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The following activities are prohibited in a County park:
(a) Playing, carrying on or engaging in a game of chance for money or anything of value.
(b) Possessing any gaming or gambling table, contrivance, instrument, equipment or device.
(c) Fortune telling, palm reading, character analysis, hypnosis, mind-reading, or other similar display, demonstration or exhibit for a charge, fee or donation of money or other valuable consideration.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) above, the Department may authorize a nonprofit organization to use a reservable area to operate a bingo game, raffles, silent auctions, and opportunity drawings if the organization has obtained a permit from the Sheriff's Department pursuant to this code.
(Amended by Ord. No. 5372 (N.S.), effective 3-8-79; amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
The Department may exclude glass beverage containers from a County park or any portion of a County Park, to promote public safety.
(Added by Ord. No. 7137 (N.S.), effective 6-19-86; amended by Ord. No. 9578 (N.S.), effective 8-8-03; amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
(a) No person shall ride or use a skateboard or other wheeled recreational devices including non-motorized bicycles, scooters, in-line skates, roller skates, or wheelchairs at a recreational skateboard facility located in a County park unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads.
(b) No person shall ride or use a bike at a bike park facility located in a County park unless that person is wearing a helmet.
(c) The Department shall post signs at all skateboard and bike park facilities in County parks, which are not supervised on a regular basis, advising any person who uses a skateboard or bike park facility of the requirements to use the safety equipment required by subsection (a) or (b) above. The signs shall also state that failure to wear the required equipment is a violation of law and shall subject the violator to prosecution.
(Added by Ord. No. 9494 (N.S.), effective 9-13-02; amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or remain on any land the Department manages or controls, that is not designated as a County park, without written authorization from the Department.
(Amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
ARTICLE 3. OVERNIGHT CAMPING
The Parks Department shall designate by regulation those County parks in which overnight camping is allowed, the duration of the camping and the fees to be paid. No person shall camp in a County park without a valid overnight camping permit issued by the Department. The Department shall adopt rules for refunding fees.
(Amended by Ord. No. 6370 (N.S.), effective 7-8-82; amended by Ord. No. 8316 (N.S.), effective 11-25-93; amended by Ord. No. 9817 (N.S.), effective 1-12-07; amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10412 (N.S.), effective 2-26-16; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
An overnight camping permit shall not be issued to a minor. If a minor accompanies an adult to whom an overnight camping permit has been issued, the adult must be the minor's parent, legal guardian or some other person legally authorized to approve medical treatment for the minor or shall have written authorization from a person authorized to approve medical treatment. No minor shall remain in a park after park closing hours unaccompanied by an adult authorized to approve medical treatment for the minor. A violation of this section is grounds for revoking the camping permit.
(Amended by Ord. No. 6370 (N.S.), effective 7-8-82; amended by Ord. No. 8316 (N.S.), effective 11-25-93; amended by Ord. No. 9890 (N.S.), effective 10-26-07; amended by Ord. No. 10823 (N.S.), effective 1-13-23)
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