[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Manager of the City of Peekskill 7-13-1979
(Ch. A306 of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks — See Ch. 416.
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them:
Includes any athletic event, game or other organized assembly of
persons for a common purpose in the parks of the City of Peekskill.
The Director of Human Services of the City of Peekskill. [1]
The Ordinance to Regulate the Use of Public Parks in the Village
(City) of Peekskill, New York, as amended, originally adopted May 26, 1936.[2]
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other area
in the City owned or used by the City and dedicated, devoted or used for active
or passive recreation.
Written permission granted by the Director pursuant to the 1936 Ordinance and § C195 of the Charter of the City of Peekskill, as amended, which permission shall state the terms and conditions upon which same is granted, as to which permittee shall acknowledge its acceptance and agreement.
Any individual or group of individuals acting in concert, a partnership,
corporation, association or a legal entity.
Any activity proposed to be conducted in the parks which requires permission
pursuant to the 1936 Ordinance shall be conducted only in the event that the
Director shall issue a permit in accordance with the standards hereinafter
provided.
The scheduling of any other activity as herein defined shall be done
by the Director in accordance with the standards hereinafter provided.
The Director shall issue permits upon application where required and/or
shall schedule activities in accordance with the following standards and subject
to the 1936 Ordinance and any other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations:
A.
The conduct of the activity shall not substantially interrupt
the safe and orderly movement of other traffic in the parks so as to adversely
affect the activities in the park or the use of other park or private facilities.
B.
The conduct of the activity shall not require the diversion
of so great a number of police officers of the City to properly police the
activity and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal police protection
to the City and to other scheduled activities.
C.
The conduct of such activity will not require the diversion
of ambulances so as to prevent normal ambulance service to the portions of
the City other than that to be occupied by the proposed activity.
D.
The concentration of persons, equipment, displays, etc.,
will not unduly interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance
service to, areas contiguous to the activity or other areas of the City.
E.
The conduct of the activity will not interfere with the
movement of fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
F.
The conduct of the activity shall not be reasonably likely
to cause injury to persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct or create
a disturbance.
G.
The activity, when considered in conjunction with other
activities proposed to be similarly scheduled, shall not overburden other
City departments so as to prevent the rendering of services which are essential
to the health, safety and welfare of the general public in the City of Peekskill.
These rules and regulations shall be in addition to any other rules
and regulations pertaining to this subject matter, to the extent not inconsistent
herewith.
These rules and regulations are hereby promulgated effective July 13,
1979.
