(a) Animals Prohibited. No dogs or other animals shall be allowed within the parks, with the exception of those animals specifically authorized by the Director of Public Works or by ordinance.
(b) Feeding of Animals Prohibited. No person shall feed or otherwise provide food to geese, other wild animals and/or birds within the parks.
(c) Molesting Animals. No person shall use any weapon, stick, stone or missile of any kind in the destruction or injury of or to, or in such manner as to disturb or molest, any wild or domestic fowl, animal or fish properly within the park limits.
(d) If dogs are permitted within any park pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, no person shall fail to adhere to the following rules and restrictions:
(1) Any dog must be on a leash that is extended no farther than six feet and must wear a collar or harness that must be specifically made or manufactured to be the proper size and strength for that particular dog.
(2) Any dog must be under control of a person who possesses discretion and physical strength sufficient to exercise reasonable restraint and control conforming to the animal’s weight, size and strength.
(3) Any person bringing a dog into a park or exercising control of a dog while in a park shall promptly clean up any waste from the dog and place it in the receptacles provided.
(4) At Lakewood Park:
A. Any person walking a dog on paved paths shall yield way to any and all traffic on the paths without dogs and shall obey other rules related to traffic on paved paths at the park posted by the Director of Public Works.
B. Dogs shall be prohibited on July 4 and on any days or portions of days during which widely-attended public events, including but not limited to City-sponsored events or events for which a “Special Event Permit” has been issued, shall be staged wholly or in part at Lakewood Park and at which the Chief of Police or the Director of Public Works determines that prohibiting leashed dog walking at Lakewood Park would be conducive to public safety. At such times that dogs shall be prohibited in a park, signs indicating the prohibition shall be conspicuously posted at entrances to the park.
(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, dogs shall be prohibited from the following areas within Madison Park, Lakewood Park and Kauffman Park:
A. Playground equipment, playground areas, and 30 feet immediately surrounding;
B. The athletic fields, courts and skating areas, whether or not they are in use;
C. Any garden or decorative areas planted with vegetables;
D. Flowers, shrubs or other decorative vegetation;
E. The Kiwanis Pavilion; and
F. The handicap-accessible ramp which extends from the eastern end of the top of the bluff to the lower lakefront promenade.
(Ord. 7-11. Passed 4-4-2011; Ord. 16-13. Passed 9-17-2013; Ord. 17-14. Passed 4-21-2014.)