(a) It shall be unlawful for any person in any park, recreation area, playground, ball field, picnic shelter or any other recreation facility and the parking facilities thereof, owned or controlled by the town to:
(1) Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, display or remove any structure, equipment, facilities or other property, either real or personal;
(2) Damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant, injure the bark, pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant, to dig or otherwise disturb grass areas in any other way or injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area;
(3) Dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, charcoal, gas, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, wastes, garbage or refuse or other trash;
(4) Fail to obey all police officers and recreational personnel or volunteers, as appointed by the Town Manager or his or her designee;
(5) Park any motor vehicle in areas other than established or designated parking areas;
(6) Drive any motor vehicle on any area except the parking areas or such other areas as may be specifically designated by the Town Manager, or his or her designee. No motorcycles, minibikes, trail bikes, dirt bikes, go-carts, all-terrain vehicles or like motorized vehicles are allowed on park property except for parking in designated parking areas only;
(7) Allow or permit any dogs or other animals to run at large or to leave any excrement from such animal on any area of the park or recreational facility;
(8) Violate the regulation that use of the individual gazebo or picnic shelter, together with tables and benches, follows generally the rule of “first come, first served,” unless a reservation has been issued according to regulations as adopted by the Board of Aldermen;
(9) Leave a picnic area or shelter before the grill is completely extinguished and before all trash in the nature of boxes, papers, cans, bottles, garbage and other refuse is placed in receptacles provided. If no such receptacles are available, then refuse and trash shall be carried away from the park area by the user to be properly disposed of elsewhere;
(10) No adults shall use the gazebo as a fishing pier. Children 12 and under (accompanied by an adult) will be permitted to fish. Due to sanitary and safety concerns, there will be no cleaning of fish on the gazebo or walkway to the gazebo;
(11) No person shall set up tents, shacks or any other temporary shelter for the purpose of overnight camping, nor shall any person leave in any park after closing hours any movable structure or special vehicle to be used or that could be used for such purpose, such as a camper/trailer, house trailer or the like;
(12) Bring, have in his or her possession, set off or otherwise cause to explode, discharge or burn any firecrackers, other fireworks, explosives or nonexplosives, such as sparklers, or discharge them or throw them into any such area from land or highway adjacent thereto;
(13) Build or attempt to build a fire except when using the grill to cook. No person shall drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches, burning cigarettes or cigars or other flammable material within any park area or on any highway, road or street abutting or contiguous thereto;
(14) Sleep or protractedly lounge on the seats, benches, floors or other area, or engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to be a breach of the public peace;
(15) Disturb or interfere unreasonably with any other person or party occupying any area, or participating in any authorized activity;
(16) Sell food, beverages or merchandise or solicit donations for any individual, group, club, company or corporation;
(17) Carry, use or possess firearms or dangerous weapons of any nature within any park, provided; however, this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers when engaged in the discharge of their duties;
(18) Enter, use or remain within any park between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., unless a town sponsored event is delayed or a written permit therefor has been obtained from the Town Manager or his or her designee;
(19) Bring upon, possess, consume or display any beer, wine, whiskey or other intoxicating liquor or beverage or controlled substances or the containers thereof within the confines of any park and recreation areas. It shall be prohibited for a person under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance to enter or remain in a recreation facility or program and such person or persons shall immediately leave upon the request of a police officer, recreation personnel, designated volunteers or other persons specified; and/or
(20) Leave a boat, kayak, jet-ski or any other personal watercraft tied to any town-owned dock, pier, or gazebo for any length of time.
(b) This section shall not apply to any town authorized sales at the central building on the town park lot pursuant to § 4-1(a) of this code.
(Ord. passed 11-7-2002; Ord. 2014-2, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 2017-9, passed 9-6-2017) Penalty, see
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