No person shall violate an ordinance, statute, or rule and regulation adopted by the Council of the City of Willoughby, or any other government agency, in any park owned, managed or operated by the City.
(a) The following uses and activities are prohibited in any park or recreation area owned or operated by the City unless a permit is issued by the Director of Parks and Recreation or his/her designee:
(1) Play, conduct, or participate in a game or scheme of chance;
(2) Conduct séances, card reading, and psychic, astrology or numerology sessions or tell fortunes for a fee;
(3) Request donations, or ask for money or anything of value for any purpose whether public or private;
(4) Sell, solicit or peddle any item or article regardless of value;
(5) Offer for sale any item for human consumption from a stationary or mobile device licensed by the Lake County General Health District (LCGHD), except only one (1) vendor licensed by the LCGHD shall be permitted in any park owned, managed or operated by the City. This section shall not apply to a City approved special event, which may have multiple vendors licensed by the LCGHD;
(6) Display any sign, banner or advertisement used in conjunction with any activity permitted in the park; all such banners or advertisements shall be removed within two hours of the conclusion of the permitted activity;
(7) Offer rides in any boat, vehicle or other means of conveyance for a fee;
(8) Obstruct any road or path that is provided for users of the park;
(9) Discharge fireworks;
(10) Hold any public meeting or engage in any marching or driving as members of a military, political, or other organization;
(11) Enter any park in which the words "No Admittance" are displayed, or occupy any portion of a park in violation of any posted instructions;
(12) Engage in any activities in a park not designated for that purpose, or contrary to the rules posted at tennis or basketball courts, skate parks, or baseball, softball, football or soccer fields;
(13) Enter or leave any park except at designated means of ingress and egress;
(14) Slide, ski, toboggan, sleigh, or skate except at such times and places as designated for such purpose;
(15) Fail to obey any sign or posted order;
(16) Build, burn or maintain a fire except in units constructed as outdoor ovens or fireplaces. All fires shall be extinguished after use and before leaving the park;
(17) Construct, erect, or in any other way build any structure.
(18) Carry a container capable of propelling paint by means of a gaseous charge.
(b) Use of Alcohol and Drugs.
(1) No person in a park shall offer for sale, consume, possess, or display the presence of any alcoholic beverage in a park without the written authorization of an administrative board comprised of the Parks and Recreation Director, the Chief of Police and Mayor, and a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation. For the purpose of this Section, the term "alcoholic beverages" shall mean beer and/or intoxicating liquor as defined in Section 4301.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Application for the permit must be made a minimum of ninety (90) days before the date of the event for which the permit is issued.
(2) The Director of Parks and Recreation may permit the sale and consumption of alcohol by a nonprofit organization that is designated 501(c)3 by the IRS and is a special event authorized or sponsored by the City and subject to the requirements of this Chapter.
(3) The Director of Parks and Recreation may limit the sale, offer for sale, consumption, possession, or display or presence of any alcoholic beverage to a building or area within a park. The Director of Parks and Recreation shall provide written authorization and a permit for a specific location which has been temporarily reserved by an organization to the exclusion of the general public.
(4) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall develop procedures for the issuance of a permit for the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in a park or a designated location within a park.
(5) No person in a park shall possess, sell, or offer for sale any type of narcotic, drug, opiate, or hallucinogen, or any equipment for administering such narcotics, drugs, opiates or hallucinogens. Nor shall any person smoke, drink, have injected or inject into his or her self or otherwise take any type of narcotic, drug, opiate, or hallucinogen in a park.
(6) No person in a park shall be intoxicated or be under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, alcoholic beverage, or any type of narcotic, drug, opiate, or hallucinogen.
(Ord. 2013-127. Passed 11-12-13.)