It is a petty misdemeanor for any person to:
(A) Engage in any sport, game, amusement or other exercise in any park posted against the engaging in a sport, game, amusement or exercise by the Director of Parks and Recreation;
(B) Enter a park or part thereof posted as “Closed to the Public” or to use or abet the use of any park or part thereof in violation of posted notices;
(C) Hinder, interfere with or cause or threaten to do bodily harm to any employee of the city while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties in and on behalf of the city;
(D) (1) Expose or offer for sale any article or thing, or to station or place any stand, cart or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any article or thing, or to sell, solicit or carry on any business, or to announce, advertise or call the public’s attention in any way to an article or service for sale or hire in a park without first having obtained and secured from the Director of Parks and Recreation a permit and pay the applicable permit fee as set by the City Council. Any permit obtained is valid for a period of two days.
(2) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall issue a permit upon payment of the fee and upon finding that:
(a) The proposed activity or use of the park will not unreasonably interfere with or detract from the enjoyment of the park by other park visitors or disturb residentially zoned properties and park visitors in proximity to the park;
(b) The proposed activity or use of the park will not unreasonably interfere with or detract from the promotion of public health, welfare, safety, comfort and recreation;
(c) The proposed activity or use of the park is not reasonably anticipated to entice violence, crime or disorderly conduct;
(d) The proposed activity will not entail unusual, extraordinary burden or expense for the city; or
(e) The facilities desired have not been reserved for some other use on the day and hour requested in the application.
(3) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall, within five days after receiving a completed application, notify an applicant in writing that the application is either granted or denied and, if denied, the Director of Parks and Recreation shall state the reasons for denying the requested permit. Any aggrieved applicant may appeal in writing to the City Administrator within five days of mailed notice of the denial. The City Administrator shall consider the application and shall sustain or overrule the decision of the Director of Parks and Recreation in the denial of the permit.
(4) The city shall retain all rights and authorities to revoke a permit upon finding a violation of any rule or ordinance, condition imposed on the permit or upon good cause.
(E) Paste, glue, tack or otherwise affix or post any sign, placard, advertisement or inscription whatever, or to erect or cause to be erected any sign whatever on any structure or thing in a park, except as authorized by the Director of Parks and Recreation;
(F) Throw any stone, brick or other missile in or upon any park;
(G) Deface, disfigure, break, cut, tamper with or displace or remove in or from any park building or part thereof, table, bench, fireplace, coping, lamp post, fence, wall, paving or paving material, water line or other public utility or parts or appurtenances thereof, or any sign, notice or placard whether temporary or permanent, equipment facilities or other park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal;
(H) Damage, cut, carve, uproot or injure any tree or injure the bark or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant in any park; or to attach a rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant, in any park; or to dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas; or in any other way injure or impair the beauty or usefulness of any park;
(I) Climb, walk, stand or sit upon any wall, building, fountain, fence, railing in any park or upon any other park property not designated or customarily used for such purposes;
(J) Remove any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants, down timber or other wood or materials from any park, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency within any park, except under the direction of the Director of Parks and Recreation;
(K) Bring in or dump, deposit or leave any battles, broken glass, ashes, paper, fill, boxes, manure, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse, or other trash or litter in any park, except to deposit the same in receptacles provided therefor;
(L) Drive any motorized vehicle in any park, except on roads or parking areas designated for such purposes and then only in accordance with posted signs as to speed, direction, parking, stopping, lane marking and traffic controls;
(M) Beg or solicit any alms or any contribution in any park, or to solicit, collect any donation or charge any fees for any service, whether private or public, except fees as charged by the city without first having obtained a written permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation;
(N) Construct or erect any building, tent or structure of whatever kind in any park, whether permanent or temporary in character, or run or string any public service utility into, upon or across any park without first having obtained approval and a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation; and/or
(O) Conduct any musical concert, play upon any amplified instrument or set up or use a communication system in a park without first obtaining approval and a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation.
(2002 Code, § 6.75) (Ord. 77, Third Series, effective 1-10-1983; Ord. 71, Sixth Series, effective 7-31-2007) Penalty, see § 10.99