The following rules and regulations are adopted to apply to special uses of the Riverfront Area.
(A) Use for activities prohibited by posted signs. No person shall make use of Riverfront Area property at any time for activities which are specifically prohibited by posted signs or when the use is likely to cause bodily harm to himself or others or cause damage to property.
(B) Climbing on buildings, fences and other structures. No person may climb onto any building, fence or any other structure located on Riverfront Area property.
(C) Closing of sections or parts of area. Any section or part of any of the Riverfront Area may be declared closed to the public at any time and for certain uses, as the City shall find necessary.
(D) Prior right of use; exception. All persons who have a valid permit for the use of the Riverfront Area property shall have prior right for the use, except that persons participating in activities sponsored by the City shall have first option for use.
(E) Concessions and concessionaires. No person shall sell or expose or offer anything for sale on the Riverfront Area, except the appropriate operating agency’s duly authorized concessionaire or concessionaires of any person, group of persons or organization using the Riverfront Area, pursuant to a valid permit issued by the City, and then only during the hours designated in the permit and when the concessionaire has all the required permits to engage in the sales.
(F) Animals. Except by written permission of the appropriate operating agency, no animals shall be permitted upon Riverfront Area property during special events unless that animal is specifically used in conjunction therewith.
(G) Discharge of weapons. No person shall discharge firearms, slings, bows or any other device by which persons, animals or birds may be injured or frightened, or throw stones or other missiles within the Riverfront Area.
(H) Alcoholic beverages. No person may have in his or her possession or consume any kind of beer, wine or intoxicating liquor on or within Riverfront Area property unless he or she has the written permission of the appropriate operating agency, except that persons may make use of any beverage sold on the Riverfront Area by an employee of the City or its agents or by any other properly authorized concessionaire and in only the specified areas designated by the issued permit.
(I) Glass container. No person shall possess any glass bottle or glass beverage container in the Ohio Riverfront Area, that being and including the floodwall and the strip of land north to the Ohio River, excepting therefrom, in any building or aboard any vessel located therein, and excluding vehicles in transit thereto.
(J) Removal of chains, cables and the like. No person shall move or alter the arrangement of any chain, cable, post or barrier of any kind when placed on Riverfront Area property for the purpose of regulating the use of the property.
(K) Disturbing, destroying, damaging equipment, buildings and structures.
(1) No person, except with the written permission of the appropriate operating agency, shall take, carry away, remove, dig, cut, disturb, molest, destroy, mar or damage any solid or mineral substance or any form of vegetation, whether living or dead, on the Riverfront Area.
(2) No person, except with the written permission of the appropriate operating agency, shall take, carry away, remove, disassemble, destroy, mar, deface, mark or damage or attach anything to any Riverfront Area equipment, building or structure on the Riverfront Area.
(1995 Code, § 12.20.030) (Am. Ord. O-2013- 005, passed 6-17-2013) Penalty, see § 92.99
Cross-reference:
Alcoholic Beverages, see Chapter 111
Business fees, see Chapter 37