(A) No person shall park, be or remain in any park or parkway, or park or leave any vehicle in the park or parkway, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless said person or vehicle is otherwise authorized to remain in a park.
(B) No person shall in any way injure or deface any building, facility, or any other feature of property upon or within any parks, or cut, break, or in any way injure or deface any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of any park.
(C) No person shall go on foot or otherwise upon the grass or turf of any park where any sign is posted prohibiting such conduct.
(D) No person shall throw, deposit or leave in any park any paper, rubbish, waste, or refuse of any kind, whether or not the same is offensive to the senses or is injurious to health, except in the receptacles therein provided for such paper, rubbish, waste and refuse.
(E) Any person, firm, group or organization who shall distribute or display any circulars, cards, announcements or other items, either printed or otherwise, shall cause the same to be distributed in an orderly manner. Further, that any such of the aforesaid items shall not be allowed to litter any of the park property.
(1) Any person, firm, group or organization who so distributes any of the aforesaid items shall be responsible to clean the park property of such distributions.
(2) No person shall post, paste, fasten, paint or affix any placard, bill, notice or sign upon any structure tree, stone, fence, thing or enclosure along, or within any park without the written authorization of the Park and Recreation Commission.
(F) No person shall at any time set, lay, prepare, or have in possession any trap, snare, artificial light, net, bird line, or any contrivance whatever, for the purpose of catching, taking, injuring or killing any bird or wild animal in any park, except if authorized by the Public Works Director.
(G) No person shall play golf, tennis or other ball games upon or within any park, or parkway, except upon ball, tennis or appropriate athletic grounds or golf links established by the Park and Recreation Commission. This section shall not prohibit persons from playing catch with a ball or other object customarily used for that purpose so long as that activity does not unreasonably interfere with the use of the park by other persons.
(H) No person shall move benches, seats and tables from their places in any park or parkway, except that tables and benches placed in picnic areas for picnics may be shifted in the picnic area within any single park for use.
(I) No male, except for personnel in connection with their duties of park maintenance, shall enter a toilet room set apart for females; no female, except for personnel in connection with their duties of park maintenance, shall enter a toilet room set apart for males.
(J) No person shall solicit, offer for sale, or sell to the public any article or thing whatsoever in any park or parkway, except sales of refreshments and other articles under the direction of the Park and Recreation Commission.
(K) No person using a parkway as a pedestrian shall carelessly or maliciously interfere with the passage of vehicles.
(L) No person shall be permitted to take any pet into any park unless it is led by a suitable leash, and in no case shall any person allow or bring any dog owned or attended by him upon any bathing beach or into any park waters, or upon any skating rink, or in any park building whether the dog is leashed or otherwise, unless so authorized in writing by the Public Works Director.
(M) (1) No entertainment or exhibitions shall be given in any park or parkway except under the direction or by authority of the Park and Recreation Commission.
(2) No public meeting of any kind shall be held in any park or parkway, playground or athletic field, nor shall there be any public speaking therein, without a written permit granted therefor by the Park and Recreation Commission.
(N) No person shall start any fire in any park or upon any park property, except that small fires may be made by picnic parties in parks designated by the Park and Recreation Commission and in the places in said parks provided for said purpose by the Public Works Director.
(1) Every person who starts any such fire and every person using such fire is hereby charged with the duty of completely extinguishing such fires or fire before leaving such park.
(2) Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting or restricting the enforcement of any ordinances regulating air pollution control and setting ambient air quality standards.
(O) No person shall persistently interfere with the orderly conduct of games or play by the participants therein. Such interference shall constitute disorderly conduct within the provisions of this chapter.
(P) No person shall have in his possession or consume any intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating malt liquor in or upon any city park, parkway, or bathing beach within the city.
(1) Provided, however, the City Council may by affirmative vote grant permission to persons attending family gatherings, employees and their families attending gatherings in conjunction with their employment, and persons attending gatherings of or gatherings sponsored by non-profit public service, charitable, educational, or religious organizations within the community to possess and consume 3.2 malt liquor in city parks, except before 8:00 a.m. and after 9:30 p.m. No such permission may be granted for such possession or consumption in or upon any public bathing beach or anywhere in Silver Lake Beach Park.
(2) The prohibitions of this division shall not apply on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays to Huset Park between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and shall not apply to John Murzyn Hall (Columbia Heights Fieldhouse) at any time.
(Q) Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting or restricting Park and Recreation Commission or city agents and employees from doing all acts necessary to the performance of their duties.
(R) (1) The Park and Recreation Commission is hereby authorized to post the Silver Lake Beach area, which includes the boat landing, with signs indicating that the said beach area or designated portion thereof is closed to the public. Signs posted pursuant to this chapter must clearly describe the area which is closed, the times at which such restriction applies, and the penalty which may result to any person who violates the prohibition of the sign. The location of signs posted pursuant to this section shall be reasonably calculated to give notice to persons of the prohibition. No sign shall be posted in accordance with this section unless the Park and Recreation Commission shall first approve the message placed upon the sign and the proposed location thereof.
(2) No person shall enter or be upon the beach property, including the boat landing, in violation of the prohibitions of any sign posted pursuant to this section.
(`77 Code, § 10.201) (Am. Ord. 1019, passed 10-12-82; Am. Ord. 1077, passed 3-26-84; Am. Ord. 1367, passed 12-8-97) Penalty, see § 10.401