, hereby designates the beach area of the body of water commonly known as "Eastview Pond", which is located in Eastview Park within the City, as a "Designated Swimming Area" pursuant to subsection (a)(l) hereof.
      (3)    This "Designated Swimming Area" at Eastview Pond is in no way required to have any duly authorized attendants on duty at Eastview Pond, with such duly authorized agents including but not limited to lifeguards.
      (4)    Any and all swimming and appurtenant activities and actions engaged in at Eastview Pond are to be done solely at the risk of the person(s) engaging in such action(s).
      (5)    No person shall engage in fishing at any "beach area" or at any "Designated Swimming Area" at or within any body of water located within any municipal park.
      (6)    No person shall permit any animal(s) at any "beach area" or any "Designated Swimming Area" in any body of water located within any municipal park. (Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.07 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE UPON OR WITHIN MUNICIPAL PARKS.
   (a)    No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, geese, ducks, goats, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large within or upon any public park.
   (b)    No owner, keeper or harborer of any animal, including but not limited to a dog, shall permit it to go within or upon any public park unless the animal is properly in leash and under the control of the owner, keeper or harborer.
   (c)    No provision of this section shall apply to a law enforcement animal performing duties, training, and similar activities, if under the supervision and/or control of law enforcement
personnel.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
   941.08 ANIMAL OWNER, KEEPER OR HARBORER LIABLE FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
   The owner, keeper or harborer of any animal which damages or destroys any property, including park or public property, shall be held liable for the full value of the propetiy damaged or destroyed, in addition to any penalty imposed for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and/or for a violation of any otherwise-applicable provision of law, including under the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
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