(A) All parks and trails shall open daily at dawn and close at dusk, unless otherwise posted.
(B) The Parks and Recreation Director or Town Manager shall have the authority to allow any park or trail to remain open for any town-sponsored events, programs, or activities offered by the town.
(C) It shall be unlawful to enter or remain within any public park owned or operated by the town, to include all attached parking areas to any park, when the park is closed. The hours the park is closed shall be conspicuously posted in a sufficient number of places to give the general public notice of the unlawfulness of entry.
(D) Whoever violates any of the regulations provided for pursuant to § 92.02 shall be subject to ejection from town parks and trails. Ejection from the parks and trails may be accomplished by oral or written complaint from any town Police Officer, Town Manager, or Director of the Parks and Recreation Department.
(E) In addition to criminal penalties of second degree trespass under G.S. § 14-159.13, violators of this section may also be subject to a civil penalty pursuant to § 10.99. Unless otherwise provided, civil penalties shall be in the following amounts:
(1) First citation: warning;
(2) Second citation for same or similar violation: $100; and
(3) Third and subsequent citation for same or similar violation: $500.
(Ord. passed 9-11-2023)