The Town Council hereby establishes the following rules for use and conduct within the park facilities of the town:
(A) The park will be closed from 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. with exceptions for community events or group functions with prior authorization from the Town Council.
(B) Vehicles shall not park on the basketball courts.
(C) No overnight camping is allowed without prior approval from the Town Council.
(D) Any persons or groups using the park facilities are to put their trash in designated containers or a dumpster.
(E) No roller skates, skateboards, or bicycles allowed in the shelters, on the stage, or on the courts.
(F) No off-road vehicles, three- and four-wheelers, off-road motorcycles, snowmobiles and go-carts are allowed in the park.
(G) No person shall build, kindle, maintain or use a fire within any park or other recreational area in the Town of Winamac unless the person properly contains such fire in facilities designed for that purpose. Any fire shall be continuously monitored and under the care and direction of a competent person from the time it is kindled until it is extinguished.
(H) No fireworks are allowed in the park, other than those approved and supervised by the Town Council for public celebrations such as the Fourth of July.
(I) All noise must be kept to a level so as not to disturb the peace of adjacent property owners and fellow park users.
(J) Loose animals are not allowed on the premises, and all pet owners must pick up after their animals.
(K) No person shall engage in threatening, abusive, insulting, or indecent language or engage in any conduct or behavior tending to breach the public peace.
(L) No person shall operate any vehicle or bicycle upon roadways within a park or other recreational area in excess of the speed limit as posted or 15 miles per hour, whichever is less.
(M) No person shall operate any motorized vehicle, motorized bicycle, motorized skateboard or other similar device upon any trail designed for bicycle/pedestrian use in the Town of Winamac, except if a person with a disability, as defined by the American With Disabilities Act may operate specialized motorized equipment designed for their transportation. No person shall ride a bicycle at an excessive speed or engage in any racing activity upon any trail designed for bicycle/pedestrian use in the Town of Winamac. In-line skaters, skate boarders and bicyclist shall yield to pedestrians. Bicyclist shall yield to all trail users.
(N) No littering.
(O) No use of metal detectors.
(P) No golfing.
(Q) No use of park equipment, apparatus, structures and buildings in any manner inconsistent with their intended purposes.
(Ord. 10 of 2012, passed 8-13-2012; Am. Ord. 10 of 2014, passed 7-14-2014) Penalty, see § 98.99
Cross-references:
Animals, see Ch. 97
Fires and fireworks, see Ch. 96