961.01 USE OF PARKS GENERALLY.

Parks in this City are constructed and maintained for the use of the public at large and shall be open daily to all citizens on absolutely equal terms and none shall be given special privileges therein or be permitted to make use of them for any purpose not practically common to all and in consonance with the proper use of the park.

(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)

961.02 PARK PROPERTY.

(a) Buildings and Other Property.

(1) Disfiguration and removal. No person shall willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, displace or remove any buildings, 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 shall fail to cooperate in maintaining restrooms and washrooms in a neat and sanitary condition. No person over the age of six years shall use the restrooms and washrooms designated for the opposite sex.

(3) Removal of natural resources. No person shall dig or remove any beach sand, whether submerged or not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs, 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 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.

(Ord. 217-58. Passed 7-21-58.)

(5) Notice of rules and regulations. No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice of the rules and regulations for the government of the parks which has been posted or permanently fixed by order or permission of the Director of Public Service.

(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)

(b) Trees, Shrubbery, Lawns.

(1) Injury and removal. No person 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. No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas, or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area.

(2) Hitching of animals. No person shall tie or hitch a horse or other animal to any tree or plant.

(Ord. 217-58. Passed 7-21-58.)

(3) Bringing into parks. No person, other than an employee of the parks, shall bring into any of the parks, or have in his possession while therein, any tree, shrub or plant or any newly plucked branch or leaf of a tree, shrub or plant, except with the written permission of the Director.

(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)

(1) Hunting. Subject to the below exception, no person shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw missiles at any animal, reptile or bird, nor shall any person remove or have in his possession the young or any wild animal or the eggs, nest or young of any reptile or bird, nor shall any person collect, remove, have in his possession, give away, sell or buy or offer to sell or buy, or accept as a gift, any specimen, alive or dead, of any of the group of tree snails. However, snakes known to be deadly poisonous, such as rattlesnakes, moccasins, coral snakes or other deadly reptiles, may be killed on sight.

Exception: the limited hunting of white-tailed deer by crossbow or long bow may be permitted within the City under the following terms and conditions:

A. The Police Chief or his designated representative may, in his sole discretion, issue a municipal deer control permit to a qualified archer applicant (engaged to assist property owners aggrieved by deer damage);

B. As a corollary to and following the issuance by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources of its own deer damage control permit or license to allow only bow-hunting (long bow and crossbow) of white-tailed deer;

C. In areas of not less than three contiguous acres by a qualified archer, on such forms and subject to such rules and regulations as the Chief may prescribe;

D. Hunting shall be conducted from an elevated platform only;

E. Written permission from the property owner(s) has been obtained;

F. “Qualified archer” shall be defined as an individual having obtained an approval/certification from approved archery proficiency test site, valid Ohio hunting license, if applicable, and all other State requirements;

G. Compliance with all laws, rules and regulations of the City and State;

H. All applicants shall agree, in writing, to defend and indemnify the City for any negligent acts committed by the applicant;

I. Any other requirements as deemed necessary to preserve and protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents as determined solely by the Chief of Police.

J. Chief of Police is hereby authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provision of this section and all other rules and regulation necessary to insure public health and safety.

K. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.

(2) Feeding. No person shall give or offer or attempt to give to any animal or bird any tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substance.

(Ord. 217-58. Passed 7-21-58; Ord. 73-16. Passed 6-20-16; Ord. 112-18. Passed 7-2-18.)

961.03 SANITATION IN PARKS.

(a) Pollution of Waters. No person shall throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or other body of water in or adjacent to any park or any tributary, stream, storm sewer or drain flowing into such waters, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the pollution of such waters.

(b) Refuse and Trash. No person shall bring in or have brought in or dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage, or refuse or other trash. No such refuse or trash shall be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any park or left anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the proper receptacles where these are provided. Where receptacles are not so provided, all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.

(Ord. 217-58. Passed 7-21-58.)

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