A. The prior express written authorization of the City Public Works Director or his/her designee is required for the following activities in a Park or Park Facility:
1. Activities such as dunk tanks, hot air balloons, carnivals, inflatable bounce houses, catering services, festivals, or activities which require the use of tents, awnings or portable shelters;
2. Parking a vehicle or trailer in a Park during the aforementioned hours of curfew;
3. Use of a Park or Park Facility for profit or personal gain;
4. Selling or offering for sale any service, merchandise, food, beverage, article or thing;
5. Fireworks display.
C. No glass or breakable containers of any kind shall be permitted in a Park or Park Facility at any time.
D. Alcohol is prohibited in any portion of a Park and Park Facility, including any parking lot, unless authorized via written consent of the City Public Works Director or his/her designee.
E. No person shall commit any act in a Park or Park Facility that would endanger the health, safety or welfare of any person.
F. No person other than a duly authorized City Employee in the performance of his/her duty shall cut, deface, injure or burn any structure or feature (including landscape feature) of a Park or Park Facility or remove any equipment from a Park or Park Facility.
G. No firearms, archery, paintball weapons, air guns, BB guns, or like devices shall be allowed in a Park or Park Facility.
H. No person shall release, discharge, drop or spread upon any Park or Park Facility any litter, trash, rubbish, waste, garbage, refuse, chemicals, or ashes, other than by placing the same in trash containers or receptacles provided by the Public Works Department.
I. Fireworks and other explosives are prohibited except as part of an approved and permitted fireworks display.
J. There shall be no operation or parking of any motor driven vehicles, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, four-wheelers, on any grass areas of any City-owned or operated Park or Park Facility. This restriction shall not apply to authorized Park vehicles or to emergency vehicles, i.e., ambulances, firetrucks, etc. If a resident or visitor to the City of Ely has an event for which he/she would like to operate vehicles on the grass areas of any City-owned or operated Park or Park Facility, he/she may obtain prior authorization from the City Public Works Director or his/her designee. That authorization is only valid if it is in writing, signed and executed by the proper city authority. (Ord. 628, 9-25-2008; amd. Ord. 631, 12-11-2008; Ord. 743, 8-12-2021)