The following actions are prohibited within the limits of any public park within the city:
(A) Cutting, breaking, injuring, defacing or disturbing any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, monument, fence, bench or other structure, apparatus or property, or marking or writing upon any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure;
(B) Cutting or removing any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel without first obtaining permission of the City Council;
(C) Posting, placing or erecting any bills, notices, paper or advertising device or matter of any kind without first obtaining permission of the City Council;
(D) Hitching or fastening any horse or other animal, except at a place especially designated or provided for such purpose;
(E) Riding or driving any horse or other animal or propelling any vehicle, cycle or automobile elsewhere than on the roads or drives provided for such purpose;
(F) Making or kindling a fire at places other than those designated and set apart by the City Council for such purposes;
(G) Permitting or allowing any livestock or other animals to run at large within the boundaries of any city park;
(H) Discharging any firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, or other fireworks, or air guns or slingshots without first obtaining written permission of the City Council;
(I) Except as otherwise allowed by a valid permit issued pursuant to this code, possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage at any time or location;
(J) Possession or breakage of any glass beverage container;
(K) Wilfully or negligently discarding, depositing, dropping, placing or spilling of any garbage, paper, rubbish, refuse, waste matter, leftover substance, carcass or any nauseous or offensive material of any kind, except into a waste receptacle;
(L) Possession or use of any powered model airplane;
(M) Possession or use of any golf club or golf ball;
(N) Playing of hardball or softball or baseball at any location where prohibited by a resolution of the City Council. A sign shall be posted notifying the public of such prohibition;
(O) Permitting any animal to defecate unless the waste is immediately collected and disposed of in a waste receptacle, or removed from public property.
(P) Smoking a cigarette, cigar, or use any tobacco or tobacco-related product within 25 feet of any playground or tot-lot sandbox area, pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 104495; or
(Q) Disposing cigarette butts, cigar butts, or any other tobacco-related waste within 25 feet of a playground or a tot-lot sandbox area, pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 104495.
(‘81 Code, § 12.24.020) (Ord. 952, passed - -92; Am. Ord. 1125, passed 11-8-04; Am. Ord. 1127, passed 12-20-04) Penalty, see § 95.99