CHAPTER 931: PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Section
931.01   Definitions
931.02   Destruction of property
931.03   Preservation of trees, shrubs and grass
931.04   Rubbish, spitting and water pollution
931.05   Advertising and littering prohibited
931.06   Intoxicating liquor or drugs
931.07   Disorderly conduct
931.08   Permits generally; liability of permittee
931.09   Permit required for meetings, exhibitions, parades and racing
931.10   Picnic permits required; use of tables and ovens
931.11   Protection of wild life
931.12   Fires; discarding lighted cigarettes and matches
931.13   Boating at Forest Hill Park
931.14   Bathing prohibited
931.15   Skating and toy vehicles
931.16   Camping prohibited
931.17   Toy aviation and kite flying
931.18   Throwing objects
931.19   Animals at large
931.20   Loitering and curfew
931.21   Tennis courts; baseball fields; permits and fees
931.22   Use of vehicles and bicycles
931.23   Vehicle repairs prohibited
931.24   Signs prohibited
 
931.99   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   Land appropriation for parks, see Ohio R.C. 715.21, 719.01
§ 931.01  DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   FOOT PATH or TRAIL. Any path or trail maintained for pedestrians.
   MAYOR. The Mayor of the city, having jurisdiction of parks, park streets and all other property under his or her control by virtue of the provisions of City Charter § 24.
   OWNER. Any person owning, operating or having the use or control of a vehicle, animal or other property under a lease or otherwise.
   PARK. Unless specifically limited, means and includes all parks, parkways, playgrounds, athletic fields, tennis courts and other recreation areas, places, squares, circles, spurs, open places, boulevards, waters and lands under water, and also entrances and approaches thereto and bridges, in, leading to or connecting such park or parks, or parts thereof, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor and such other rights and appurtenances as the Mayor shall utilize, whether the same be now or hereafter owned or acquired by the city in fee or otherwise.
   PARK GUARDS (WATCHMEN). Any person designated by the Mayor to enforce the rules and regulations of the park and govern conduct in the park.
   PARK STREET. Street, avenue, boulevard or other highway under the jurisdiction of the Mayor and all streets bordering a park to the full width thereof.
   PERMIT. Any written authorization issued by or under the authority of the Mayor for a specified park privilege permitting the performance of a specified act or acts in any park.
   PERSON. Any natural person, corporation, society, organization of persons, company association, joint stock association, firm or copartnership.
   PLAYGROUND AREA. Any area designated as a playground and includes all territory under the jurisdiction of the Mayor adjacent to and within 12 feet thereof.
   PLAYGROUND SUPERVISOR. Any person designated by the Mayor to supervise recreation facilities.
   RULES AND REGULATIONS. Any rule or regulation of the Mayor established pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 3759, passed 7-14-1942)
§ 931.02  DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall:
      (1)   Injure, deface, displace, remove, fill in, raise, destroy or tamper with any drive, path, walk, bridge or approach thereto;
      (2)   Take up, remove or carry away any asphalt, curb, flagstone, rock, stone, gravel, sand, clay or earth;
      (3)   Make any excavation of any kind, name or nature;
      (4)   Harvest, cut, damage or remove any ice;
      (5)   Injure, mutilate, deface, displace, remove or destroy any wall, fence, shelter, seat, statute, monument or other structure, building, post, railing, bench seat, platform, stand, tree guard, telephone, telegraph, pipe or main for conducting gas, water or wires, or any hydrant, sewer, drain, pipe, main, receiving basin, covering, manhole or vent forming a part thereof or any appurtenance or appendage conforming therewith, or any other property or equipment, real or personal, owned by the city or under the jurisdiction or control of the Mayor, or appertaining to the creation, government, use or maintenance of any park or park street;
      (6)   Injure, deface, displace, remove or destroy any sign, notice, inscription, post or monument erected or marked for any purpose, or any mile-board, mile-stone, danger sign or signal, guide, sign or post, or any signaling device sanctioned, installed or placed by the Mayor or by the Police Department within any park or upon any park street for the purpose of directing, restricting or regulating traffic, establishing zones or giving information or directions to the public; or
      (7)   Interfere with or damage any lamp, lamppost, electric light bulb or apparatus, turn on or extinguish the light therein, or attach, string, adjust or carry any wires or similar object in, on or over any part of any park or park street.
