(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts in any village park:
(1) Vehicle restrictions.
(a) To park any vehicle, except bicycles, upon the grass or any other place except within the limits of designated, clearly marked parking areas;
(b) To operate any vehicle, except village vehicles and emergency vehicles, within any park except on clearly marked, designated roadways, drives, and parking areas, except that bicycles may be operated on walks unless otherwise posted; and/or
(c) To operate any snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, mini-bike, go-cart, or similar motorized vehicle anywhere within any village park.
(2) Fires. To build a fire in any park, except in fireplaces or grills designed for such purpose, or to dispose of embers or charcoal, except in the containers specifically provided for such disposal;
(3) Animals.
(a) To allow or permit to run at large any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal within any village park, except service dogs. All such animals shall be restrained at all times on adequate leashes not greater than ten feet in length. Village parks include the areas immediately adjacent to such as parking lots, walkways, and concourses. The owner or person in charge of an animal shall promptly remove and dispose of, in a sanitary manner, any excrement deposited by such animal upon any public or private property; and
(b) To take, catch, hunt, trap, kill, pursue, or otherwise disturb any wild animals or birds in any village park, or to take, catch, trap, kill, or pursue any fish or other aqua life form in Grotelueschen President’s Park.
(4) Games. To engage in any athletic contest, event, or activity such as baseball, softball, football, golf, volleyball, soccer, frisbee throwing, or horseshoe pitching whereby an area if usurped by participants to the exclusion or at the peril of injury to others or their property, except in areas specifically designated for such activity;
(5) Noise. To operate any radio, television, record player, public address system, or other sound amplification device, create any noise, or play music or any instrument in any park where the sound created therefrom is objectionable at a distance of 50 feet or more from the source without written permission from the Parks Commission;
(6) Vandalism.
(a) To soil, deface, injure, damage, upset, or destroy any building, fence, recreational equipment, bench, table, tree, shrub, turf, or other property situated or kept in any park;
(b) To litter, dump, deposit, leave, throw, or break any bottle, paper, box, can, or other item in any body of water or upon the ground or any other place within a park, except in clearly identified refuse receptacles provided for that purpose; and
(c) To remove, or appropriate for one’s own personal or private use, any dirt, sand, flower, tree, shrub, table, recreational equipment, bench, or any other item of park property.
(7) Alcohol beverages prohibited. To bring, possess, consume, dispense, convey, or give away any alcohol beverage, as that term is defined by Wis. Stats. § 125.02, in or upon any park;
(8) Use of tennis courts. To use the tennis courts for any purpose other than tennis;
(9) Use of playground equipment. To use any playground equipment designated for children under 12 years of age by persons 12 years of age or older;
(10) Swimming. To swim in any public pool of water in Grotelueschen President’s Park;
(11) Ice skating. To ice skate or go upon the ice of any public pool of water in Grotelueschen President’s Park; and
(12) To operate a boat, canoe, kayak, or other floatation device on any public pool of water in Grotelueschen President’s Park.
(B) All village parks shall be closed to the general public between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to be present in any park during the above stated hours.
(Prior Code, § 9.24) (Ord. 113-91, passed 10-24-1991; Ord. 05-2015, passed 8-13-2015) Penalty, see § 130.999