(A) No person not an employee of the city shall pick or cut any wild or cultivated flower or cut, break or in any way injure or deface any tree, shrub or plant or otherwise disturb or disrupt the soil or grounds of such public areas unless prior approval is obtained from the city.
(B) No person not an employee of the city shall plant any wild, cultivated or exotic tree, shrub or plant.
(C) No person shall kill, pursue, injure, molest, disturb or have in possession any species of wildlife including birds, waterfowl or other animals found within the confines of the park.
(D) No person shall operate a motorized or electrified vehicle in any city park or trail, except on designated roadways and parking lots.
(E) No person shall start any fire in any such public area.
(F) No person shall tamper with, climb, deface, destroy, disturb, damage or remove any part of any park building, sign, light, table, grill, shelter, equipment or other property found therein.
(G) No person shall disregard or fail to comply with any posted regulations, directional signs, barriers or other control devices located within any city park or public ground.
(H) No person shall deposit, allow to accumulate or dispose of any inorganic waste in or upon a stated public area, except to place the same in garbage receptacles provided therefor.
(I) No person shall engage in boisterous, disruptive behavior, or excessively loud music or noise within or upon any stated public area or otherwise conduct himself or herself so as to unreasonably disturb or aggravate another person or persons.
(J) No person shall erect or place in any or upon any stated public area a tent, camping equipment or other temporarily located structure, nor shall any person leave any vehicle or movable structure which could be used for the purpose of overnight camping unless approved by the La Crescent City Council. No staking is allowed of said structures without written approval from the city.
(K) No person shall place or erect any sign or advertisement on any park land, trees, structures or equipment located therein without prior approval of the city.
(L) No person shall cast, deposit, throw, damage, lay, place or scatter upon any of the stated public areas, or in or upon any water located therein or adjacent thereto, any cigars, cigarettes, glass, bottles, nails, tacks, wire, crockery, cans or any other refuse matter. No person shall have in his or her possession any glass or other objects easily fragmented in or upon any water located within the park.
(M) No person shall possess, consume or otherwise provide to others any controlled substance in any park, playground or public ground.
(N) All dogs while within any park shall be on a leash and the person in control of the dog shall have in possession tools or equipment suitable for the sanitary pick-up, removal and disposal of all dog fecal matter.
(O) No person shall possess, ride, or drive a horse in any park, playground, or public ground.
(P) No person shall utilize any park, playground, or public ground for a for-profit enterprise unless in conjunction with a city-approved event.
(Q) Hunting with the use of a weapon is not permitted, and deer stands are not allowed to be installed on city property.
(R) No person shall sell liquor in any park or public ground owned by or otherwise under control of the city unless in compliance with § 110.17.
(S) No person shall use cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products in a public place in compliance with § 130.30.
(T) No person shall use any form of tobacco at or on any public grounds owned by the City of La Crescent.
(Ord. 577, passed 11-13-23)