   (b)   Any person doing any act injurious to a park or park street may be removed therefrom by a police officer or park employee. When necessary to the protection of life or property, such officer or park employee may remove any and all persons from any designated part thereof.
(Ord. 3759, passed 7-14-1942)  Penalty, see § 931.99
§ 931.03  PRESERVATION OF TREES, SHRUBS AND GRASS.
   No person shall in any park or park street destroy, cut, break, deface, mutilate, injure, disturb, sever from the ground or remove any growing thing, including, but not limited to, any plant, flower, flowerbed, shrub, tree, growth or any branch, stem, fruit or leaf thereof; bring into any park or park street any tool or instrument, such as a hatchet, axe or saw, for the cutting thereof, or any spade, shovel, rake, hoe or any of the so-called garden or agricultural implements or tools for the removal thereof; pile or maintain any material or debris of any kind against or upon the same; attach any rope, cable or other contrivance thereto; set fire or assist another to set fire to any timber, tree, shrubs, plants, flowers, grass or plant growth, or suffer any fire upon any other land to extend into park lands; hitch any horse or animal to or leave the same standing near enough to injure any lawn or grass plot; or go upon the same, except at such times when permission to do so shall have been given by the Mayor to the public.
(Ord. 3759, passed 7-14-1942)  Penalty, see § 931.99
§ 931.04  RUBBISH, SPITTING AND WATER POLLUTION.
   (a)   Rubbish and refuse matter. No person shall take into, carry through, leave in or throw, place, lay, drop or discharge into or on, or suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or person in his or her charge to take into, carry through, leave in or throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into or on any park or park street any rubbish of any sort including, but not limited to, ashes, dross, cinders, shells, fruit, fruit skins, vegetable foodstuffs, paper, pasteboard, dirt, sand, oil, grease, clay, loan, stone or building rubbish, hay, straw, oats, sawdust, shavings, or manufacturing, trade or household waste, vehicles or parts thereof such as junk, old iron or other metal or objects made therefrom; or sick, diseased or dead animals, organic refuse or other offensive matter, including swill, brine, urine, offal, fecal matter, garbage or rubbish.
   (b)   Spitting prohibited. No person shall in any park or park street spit upon any walk, crossing, safety zone structure, bridge, platform, stairway or floor of any building.
   (c)   Pollution of waters. No person shall throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into or leave in the waters used for bathing or waters in any park, or in any storm sewer or drain flowing into such waters, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which may or shall result in the pollution of such waters.
   (d)   Drains and sewers. No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into any opening or into any gutter leading into any sewer, receiving basin or drain in or leading into any park or park street, any gas or vapor, or any substance which may form a deposit tending to choke same, or any volatile liquid which will emit a flammable vapor at a temperature below 160°F, or any steam or hot water above 100°F.
   (e)   Protection of bathing area. No person shall throw, cast, lay or deposit any bottle or piece of crockery, or any glass or glassware or any part thereof, or metallic or other substance with sharp edges or projections on any bathing area in, on or adjoining any park.
   (f)   Throwing objects. No person shall throw, drop or discharge any stones or other objects from a footbridge or any other place in the park.
(Ord. 3759, passed 7-14-1942)  Penalty, see § 931.99
§ 931.05  ADVERTISING AND LITTERING PROHIBITED.
   No person shall post any bill, placard, notice or other paper upon any structure, tree, rock, article or thing within any park, or upon any park street, or paint or affix thereon, in any other way, any advertisement, notice or exhortation. No person shall distribute, hand out, deliver, place, cast about or leave about any bill, billboard, ticket, handbill, card, placard, circular, pamphlet or display any flag, banner, transparency, target, sign, placard or any matter for advertising purposes, or operate any musical instrument or drum within any park or upon any park street, or cause any noise to be made for advertising purposes or for the purpose of attracting attention to any exhibition, performance, show or other purpose, within any park or upon any park street. The placing, or using for any other purpose than reading, of newspapers or other papers on the boardwalks or on the lawns or benches of public parks is prohibited.
(Ord. 3759, passed 7-14-1942)  Penalty, see § 931.99
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