It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation using such parks to either perform, or permit to be performed, any of the following acts within parks premises:
(A) To commit assault, battery, or engage in any fighting or non-consensual physical contact with any other persons;
(B) To prevent any person from using any park, or any of its facilities, or to interfere with the use in compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted herein;
(C) To possess, carry, or discharge firearms (unless otherwise allowed by applicable state law), fireworks, BB guns, air guns, bows and arrows, crossbows, slingshots, blowguns, rockets, paint ball guns, or martial arts weapons, unless authorized in writing by the Superintendent of Parks, the County Sheriff, or a duly sworn County Deputy Sheriff;
(D) To hit golf balls;
(E) To damage, cut, break, injure, deface, or disturb any tree, plant, shrub, rock, building, monument, fence, bench, playground, or other park equipment, or other structure, apparatus, or property; or to pluck, pull up, cut, take, or remove any shrub, bush, plant, or flower; or to mark, write upon, paint, or otherwise deface, in any manner, any park building, monument, fence, playground park equipment, or other structure;
(F) To cut or remove any trees, wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, or gravel without written permission from the Superintendent of Parks;
(G) To swim, bathe, wade in, or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake, or stream;
(H) To throw, discharge, or otherwise place, or cause to be placed, in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or other body of water in, or adjacent to, any park or any tributary, stream, storm sewer, or drain flowing in such waters, any substance, matter or thing, either liquid or solid, which will, or may, result in the pollution of such waters;
(I) To make or kindle any fire, except in picnic grills provided by the Department, or within areas specifically designated for that purpose;
(J) To place, abandon, or leave garbage, cans, bottles, papers, or other refuse in any public park, except in a proper waste receptacle. Nor is the
(K) To dump any personal items, trash, grass clippings, leaves, limbs, or other refuse for the purpose of disposal;
(L) To participate or engage in any activity in any park area when such activity will create a danger to the public, public nuisance, or cause damage to park property;
(M) To camp, sleep, or stay overnight in any park without prior written permission by the Superintendent of Parks;
(N) To disturb, in any manner, any picnic, meeting, service, concert, exercise class, or other class or exhibition;
(O) To possess or consume any alcoholic beverages;
(P) For any person over the age of six years to use the restrooms and washrooms designated for use by the opposite sex, unless such assistance is medically necessary;
(Q) To stand, skate, sit, or walk on areas of water covered with ice;
(R) To use of mechanical loud speakers or amplified music, sound, or voices, except when authorized in writing by the Superintendent of Parks, or when done in connection with the use of any amphitheater provided music or sound, and provided such sounds are within the levels prescribed by applicable state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations, as measured at the park property boundary;
(S) To smoke cigarettes, cigars, or electronic cigarettes, or consume other tobacco products on, or around, playgrounds, or near any youth activity or event; and
(T) To use any metal detector on any park property without the prior written consent of the Superintendent of Parks.
(Ord. 2021-1, passed 1-19-2021) Penalty, see § 92.99
Statutory reference:
Battery statutes, see I.C. 35-42-2-1, 35-42-2-3, and 35-45-1-3