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971.21 CAMPING.
   No person shall establish or maintain any camp or other temporary lodging place or sleeping place, within the park, without the specific written permit from the Director.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
971.23 FIRES.
   (a)   No person shall start a fire in the park except small fires for cooking purposes in park grills.
   (b)   The Director may at his/her discretion prohibit fires for limited periods at any location or for any purpose when necessary for the protection of the park.
   (c)   The Director may provide written authorization for ceremonial or other open fires for special events or programs. The fire department for the area may require a permit to be issued for said fire.
   (d)   All fires shall be properly contained and extinguished by the person or persons starting or using the same before leaving the immediate vicinity of the fire.
   (e)   No person shall collect wood in a park for any purpose.
   (f)   No person shall place portable stoves or grills in shelters or on combustible picnic tables.
   (g)   No person shall deposit burning material or hot ashes on grass or plants, or in refuse containers.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
971.25 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
   (a)   No person in a park shall sell or offer for sale any article, privilege, or services unless such sales or offer is pursuant to a contract with the Department.
   (b)   No person in a park shall beg, peddle, or solicit for money, a privilege or service.
   (c)   No park shall be used for commercial purposes except with a permit from the Director.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
971.27 ERECTING AND ATTACHING SIGNS.
   (a)   No person shall expose, distribute, erect or place any sign, handbill, pamphlet, advertisement, circular, notice or statement and no person shall display any banner, emblem or design for the purpose of promoting commercial activity within any park without a permit issued by the Director. The purpose of this section is not to prohibit or inhibit the expression of speech on public property but rather to prohibit litter within the park facilities and to preserve the aesthetic nature of the parks.
   (b)   Vessels and motor vehicles with semipermanent or permanent painted or installed signs are exempt, as long as they are used for authorized recreational activities only and comply with all other rules and regulations pertaining to vessels and motor vehicles.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
971.29 WATER ACTIVITIES.
   No person shall place any boat, canoe, raft or watercraft of any type upon or in a lake, pond, stream or other waters within the boundaries of the park without specific written permission from the Director.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
971.30 LITTERING, IMPORTING OF RUBBISH AND TRASH PROHIBITED AND PET OWNER(S) RESPONSIBILITY.
   (a)   No person shall leave, place or dispose of in any manner leaves, grass clippings, garbage, peelings of vegetables or fruit, waste, refuse, rubbish, ashes, can(s), bottle(s), wire, paper carton(s), box(es), motor vehicle or bicycle or wagon parts, furniture, glass, oil, sewage, anything of an unsightly or unsanitary nature under or upon the parks except in a receptacle designated for that purpose.
   (b)   No person shall import into any area administered by the Department from another place any substance described in subsection (a) of this section.
   (c)   No pet owner shall fail to clean up after their pets by collecting and removing feces from park or reservoir property. Pets shall include dogs, cats, or other animals whose owners knowingly bring them into park or reservoir property.
   (d)   Subsection (c) of this section does not apply to the owner of or person in charge of an animal where that animal is assisting a blind or handicapped person and defecates on property, and such person either is unaware of that fact or is unable to comply with subsection (c) of this section. Subsection (c) of this section does not apply to law enforcement personnel in charge of an animal which is assisting such personnel in the performance of official duties.
(Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)
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