A. Authorized:
1. Any section or part of any park may be declared closed to the public by the Director at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals (daily or otherwise) and either entirely or merely to certain uses, as the Director shall find reasonably necessary.
(1987 Code § 16-43)
2. Any police officer of the City may order the closing of any Municipal park, or any part thereof, for any interval of time, where, in the judgment of such police officer, the public safety or the maintenance of law and order requires such closing. Such closing order shall thereupon remain in full force and effect until it is rescinded by the Chief of Police or by any other command officer of the Police Department.
(1987 Code § 16-43.1)
B. Use Of Closed Areas:
1. No person in a park shall enter an area posted as “Closed to the Public”, nor shall any person use, or abet the use of any area in violation of posted notices.
(1987 Code § 16-34)
2. No person shall enter, or remain in, any closed part of any Municipal park during the time that such park or part thereof has been closed by action of the Director, or by any police officer, under the authority of this chapter.
(1987 Code § 16-43.2)