[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Scottsville 9-14-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 51.
Animals — See Ch. 54.
Public assemblies — See Ch. 57.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 117.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 120.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 162.
This chapter shall be known as the "Village of Scottsville Parks Law."
The rules and regulations set forth herein shall apply to and be in effect in all parks under the control, supervision and jurisdiction of the Village of Scottsville.
The following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this section:
DIRECTOR OF PARKS
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Scottsville or its duly authorized agent.
PARKS
The grounds, buildings thereon, waters therein and any other property necessary for the operation thereof and constituting a part thereof which is now or may hereafter be maintained, operated and controlled by the Village of Scottsville for public park purposes.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall include the plural.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
No person shall be permitted to remain, stop or park within the confines of any village park between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing local time, in the Village of Scottsville, except in an emergency or with special permit of the Board of Trustees. In case of an emergency or when in the judgment of the Board of Trustees the public interest demands it, any portion of the park may be closed to the public or to designated persons until permission is given to reopen.
Park lodges or shelters shall be used subject to the following rules and regulations:
A. 
A permit to use park lodges shall be issued by the Board of Trustees. Applicants must be 21 years of age or over.
B. 
All permits must be signed prior to use of the facility. The signer of the permit shall be responsible for all damages to the facility or contents thereof and agree to indemnify the village for such damages.
A. 
No person shall disturb the peace and good order in any park by fighting, quarreling or wrangling with loud voice or shouts, threatening by violence the person or property of others, or engaging in riotous clamor or tumult.
B. 
No person shall congregate with other persons in a public place and refuse to comply with a lawful order of the police or the Board of Trustees to disperse or leave the park.
C. 
No person shall beg, hawk or peddle or solicit within any park.
D. 
No person shall use obscene, profuse or abusive language while in the park.
E. 
No person shall loiter in or near toilet buildings.
No person shall commit any of the following acts within said parks without a written permit of the Board of Trustees or some other person duly authorized to act for it:
A. 
No person shall post or display any sign, banner or advertisement of any kind within any park or play any music or keep or offer any article for sale except as otherwise provided by law or solicit passengers for hire, and then only subject to such rules as shall be prescribed by said Board of Trustees.
B. 
No person shall engage in any marching, drilling or driving as members of a military, political or other organization; conduct any funeral procession; or use any loudspeaker or other sound-amplifying equipment.
C. 
No person shall picnic or cook in any area not designated by the Board of Trustees for that purpose or make or kindle any fire except in places provided therefor, and then subject to such regulations as may be prescribed.
D. 
No person shall write, paint or carve on any tree, bench or park structure or sleep, camp, lodge or reside in any park building, except in such places as designated for said purposes by the Board of Trustees.
E. 
No person, except law enforcement officers, shall have or carry any firearm, as defined in the Penal Law, switch-blade, hunting knife, slingshot, dagger, bow and arrow, metal knuckles or other dangerous weapon concealed or about his or her person while in the park. No person shall engage in trapping or hunting.
F. 
No person shall construct, repair or relocate utility fixtures, such as sewers, hydrants, posts, lines and conduits, or open trenches or make excavations or engage in any construction in or on park lands unless there is a valid easement or other license.
G. 
No person shall carry any flowers or shrubs, slingshots, axe, saw, shovel or spade within the parks; violate the regulations of the Board of Trustees relating to any building or place; damage any notice posted by order of the Board of Trustees; cut parkway curbs for private drives; locate, grade or construct paths, driveways and roadways across or along any park road; or deposit materials in or upon any park or park road.
No person shall engage in potentially dangerous games involving thrown or propelled objects, such as footballs, baseballs, horseshoes, golf balls or similar objects, except in areas designated for such usage; and then only subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees. All games of any description must be conducted in a safe and orderly manner, and no rough or boisterous practices will be allowed. No one shall play games for which a permit or fee is required without first obtaining such permit and paying such fee.
No person shall kill, injure or unnecessarily disturb any birds or animals. No person within the confines of the park shall hunt, pursue with dogs, trap or in any other way molest any wild bird or animal found within the confines of the park or rob or molest any bird nest or take the eggs of any bird.
No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of the park nor any buildings, signs, equipment or other property found therein; nor shall any tree, flower, shrub, rock or other mineral be removed, injured or destroyed.
No person without the specific written consent of the Board of Trustees shall bring into, leave behind or dump any material of any kind in the park except the refuse, ashes, garbage and other material of a picnic, camp, or other permitted activity and such material shall be deposited in receptacles or pits provided for such purposes. Refuse is not to be dropped, thrown or scattered on park property. Tin cans, bottles or other glassware or metallic substances containing sharp edges shall be deposited in park receptacles.
No person shall bring into, permit, have or keep in the park any pet or other animal destructive to birds and other wildlife unless restrained by a leash.
