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* Editor's Note: Former Section 22.04.110, Action on building application, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance No. 2484, was designated as "reserved" by Ordinance No. 4368.
An applicant may appeal the director's decision regarding a permit to the city manager within five days of the date the decision was mailed or delivered to applicant. The city manager or designee shall hold a hearing within three days of the filing of an appeal, at which time applicant may present any and all evidence, testimony, and information relevant to the director's decision. The city manager or designee, within twenty-four hours following the appeal hearing, shall issue a decision affirming the denial of the application or directing the director to issue a permit. The decision of the city manager or designee shall be mailed or delivered to the applicant when issued and shall be final and binding.
(Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
Fees and charges required for all permits issued in connection with the use of city parks and open space lands shall be as stated in the Palo Alto municipal fee schedule. A deposit may be required by the director to be paid within ten (10) days after issuance of a permit, and if the deposit is not made within that time limit then the permit shall be null and void. Full payment of all fees for any city special equipment or personnel anticipated to be required when the permit was issued shall be made prior to the time permitted for the activity, and the permit shall be null and void if that payment is not made prior to the time permitted for the activity. The director may require immediate and full payment for specified facilities and activities as listed in park regulations. Payment of entry fees to facilities, where posted, is required. A permit holder will be charged after the activity for any city special equipment or personnel the use of which was not anticipated at the time the permit was issued, and those additional charges shall be collectible as a debt owed to the city.
(Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
Permit holders shall agree in writing as a condition of the permit to indemnify and hold harmless the city, its agents and employees, from and against claims, damages, losses and expenses, including but not limited to attorney's fees, arising out of or resulting from the activity for which the permit was granted. Permit holders shall be liable to the city for any and all damage to parks, facilities or buildings owned by the city, caused by any participant or resulting from the activity for which the permit was granted.
(Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
Foothills Nature Preserve shall be open to all persons, regardless of residency.
(a) Foothills Nature Preserve shall not be made available for the exclusive use by any persons except for Towle Camp and the Oak Grove Group Area and the Foothills Nature Preserve Interpretive Center classroom. Facility reservations shall be made available to residents of the city before being offered to the general public, according to regulations promulgated by the city manager.
(b) No person shall enter or exit Foothills Nature Preserve except at:
(1) The main gate on Page Mill Road;
(2) Designated entry and exit locations on the park boundaries shared with the Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve (Gate D) and the Los Trancos Open Space Preserve (Page Mill Trail). These entry and exit locations shall not be used by bicycles or horses; or
(3) As authorized by the director.
Violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.
(c) Foothills Nature Preserve shall be closed from sunset (the actual closure time to be prescribed in park regulations and posted accordingly) until 8:00 a.m. the following morning. No person shall remain in Foothills Nature Preserve during the hours of park closure except for duly authorized city employees, holders of permits which authorize afterhours use, and participants in city-sponsored activities. Violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.
(d) No person shall exceed the maximum speed limit for all vehicles in Foothills Nature Preserve of twenty miles per hour. Violations of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(e) No person shall leave an unauthorized vehicle in Foothills Nature Preserve after the closing time designated and posted for closing of the park. Violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.
(f) No person shall operate a bicycle or a motorcycle except on the paved roads of Foothills Nature Preserve. No person shall operate a skateboard or roller skates or blades or other coasting device in Foothills Nature Preserve. This subsection shall not apply to a bicycle or motorcycle operated by a police officer or park ranger acting in the course and scope of his or her duties. Violations of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(g) No person shall smoke on any trail in Foothills Nature Preserve. Violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.
(h) No person shall make a wood fire in Foothills Nature Preserve without a permit. Permits for wood fires within Foothills Nature Preserve may be issued only for the Towle campfire ring. No person shall start or maintain any charcoal cooking fire within Foothills Nature Preserve except in city-provided braziers and barbecues in areas so designated and posted. Violations of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.
(i) No person shall shortcut across trail switchbacks. Violations of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(j) The city manager shall promulgate regulations for the use of Boronda Lake to protect the users, plants, animals, and structures of the lake.
(k) No more than 600 people shall be permitted in Foothills Nature Preserve at any one time.
(1) The city manager or designee may establish a capacity limit in the range of 400 to 600 people at Foothills Nature Preserve in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of preserve users; to protect the natural resources in the preserve; and/or due to limits in parking, facilities, or staff availability. The city shall not distinguish between residents and non-residents in setting any limits under this subsection.
(2) The following persons shall not count toward the limit in this subsection: visitors with reservations in the Towle Campground, Oak Grove Picnic Area, and Interpretive Center Meeting Room; city-sanctioned recreation and education groups (including city-run programs for summer camps, field trips, and community partner youth groups); group permit holders; city-sanctioned park volunteers; and visitors arriving in a vehicle with a valid disabled person parking placard or license plate.
(l) No person owning or harboring any dog shall allow or permit such dog to enter or be in Foothills Nature Preserve on any holiday, as defined in Section 2.08.100(a) of this code, or any Saturday or Sunday. At all other times, no person owning or harboring any dog shall allow or permit such dog, whether licensed or not, to enter or be in Foothills Nature Preserve except when held under leash by an able-bodied person. Violations of this section shall be an infraction.
(Ord. 5550 § 2, 2022: Ord. 5522 § 2, 2021: Ord. 5518 § 3, 2021: Ord. 5516 § 3, 2021: Ord. 5515 § 3, 2021: Ord. 5514 § 3, 2021: Ord. 5511 § 3, 2020: Ord. 4865 § 1, 2005: Ord. 4435 § 70, 1997: Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
(a) No dogs shall be allowed in a park or open space lands, or portion thereof, where prohibited by park regulations and where signs prohibiting dogs are posted.
(b) It is unlawful to permit or allow a dog to pursue any undomesticated mammal or bird in any city park or open space lands. Palo Alto police officers, animal control officers and park rangers may capture or destroy a dog inflicting injury or threatening to inflict injury upon any undomesticated mammal or bird within city parks or open space lands. Owners of dogs with identification that have been captured or destroyed pursuant to this section shall be notified within seventy-two hours after capture or destruction. No criminal or civil liability shall accrue to any city employee as a result of enforcement of this section.
(Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
(a) Except as otherwise provided, no person shall engage in commercial activities, including advertising or solicitation for commercial purposes in parks and open space lands.
(b) Commercial activities associated with and supportive of city programs or city-sponsored activities for which a permit has been issued by the director shall be permitted in parks and open space lands.
(c) Commercial activities, commercial solicitation, and solicitation for donations shall comply with all applicable laws, including those requirements for permits issued under Title 4 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code.
(Ord. 4435 § 70, 1997: Ord. 4368 § 2 (part), 1996)
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