(A) Advertising. No person, firm, or corporation, or other entity shall display, post, distribute, or place any sign, advertisement, circular notice, statement, banner, emblem or design in any park or recreational facility or property without written permission of the city.
(B) Alcoholic beverages. No person shall possess or consume any alcoholic beverage in any park or recreational facility or property, except as a planned event with the written permission of the city.
(C) Artifacts. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or other entity to remove or possess any artifacts or other items from any city park or recreational facility or property.
(D) Boating. It shall be unlawful to use any boat or canoe or any other watercraft device including inflatable devices in any city park or recreational facility or property, except city employees on official business or other so authorized agents of the city on official business, and except property owners with an easement of record granting them the right to boat thereon.
(E) Camping. It shall be unlawful to camp overnight in any city park or recreational facility or property, except as a planned event with permission of the city. Any authorized camping shall be done only in areas designated by the city.
(F) Cooking. No person shall make, set, cause, or use any fire within any city park or recreational facility or property except in grills provided by the city, and only for the purpose of cooking food, within the park property for that purpose, unless they have first obtained written permission to do so from the city.
(G) Destroying park or recreational facility or property.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, carry away, disturb, molest, destroy, mar, deface, mutilate, mark, or damage any tree, shrubbery, or any other property within the parks or recreational facilities.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any object, abuse, deface, or alter the park system, including properties and equipment associated with the park or recreational system.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to cut or remove any trees, flowers, or vegetation within any city park or recreational facility (except when required for reasons of public safety or maintenance and then only by the city Public Works Department personnel, or agents/contractors of the city or utility companies operating within their easements).
(H) Excavating. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or other entity to excavate in any city park or recreational facility without written permission of the city.
(I) Fireworks. It shall be unlawful to possess any fireworks anywhere in any city park or recreational facility or property except as a planned event with written permission of the city.
(J) Glass containers. It shall be unlawful to bring or use glass beverage containers in any city park or recreational facility or property.
(K) Hunting. It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, or in any way injure or molest any wild animal found within any city park or recreational facility (except when required for reasons of public safety or as authorized by the city or a Conservation Officer with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife) or property.
(L) Ice skating. It shall be unlawful to ice skate on any city owned or maintained lake or pond in the City without written permission of the Mayor or City Administrative Officer.
(M) Littering. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park or recreational facility or property within the city except in trash receptacles provided for that purpose and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place. Where trash receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park or recreational facility by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of.
(N) Metal detectors. It shall be unlawful to possess or operate any metal detecting device in any city park or recreational facility or property without written permission of the city.
(O) Selling. No person, firm, corporation, or other entity shall conduct or engage in any form of trade, business, or other commercial activity or perform any type of service for consideration within any park or recreational facility or property without the written permission of the city.
(P) Smoking. It shall be unlawful to smoke or use tobacco in any city park building or facility except for picnic shelters.
(Q) Swimming. It shall be unlawful to swim or otherwise enter any body of water in any city park or recreational facility or property.
(Ord. 5-04, passed 7-14-04)