(A) Commercial use; solicitation; advertising; photography. The City Manager, or Director, may grant, upon written request, permission for commercial use, solicitation, advertising, and/or photography. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Solicit, sell, or in any manner charge admission, or otherwise peddle any goods, wares, merchandise, services, liquids, or edibles in a park except when authorized by City Manager or Director. Additional state licensing may be required;
(2) Operate a still, motion picture, video, or other camera for commercial purposes in a park. News coverage or media journalism is not considered a commercial purpose; or
(3) Expose, distribute, or place any sign, advertisement, notice poster or display in a park.
(B) Pets in parks. Vermillion Code of Ordinance Chapter 93 shall apply to this section.
(C) Noise; amplification of sound. Vermillion Code of Ordinance § 90.01 shall apply to this section.
(D) Fires. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Start a fire in a park, except in a designated area, and then only in fire rings or grills, except for city employees or contractors engaged in cleaning or maintaining public property;
(2) Leave a fire unattended or fail to fully extinguish a fire;
(3) Scatter or leave unattended lighted matches, hot coals, burning tobacco, paper, or other combustible material; or
(4) Fail to comply with Vermillion Code of Ordinances Chapter 92.
(E) Amusement contraptions. It shall be unlawful to bring in, set up, construct, manage or operate any amusement contraption without permission from the City Manager or Director.
(F) Unlawful occupancy. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Enter in any way any building, installation, or area that may be under construction, locked or closed for public use except public safety workers;
(2) Enter in any way or be upon any building, installation, or area after the posted closing time or before the posted opening time, or contrary to posted notice in any park; or
(3) Enter in any way any building, installation, or area after receiving a permit revocation or unlawful occupancy notification during the time-period specified.
(Ord. 1484, passed 5-1-2023)