[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Rostraver 9-5-1989 as Part 9, Ch. 2, of the 1989 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Those facilities owned by the Township, developed and implemented
by or under the control and/or lease of the Board of Commissioners
or the Recreation Board. Recreational facilities shall include ball
fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, football fields,
soccer fields, baseball or softball fields and any other facilities
designated "recreational."
No person shall come upon those facilities for
any other purpose than those for which the facilities are designed.
That is to say, no games other than tennis and/or modifications or
variations of that game shall be played on tennis courts; no facilities
shall be used for purposes for which they were not intended, conceived
or designed.
The purpose of the Township creating and maintaining
recreational facilities is to provide those facilities for the use
and pleasure of Township citizens and residents, both those who are
sui juris and minors, and Township residents shall have priorities
for their use. These priorities shall be established either by and/or
through the Board of Commissioners or the Recreation Board or Commission
of the Township. Any other person or persons, not residents of the
Township, shall have to remove themselves from the facility upon demand
of the facility for use by Rostraver residents unless the same shall
have been assigned or contracted by the Board of Commissioners or
the Township Recreation Commission.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw
or leave debris, papers, garbage or refuse upon any recreation facility
of the Township, and upon failure to properly maintain and clean the
same, the use shall be forfeited.
If any person fails to remove himself from any
recreational facility upon demand of or direction by a duly constituted
officer of the Township, including police officers, or designated
officials of the Township, including the Board of Commissioners and/or
Recreation Commission members, then this shall be considered to be
a summary offense punishable by the District Justice according to
the following conditions:
A.
Upon conviction of failing to remove himself upon
appropriate direction from Township recreational facilities, the District
Justice may impose a fine of not less than $50 or more than $600 and
cost of prosecution on each person guilty of such violation or, in
default of payment of fine and costs, the violator shall undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
B.
Further, it shall be unlawful for any person to deposit refuse or debris in violation of § 137-4, and upon conviction thereof before a District Justice, that person shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 or more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
For damages inflicted upon any recreational
facility, the Solicitor is authorized to institute a civil action
to recover those damages and any losses occasioned thereby, including
costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees, all according to the
Township Code and the municipal codes applying to recreation.
