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CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
TITLE I: STREET AND SIDEWALK AREAS
TITLE III: ELECTRICITY
TITLE V: WATER SUPPLY
TITLE VII: SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TITLE IX: MUNICIPAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 551 - WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 553 - MARKETS
CHAPTER 555 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER 557 - CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 559 - PARKS
§ 559.01 Use of Parks
§ 559.02 Designation of Cleveland Cultural Gardens
§ 559.03 Polish Garden
§ 559.04 Slovenian Garden
§ 559.05 Czech Garden
§ 559.06 Rusin Garden
§ 559.07 Slovak Garden
§ 559.08 Italian Garden
§ 559.09 Grecian Garden
§ 559.10 Lithuanian Garden
§ 559.11 German Garden
§ 559.111 Centennial Peace Plaza
§ 559.12 Hungarian Garden
§ 559.13 Shakespeare Garden and Bruot Gate and Walk
§ 559.14 Croatian Cultural Garden
§ 559.15 Hebrew Cultural Garden
§ 559.16 Syrian Garden
§ 559.17 American Garden
§ 559.18 Irish Garden
§ 559.19 Peace Garden of the Nations
§ 559.20 Ukranian Garden
§ 559.21 Finnish Garden
§ 559.22 Estonian Garden
§ 559.23 Romanian Garden
§ 559.231 African-American Garden
§ 559.232 India Garden
§ 559.233 Chinese Garden
§ 559.234 Lebanese Garden
§ 559.235 Latvian Garden
§ 559.236 Azerbaijan Garden
§ 559.237 Serbian Garden
§ 559.238 Albanian Garden
§ 559.239 Korean Garden
§ 559.240 Vietnamese Garden
§ 559.241 Armenian Garden
§ 559.242 Turkish Garden
§ 559.243 Native American Garden
§ 559.244 Future Garden at 1445 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
§ 559.245 French American Garden
§ 559.246 Russian Garden
§ 559.247 Pakistani Garden
§ 559.248 Colombian Cultural Garden
§ 559.24 Helen E. Simpson-Ludlow Park
§ 559.25 Definitions
§ 559.26 Traffic Limitations
§ 559.27 Speed Limit
§ 559.28 Standing upon Drives
§ 559.29 Obstructions and Trash Placed in Parks; Distributing Circulars
§ 559.30 Posting Signs or Advertising; Permit
§ 559.31 Bringing Plant Material into Parks
§ 559.32 Use of Baseball Equipment
§ 559.33 Control of Dogs or Other Animals
§ 559.34 Vacating Areas in Emergencies
§ 559.35 Climbing Trees
§ 559.36 Picnicking
§ 559.37 Use of Playgrounds
§ 559.38 Games of Chance
§ 559.39 Solicitors, Showmen Prohibited
§ 559.40 Use of Firearms
§ 559.41 Disturbing Animals or Wildlife
§ 559.42 Boats, etc., in Watercourses
§ 559.43 Boat Service; Skating
§ 559.44 Going onto Ice
§ 559.45 Behavior in Parks
§ 559.46 Use or Sale of Intoxicating Liquor
§ 559.47 Entering “No Admittance” Areas
§ 559.48 Swings and Hammocks
§ 559.49 Fishing, Wading or Swimming
§ 559.50 Sounding Whistles
§ 559.51 Defacing Notices of Rules
§ 559.52 Hours; Posting of Signs
§ 559.53 Trespass on City Facilities
§ 559.54 Prohibited Hours in the Mall Area
§ 559.541 Prohibited Hours in Public Square
§ 559.55 Resisting Police
§ 559.56 Exhibiting Permits for Inspection
§ 559.57 Limitations on Permits; Liability of Holders
§ 559.58 Regulations Governing Bicycles and Tricycles
§ 559.59 Motor Vehicles
§ 559.60 Restrictions on Driving and Parking
§ 559.61 Jim Mahon Park
§ 559.99 Penalty
CHAPTER 561 - LANDFILLS - REPEALED
TITLE XI: PORT CONTROL
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 559.30 Posting Signs or Advertising; Permit
   The placing of any structure, sign, bulletin board or advertising device of any kind whatever, or the erection of any post or pole or the attachment of any notice, bill, poster, sign, wire, rod or cord to any tree, shrub, fence, railing, fountain, wall, post or structure, or the placing of any advertising, decorative or other device of any kind whatever, on any of the vases, statues, bridges or monuments in any park or parkway is prohibited.
   However, the Director of Public Properties may permit the erection of temporary decoration on occasions of public celebration or holidays, which permit shall be in writing, signed by the Director.
§ 559.31 Bringing Plant Material into Parks
   No person other than an employee of the parks shall bring into or upon any of the parks or have in his or her possession while therein, any flower, tree, shrub, plant or any newly-plucked branch or leaf of a tree, shrub or plant.
(Ord. No. 1562-90. Passed 4-8-91, eff. 4-15-91)
§ 559.32 Use of Baseball Equipment
   No person shall appropriate to his or her own use, to the exclusion of the baseball teams entitled to use the same, any baseballs, bats, playing equipment, uniforms or other paraphernalia used in connection with amateur baseball games in the public parks and/or in the Cleveland Stadium which is the property of the City or the sponsors of amateur baseball teams operated through the Division of Recreation, or remove the same from such parks, or buy, receive or conceal any such property knowing the same to be the property of the City or the sponsors of such baseball teams.
(Ord. No. 99768. Passed 6-12-33)
§ 559.33 Control of Dogs or Other Animals
   (a)   Dogs, unless accompanied by their owners and held in control, will not be allowed to run at large within the parks.
   (b)   No dogs shall be allowed in a park or any section of a park where there are signs posted prohibiting dogs in said park or any section of a park.
      (1)   The Director shall have the authority to post signs which prohibit or allow dogs in a park or any section of a park.
      (2)   Such signs shall be posted by the Director after said Director gives notice of his or her intention to post signs prohibiting or allowing dogs to the councilmember or members in whose ward or wards is located a park or section of a park where such signs are to be placed.
   (c)   Animals other than dogs will not be allowed to run at large and if found within the park limits, may be impounded.
   (d)   No animals of any kind will be allowed to enter any of the lakes, ponds, fountains or streams.
   (e)   Owners of dogs or other animals damaging or destroying park property will be held liable for the full value of the property damaged or destroyed in addition to the penalty imposed for a violation of this section.
(Ord. No. 2275-92. Passed 11-29-93, eff. 12-7-93)
§ 559.34 Vacating Areas in Emergencies
   In case of an emergency, such as blasting or in any other case where life and property are endangered, all persons if requested to do so by the Commissioner of Parks or other park officers shall depart from the portion of the grounds specified by such officer and shall remain off the same until permission is given to return.
§ 559.35 Climbing Trees
   No person shall climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon the monuments, vases, fountains, railings, fences or gun-carriages within any park.
§ 559.36 Picnicking
   No picnicking and lunching parties shall occupy the parks or any part thereof, except the allotted picnic grove and parade ground in Wade Park, and those portions of Gordon, Edgewater, Brookside, Garfield and Woodland Hills Parks which may hereafter be designated by the Director for such use.
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