(A) No business for profit will be allowed to operate within the confines of the town’s park.
(B) (1) The only not-for-profit vendors allowed to conduct business within the town park are those businesses that are being operated in conjunction with the not-for-profit organization’s activities. In addition, any not-for-profit organization that desires to operate a concession business must comport to the following rules and regulations prior to being issued a permit from the Town Council to operate their respective concession stands in conjunction with the activity of their organization being enjoyed by a not- for-profit organization.
(2) The permit to operate a concession stand shall be granted conditioned upon the following:
(a) The application for a concession permit shall be submitted in writing to the Town Council indicating the organization’s authority for the request and that it has been approved by the organization requesting the permit.
(b) The application shall show those parties that are responsible for the operation of the particular concession business.
(c) The not-for-profit organization shall submit a schedule of times they intend to operate their concession business within the town’s park.
(d) The organization and its principal sponsors or officers will execute an indemnity agreement holding the town harmless from any liability caused by the operation of the not-for-profit concession business. The hold harmless agreement must be signed on behalf of the organization and individually by its sponsors or officers.
(e) The concession business shall be the sole responsibility of the not-for-profit organization operating the same including the necessity of obtaining any and all food permits from the county and state, retail sales permit or any other license necessary to legally operate.
(f) The town is not endorsing the quality or safety of the not-for-profit concession business, but rather is disavowing any responsibility for the organizations’ businesses. However, the town retains the right to cancel a permit to operate a not- for-profit concession business at any time without notice to the organization or its officers or sponsors. Any party seeking a right to operate a not-for-profit concession business is specifically waiving the right to any notice of hearing or hearing on cancellation of its permit to operate within the Ellis Park.
(g) The right to operate a not-for-profit business concession in conjunction with the use of the facilities in the Ellis Park is the sole and absolute responsibility of the organization operating the business the same as any other citizen using the Ellis Park with the exception that the Town Council retains the right to require not-for-profit organizations to respect the park, its citizens, and the right of others to enjoy the facilities in the park of the town.
(Ord. 7-1982, passed 9-7-82)
(C) (1) Alcoholic beverages may be sold, consumed or distributed in the Blanton House and on the grounds of the Blanton House in accordance with the Alcohol Policy for the Blanton House adopted by the Park Board on June 12, 2001. If the Park Board discontinues the policy it adopted on June 12, 2001 or if it changes the policy to substantially reduce the level of restrictions on the use of alcohol at this location, the prohibition against the sale, consumption and distribution of alcoholic beverages shall again be applicable to that park property.
(2) The prohibition against for-profit businesses operating within the confines of the town parks shall not prohibit for profit catering businesses from providing services for functions held at the Blanton House.
(D) Alcoholic beverages are prohibited in Ellis Park.
(Ord. 15-2001, passed 7-16-01) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) No reservations for shelter houses can be made before January l of any year.
(B) Reservations for shelter houses cannot be made on a standing basis from year to year.
(C) (1) Persons who reside outside the town corporate limits cannot reserve a shelter house more than two weeks in advance.
(2) Town residents may reserve any time between January l through March 1.
(3) After March 1, park facilities will be rented on a first-come, first-serve basis.
(D) Reservations for shelter houses must be made in person at the Town Hall and full payment made at the time of the reservation.
(E) (1) Priority for shelter house reservations is:
(a) Residents of the town; then
(b) All others in order of request.
(2) However, reservations cannot be “bumped” if made in proper manner.
(F) Shelter house reservation fees are as set out in § 35.02.
(G) (1) Organizations must follow the above set out reservations for the rental of the shelter house in Ellis Park.
(2) Those organizations pre-imminently considered town organizations (such as Tri Kappa, Optimist Club, Rotary, Little League and the like) will pay the same fee and have the same rights for reservations as any town resident would have; and organizations based outside the town will be required to pay the same fees and will have the same rights and reservations as set out above for non-town residents.
(3) (a) The Clerk-Treasurer of the town will provide written authorization when a shelter house has been reserved in the period that the reservation is to be in full force and effect.
(b) The written authorization of reservation issued by the Clerk-Treasurer of the town or his or her duly authorized representatives shall be displayed at the shelter house on the day of the reservation.
(Ord. 11-1983, passed 12-27-83; Am. Ord. 14-1999, passed 9-20-99; Am. Ord. 15-2003, passed 12-15-03)
(A) Park hours. Park hours of operation will be posted at the entrances of Ellis Park, Gary Eakin Community Park, Blanton Woods, and Blanton House, as established by the Parks and Recreation Board.
(B) Penalties.
(1) Any vehicles, motorized or otherwise, left unattended inside the boundaries of Ellis Park, Gary Eakin Community Park, Blanton Woods, or Blanton House during the "closed period" or after 11:00 p.m. are subject to a citation of $25 for a first violation, $35 for a second violation within the same 12-month period, and $45 for a third or subsequent violation within the same 12-month period.
(2) Any persons or entities or their vehicles in the boundaries of Ellis Park, Gary Eakin Community Park, Blanton Woods, or Blanton House after the designated closed period, as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an infraction and can be prosecuted under the criminal statute of the state as a trespasser or can be found guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof to be fined in an amount up to and including either the statutory amount provided for trespassing as a violation of the criminal code of the state or, if prosecuted under this section as an infraction, to be fined.
(3) Those persons, vehicles and the like which are in Ellis Park, Gary Eakin Community Park, Blanton Woods, or Blanton House on official business and with due authorization from town officials are not included in the above restrictions and penalties.
(Ord. 12-1983, passed 12-27-83; Am. Ord. 21-2019, passed 8-5-19) Penalty, see § 10.99