(A) Buildings and other property.
(1) Disfiguration and removal. No person in a park shall wilfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, or displace or remove, any building, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings, paving or paving material, water lines or other public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices, or placards whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts, or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.
(2) Restrooms and washrooms. No person in a park shall fail to cooperate in maintaining restrooms and washrooms in a neat and sanitary condition. No person over the age of five (5) years shall use the restrooms and washrooms designated for the opposite sex.
(3) Removal of natural resources. No person in a park shall dig, or remove, any beach sand, whether submerged or not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants, down-timber or other wood or materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency.
(4) Erection of structures. No person in a park shall construct or erect any building or structure of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary in character, or run or string any public service utility into, upon, or across such lands, except on special written permit issued hereunder.
(B) Trees, shrubbery, lawns.
(1) Injury and removal. No person in a park shall damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark, or pick the flowers or seeds, of any tree or plant. Nor shall any person attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant. A person shall not dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas, or in any way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area.
(2) Climbing trees and the like. No person in a park shall climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon monuments, vases, fountains, railing, fences or gun carriages or upon any other property not designated or customarily used for such purposes.
(3) Hitching of animals. No person in a park shall tie or hitch a horse or other animal to any tree or plant.
(C) Wild animals, birds, and the like.
(1) Hunting. No person in a park shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease; shoot or throw missiles at any animal, reptile or bird; nor shall he remove or have in his possession the young of any wild animal, or the eggs or nest, or young of any reptile or bird. Exception is made in that snakes known to be deadly poisonous, such as rattlesnakes, moccasins, coral snakes, or other deadly reptiles, may be killed on sight.
(2) Feeding. No person in a park shall give or offer, or attempt to give to any animal or bird any tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substances.
('74 Code, § 17-39) (Ord. 75-16, passed 7-3-75)