The following rules and regulations are hereby established for the management and protection of Mill Creek Community Park, hereinafter designated “the park”.
(A) The park shall be open daily from sunrise to sunset.
(B) No person shall remove any bench, seat or table from the park or change the location thereof without permission from the township.
(C) No person shall injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the trees, plants, shrubs, turf, buildings, structures or fixtures therein, or any other property of the township located within the park.
(D) No person shall conduct himself or herself within the park so as to annoy any other person using the park for recreational purposes.
(E) Permits.
(1) Permits for guaranteed use of the picnic pavilion will be sold by the township’s administration. The application for such permit shall be in the name of a person who shall be responsible for seeing that all refuse left by the group shall be placed in proper containers before leaving the park.
(2) Each permit will require a deposit and rental fee for any shelter or facility used by the group. Said rental fee shall be established from time to time by resolution.
(3) Any person or organization or group holding a permit for usage of a specific park location or facility shall have priority of usage over any person, organization or group not holding a permit.
(F) No person shall set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of any article whatsoever within the limits of the park without the written consent of the township, which shall have the authority to refuse such consent in any instance.
(G) No person shall dispose of any litter, waste or garbage in the park. All persons using the park shall dispose of all waste and garbage left by them in such proper receptacles.
(H) No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, rule or regulation posted at any place within the park by authority of the township, nor shall any person post, at any place within the park, any notice or placard other than by authority of the township.
(I) No person shall set or maintain any fire in the park except in stoves and fireplaces maintained for the purpose and located by authority of the township. As hereinafter set forth, only charcoal and/or wooden fires are permitted. In the event a wooden fire is instituted, any wood so utilized shall be brought from outside the park.
(J) The use, possession, transportation or consumption of alcoholic beverages within the park is prohibited.
(K) No person, other than an officer of the law, shall carry any firearm within the limits of the park. Likewise, no person shall engage in archery sports, nor engage in any other functions involving force-propelled devices unless first approved by the township.
(L) No person shall operate or cause to have in his or her possession any unlicensed motor vehicle and/or cycle.
(M) No person shall bring unrestrained pets into the park.
(N) There shall be no parking and/or driving in the areas other than those designated parking areas or on paved roadways.
(O) The speed limit within the territorial confines of the park shall be five mph as indicated by the posting of signs stating such fact.
(P) No person shall climb any tree or sit, stand or walk on any park sign, park structure or park building not customarily utilized for such purposes.
(Q) No person shall erect tents, shacks, shelters, trailers/recreational vehicles or any other structures for overnight camping or otherwise without express township approval.
(R) No person shall post, draw, tack or otherwise cause any sign to be in existence without township approval.
(S) No open fires are permitted in the park; fires are only permitted after due consideration for the health, safety and welfare of the persons and property within the park. In any event, however, only charcoal and/or wooden fires are permitted.
(T) No remote control and/or hobby devices are permitted to be operated within the confines of the park unless approval is obtained from the township.
(2003 Code, § 119-2) (Ord. passed 6-3-2002) Penalty, see § 91.99