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any reasonable order relating to the regulation, direction or control of traffic or to any other order lawfully given by any police officer or willfully resist, obstruct or abuse any police officer or other official in the execution of his or her office.
A. 
No person shall drive any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle of traffic or burden upon any part of the parks or parkways except for the proper drives and parking areas or permit the same to stand upon the drives or any part thereof so as to congest traffic or obstruct the drive. This includes all motorized machines. No unregistered vehicle of any type will be permitted in any area of the park.
B. 
Paths established as bridle paths, footpaths or bicycle paths shall not be used for vehicular traffic.
C. 
Vehicles for hire not to stand in parks; exception. No person shall cause any taxi, bus, limousine or other vehicle for hire to attend upon any part of the parks or parkways for the purpose of soliciting or taking in passengers or persons other than those carried to the parks or parkways by said vehicle.
D. 
Use of parks by said vehicles prohibited. No persons shall cause any bus, with or without passengers, nor any cart, wagon, truck or trailer or other vehicle carrying goods, merchandise, manure or other articles to enter or to be driven in any part of the park or parkway. This section shall not apply to vehicles engaged in the construction, maintenance or operation of the parks or parkways, to vehicles making deliveries to the parks or parkways, nor to buses under the permit of the Park Department.
E. 
Duty of vehicle operators to comply with vehicle and traffic laws. It shall be the duty of every person operating an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle of traffic or burden within the parks or parkways to comply with the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York and with all orders, directions and regulations issued by traffic officers or officially displayed on any post, standard, sign or device installed for the regulation of traffic.
F. 
Speed of vehicles. No vehicle shall be operated on any road or drive in any park or parkway at a speed exceeding 10 miles per hour unless otherwise posted. The Park Department shall cause signs to be erected along such roads or drives indicating such speed limits.
G. 
Parking prohibited in specific areas during specific hours. No person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain standing on any highway or roadway within the boundaries of a village park or parkway in excess of the length of time and between the hours as hereinafter specified. No parking shall be allowed on any of the park roads between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop or leave standing any vehicle in any parking area in any park, except during the time he or she remains in the park.
H. 
Definition of term "parking." The term "parking" shall mean the standing of any vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon any highway otherwise than temporarily or while actively engaged in loading or unloading or while standing in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signals.
I. 
Posting of signs. The Park Department shall erect suitable signs on all highways hereinabove restricted as to parking, which signs shall indicate the limitation of no parking and shall indicate that no parking shall be allowed at any time.
J. 
Reckless driving. No person shall operate a vehicle along or over any road or drive within the park in a reckless manner or without due regard for the safety and the rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person while in the lawful use of said park drive or roads.
K. 
Drag racing. No person shall participate in a drag race upon any park drive or park property. "Drag racing" is defined as the operation of two or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to outdistance each other, or the operation of one or more vehicles over a common selected course from the same point to the same point wherein timing is made of the participating vehicles involving competitive accelerations or speeds. The operation of two or more vehicles side by side either at speeds in excess of permitted speeds on park drives or rapidly accelerating from a common starting point to a speed in excess of such permitted speeds shall be prima facie evidence of drag racing.
L. 
Driving vehicle in unsafe conditions. No person shall drive or move or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved within the park any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition so as to endanger any person.
M. 
Spotlights. No person shall use or shine spotlights or unnecessarily or continuously shine automobile headlights onto park lands, except under direction of a police officer or park employee or except where necessary for the preservation of life or property.
A. 
The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized to grant permits in conformity with the rules and regulations contained herein. Nothing contained herein howsoever shall affect the terms and conditions of a valid agreement for the use duly executed.
B. 
All permits issued shall be in writing by the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized agent and are subject to park rules and regulations. A permit to do any act shall authorize the same only insofar as it may be performed in strict accordance with the written terms and conditions thereof and not in violation of any term or condition thereof or any law or ordinance or rules or regulations governing the parks, which shall constitute grounds for revocation of said permit by the Board of Trustees or by its authorized representative, whose action thereon shall be final. No permit for the same purpose shall be issued to the person whose permit has been revoked during the year in which such revocation is made.
A. 
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation, punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty.
B. 
Any person violating § 114-10 of these rules and regulations shall be liable for damages incurred to park property.
C. 
Any peace officer of the State of New York, Monroe County or any of its municipal subdivisions may, without a warrant, arrest any offender whom he or she may detect in the violation of any of the provisions of the above sections and take the person so arrested forthwith before a Village Justice having competent jurisdiction, and he or she shall have at all times the right to enter the premises of any building, structure or enclosure in any park, including such grounds, buildings, structures or enclosures which may be leased or set aside for private or exclusive use of any individual or groups of individuals (excluding property under leaseback pursuant to the Conservation Law), for the purpose of arresting violators hereof and may use all necessary means to attain that end.