[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of Latrobe 7-12-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-6. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Firearms — See Ch. 199.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Latrobe-GLSD Parks and Recreation Commission heretofore
created by Latrobe Council, the members of which are appointed by
Latrobe Council.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-9]
The governing body of Latrobe, being Latrobe Council as presently
constituted or at anytime in the future changed.
The person as designated from time to time by the Board.
Latrobe as defined by the municipal boundary lines as presently
constituted or at anytime in the future changed.
All parks, playgrounds and all other areas designated by
the Council to be used as a park or recreational area or public area
and designated to be under the supervision, direction and control
of the Latrobe Park and Recreation Board.
The members of the Latrobe Police Department, or any member
of any duly constituted law enforcement agency of any local municipality
or state or federal government.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to
write upon, cut, mutilate, deface or damage in any manner any building,
structure, equipment or any other type of property or portion thereof
in or upon any park.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person in any park to
remove any type of structure, equipment or portion thereof or to dig
or remove any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants or in any
way damage any of the same without the specific written permission
of the Director of the Board.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person in any park to
construct or erect any building or structure of any kind, permanent
or temporary, or to bring upon the surface of any park any type of
equipment or to string any public service utility line in, upon or
across any of the park surface except as permission may be granted
on a permit for that purpose issued by the Director of the Board.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any place in
a park to damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant
or injure the bark or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant
or to attach any rope, wire or other similar device to any tree or
plant or to dig or in any way disturb grass areas or in any other
way injure or impair the aesthetic beauty of any park.
A.
Hunting. It shall be unlawful for any person in any
park to hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill or in any other way disturb
any type of wild or domestic animal, bird or fowl.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, injure,
destroy or disturb any nest of any type of wild or domestic animal,
bird or fowl within a park, unless authorized by the Director.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-9]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring any type
of wild or domestic animal into a park unless such animal is controlled
by a leash or bridle or unless such animal is kept in a vehicle or
suitably caged and kept in areas designated for the vehicles parked
in areas designated.
[Added 12-8-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-13[1]]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, carry,
transport or to use in any park or playground any type of dangerous
projectile, any slingshot, any missile-throwing or rocket guided device
or to carry, shoot or use any kind of bow and arrow or spear. By way
of example and for illustration purposes only, the prohibited items
in this section would include, but not be limited to, a pellet, BB
or airgun, slingshot, spear, bow and arrow or rocket device or projectile
propelled by explosive material.
B.
Excepted from the provisions of this section shall
be the following:
(1)
Any firearm, or non-firearm (i.e., rifle or long gun) whose ownership, possession, transfer or transportation and usage are governed by the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act of 1995, 18 P.S. § 6101 et seq., and any other federal/state statute rule or regulation; provided, further, this exception shall not repeal, negate or conflict with the provisions of Chapter 199 prohibiting the discharge of a gun or firearm within the City of Latrobe, which provisions, as amended by Ord. No. 2003-13, shall remain in full force and effect and applicable to parks and/or playgrounds.
(2)
Any item or projectile described in this § 219-4A, above which is brought to and used in a park or playground pursuant to an organized activity of the Greater Latrobe School District (District) and/or the Park and Recreation Board (Board), whose ownership, possession, transportation and usage are sponsored or approved by the District and/or the Board. By way of illustration but not intending to be all inclusive, this exception would include a spear or javelin used in track meets, pellet guns used in high school athletic competitions and archery instruction sponsored by and under the auspices of the Park and Recreation Board.
C.
Any other person or entity who desires to possess,
carry, transport or use in any park or playground and/or to use an
item prohibited above shall, by letter petition, request a variance
from the terms of this section by Latrobe City Council. The application
shall be submitted to the Chief of Police at least 60 days prior to
the intended date or dates of usage which shall then be submitted
to Council with a recommendation by the Chief of Police. The standard
of clear and convincing evidence, that the possession or transportation
of a prohibited dangerous projectile, or the usage of the same, and/or
the discharge of a gun or firearm shall not pose a threat to the health
and/or safety to the citizens of Latrobe, shall apply in determining
whether a variance will be granted.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former § 219-4, Firearms.
A.
Refuse and trash. It shall be unlawful for any person
in any park to dump, deposit, leave or in any way dispose of any type
of refuse, trash, material or debris, whether organic or inorganic,
anywhere on any portion of the surface of any park. All refuse, trash,
debris or any other type of material shall be placed in receptacles
provided for that purpose, and if receptacles are not provided in
a particular area, then such refuse, trash, debris or other type of
material must be carried from the park by the person using the park
and disposed of elsewhere in compliance with all appropriate ordinances,
rules and regulations.
