(a) (1) No person, except with the written permission of the Mayor or Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, shall hold or attend any picnic or gathering of any kind on or within park property, except that family parties of small groups of picnickers will not be required to obtain such written permission. All organized picnics or outings shall obtain permits from the Mayor previous to entering any park.
(2) No person or persons shall use the picnic tables and ovens any longer than necessary to prepare and consume their food. No picnic table shall be used for any games, card playing or loitering. No picnic table shall be moved except by permission from the park employee and, if removed with permission, must be returned by persons using it to its original location. No reservation shall be made for any picnic table or oven, nor shall any person take possession of any picnic table and oven before it is to be used by him or her for eating facilities.
(b) A deposit of $25 shall be made to offset potential damages to picnic sites, which deposit may be refundable to residents of the city but shall not refundable to nonresidents, and the fees for use of the picnic sites and the capacity of the same shall be as follows.
Site | Tables | Grills | Capacity | Fee |
Site | Tables | Grills | Capacity | Fee |
1 | 8 | 3 - Sheltered playground area | 250 | $50 |
2 | 5 | 3 - Tot-lot play area, playground area | 200 | $50 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | $10 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
8 | 7 | 3 | 250 - 300 | $50 |
9 | 3 | 2 - Playground area, tot-lot | 100 - 150 | $50 |
10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
12 | 2 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
13 | 2 | 1 | 25 | $15 |
14 | 4 | 3 - Tot-lot playground area | 250 - 300 | $50 |
15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | $10 |
(c) Forest Hill Park rentals.
Site | Fee | Deposit |
Boathouse with electricity (weekends and holidays) | $75 Resident $100 Nonresident | $100 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
Boathouse with electricity (weekdays) | $60 Resident $90 Nonresident | $50 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
Area #1 Lower Valley (weekends and holidays) | $75 Resident $100 Nonresident | $100 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
Area #1 Lower Valley (weekends and holidays) | $50 Resident $65 Nonresident | $50 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
All other areas (weekends and holidays) | $20 Resident $30 Nonresident | $25 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
All other areas (weekdays) | $15 Resident $25 Nonresident | $25 deposit, refundable only if area left clean |
(Ord. 106-03, passed 6-17-2003; Ord. 44-10, passed 9-8-2010) Penalty, see § 931.99