(A) Possession or use of alcoholic beverages prohibited. No person shall bring into any park, use, consume, sell, give away or possess any alcoholic beverage in any park.
(B) Possession of firearms and weapons prohibited. No person shall bring into any park, or possess any weapon, missile propelling devices, ammunition, fireworks or other explosive devices. No person shall bring into any park, or possess, any firearm unless that firearm is licensed, permitted and authorized by the Police Department having jurisdiction over that person or park to possess that firearm or unless that person has received written authorization to do so from the Park Board.
(C) Inflicting injury to wildlife and vegetation prohibited.
(1) No person shall kill, wound, hunt, trap, shoot, throw rocks or missiles at, chase, molest, remove or possess any feral animal, reptile, bird, bird’s nest, squirrel’s nest or young or eggs of any reptile or bird, or knowingly buy, receive, possess, sell or give away any animal, reptile, bird or egg killed or taken within any park. The Park Board may grant written permission for hunting or trapping certain species under restricted conditions to prevent species overpopulation.
(2) No person shall harvest, cut, remove, break, disturb, set fire to or otherwise damage any vegetation or other growing thing within any park. For the purpose of this division (C)(2), VEGETATION includes, but is not limited to, plants, flowers, flower beds, shrubs, tree growth, branches, plants, flowers, flower beds, shrubs, tree growth, branches, stems, fruits and leaves.
(3) No person shall attach a rope, tether, cable or other contrivance to any vegetation in any park. However, the ripe fruit and seeds of plants and trees may be collected from the ground by any person.
(D) Causing damage to signs, shelters and other structures prohibited.
(1) No person shall deface, remove, set fire to, tamper with, damage or destroy any artificial structure within any park or use any such structure for purposes other than that for which it was intended. For the purpose of this division (D), ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURE shall include, but not be limited to, any drive, walk, bridge, wall, monument, statue, sign, building, tower, parking lot, post gate and recreational equipment.
(2) No person shall displace or remove any asphalt, curb, rock, stone, gravel, sand in any park or make any excavation in any park.
(E) Overnight camping prohibited. No person shall pitch or maintain any tent or other improvised shelter or otherwise camp overnight within any park without first obtaining the written consent of the Park Board. That permit shall be conspicuously posted at the campsite.
(F) Other prohibited activity. No person shall engage in any conduct or act dangerous to that person or to others, including, but not limited to, hang gliding, rappelling from towers and any other technical climbing of trees, towers or structures.
(Ord. 1996-11, passed 5-23-1996) Penalty, see § 94.99