(a) Explosives, Firearms and Weapons.
(1) Unless otherwise permitted by law, No person, except a police officer or peace officer, shall bring into or have in his or her possession in any park, any firearms. No person shall bring into or have in his or her possession in any park, any slingshots, air guns, bow and arrow, firecrackers, missile propelling instruments or explosives, including any substance, compound, or mixture having properties of such a character that alone or in combination with other substances, compounds or mixtures, propel missiles, explode or decompose to produce flames, combustion, noise, or noxious or dangerous odors.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a licensed fireworks exhibitor or the proper use of cigarette lighters, matches or of charcoal lighter fluid in proper containers in picnic grills where permissible pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Fires.
(1) No person shall start a fire in the park except small fires for cooking in park grills, or grills authorized by the Director of Public Service and Safety
(2) No person shall leave unattended any fire, ember, or burning briquette. Any fire, ember or burning briquette shall be continuously under the care and direction of an adult until such time as it is extinguished.
(3) No person shall dump hot ashes or fire onto the ground, grass, plants, garbage containers or restroom areas.
(c) Urination and Defecation in Parks.
(1) No person shall urinate or defecate in any park, or in or upon any park building monument or structure, except in a facility specifically designed for such purpose.
(e) Camping.
(1) No person shall be permitted to use any park or recreation facilities for camping unless authorized by the Director of Public Service and Safety.
(f) Litter, Dumping and Trash.
(1) All litter, trash and waste shall be placed in designated trash or recycling receptacles.
(2) No person shall bring into, leave behind, dump or otherwise deposit on or in any park, construction materials, tires, brush, grass clippings, leaves, furniture or any other like materials.
(3) No person shall place or cause to be placed, in any receptacle in the park provided by the Village of St. Bernard, any items not resulting from permitted activities in the park.
(g) Damage or Alteration of Park Property.
(1) No person shall injure, deface, paint, write on, disturb, vandalize, damage, move or remove or climb upon, unless designed for that purpose, any part of a park or any building, sign, equipment or other park property.
(2) No person above the permitted age may climb upon or play on equipment designed for toddlers.
See Chapter 541 for penalties.
(h) Golf Prohibited.
(1) No person shall practice the game of golf in or upon any public park area.
(Ord. 15-2017. Passed 7-20-17; Ord. 24-2019. Passed 12-17-19.)