B.
Pollution. It shall be unlawful for any person at
anytime and in any way to throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause
to be placed in the waters of any fountain, swimming pool or in any
other body of water in any park area any type of material, whether
solid or liquid, at any time. It shall be unlawful for any person
to discharge or in any other way allow to be discharged into any stream,
storm sewer, sanitary sewer or drain in any park which in any way
would cause pollution as defined by any rule or regulation issued
by any governmental agency having control over any of the streams,
tributaries or bodies of water within the limits of Latrobe.
It shall be unlawful for any person to start
or maintain a fire in any park except in a fireplace erected at a
site designated by the Director of the Board or in portable types
of grills which may be brought into a park as a part of a function
covered by a permit issued by the Director of the Board; and in all
cases of permissible fires, it shall be unlawful for any person to
leave the vicinity of the fire without seeing that the fire is fully
extinguished; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or
scatter coals or hot ashes in any place in the park other than in
the receptacles provided for that purpose; and it shall be unlawful
for any person to burn any wood found in the park except wood provided
by the board in designated containers for that purpose.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any area
in any park which in any way violates the purpose designated for that
particular area by the Director of the Board either on the permit
granted for the use of the area to the person or by properly posted
signs or other public notices designating the particular type of recreational
use for a particular area.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to camp in any
park except by written permit issued by the Director of the Board.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into
any park or in any way use or attempt to use recreational vehicles
designated as or similar to snowmobiles, dirt bikes and all-terrain
type vehicles or motorized vehicles similar thereto. Motorcycles with
current and displayed registration plates may be used on designated
roadways or areas designated for vehicular parking.
D.
Bicycles may be brought into any park but should be
ridden only in areas designated for vehicular traffic or parking or
on designated and marked "bicycle routes."
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person in any park to
ride a horse except on designated bridle paths or use-designated areas,
and in those areas where permitted, horses shall be thoroughly broken
and properly restrained and ridden with due care and shall not be
allowed to graze or go unattended and shall be hitched in areas designated
by the Director of the Board or to a portable hitching device.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to
bring into any park or in any way possess, consume or use any kind
of drug (other than prescription drugs for medicinal purposes).
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to
bring onto any park, playground or any other area designated by the
Council to be used as park or recreational area or public area designated
to be under the supervision, direction and control of the Latrobe
Park and Recreation Board or in any way to possess or consume thereon
any beer or alcoholic beverage of any kind.
[Amended 5-22-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-3]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any
type of conduct which shall be deemed to be "disorderly conduct" under
any statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any ordinance in
effect in Latrobe.
D.
Dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit
any dog or any other type of domestic animal into any park except
when held on a leash or under the control of that particular person;
and it shall be unlawful for any person to allow any dog or other
type of domestic animal to be in any area of any park which the Director
of the Board has designated as an area totally prohibiting any type
of dog or domestic animal to enter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect
any type of sign, display, placard, notice, advertisement, circular,
handbill or anything similar thereto in any area of any park except
as may be permitted by the permit issued by the Director of the Board.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
or offer for sale any type of article, merchandise, privilege or service
in any area of any park except in carrying out a purpose authorized
by a permit issued by the Director of the Board.
A.
The hours of use by the public for any park or any
area of any park shall be those hours as may from time to time be
set by the Board and published by the Director of the Board either
by posting the park or the area of the park concerned, by general
publication or by notice on the permit issued by the Director of the
Board.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be in any park
before the hour of 6:00 a.m., applicable time, or after the hour of
10:00 p.m., applicable time, except as may be permitted by written
permit issued by the Director of the Board. This restriction shall
not affect the right of the public to use pathways and roadways in
and through park areas for the purpose of travel and shall not restrict
the use of the walking path in any park.
C.
The Board through the Director of the Board may designate
any park or particular area of any park to be closed at any particular
time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular
and stated intervals, whether daily or otherwise, and either entirely
or merely to certain uses as the Director of the Board finds necessary
in the operation of parks. It shall be unlawful for any person to
enter any park or area thereof designated as closed by the Director
of the Board through posting to that effect.
A.
The Board, the Director of the Board or anyone working
under the Director of the Board may enforce the provisions of this
chapter for the use of park by ejecting from the park or any area
thereof any person found to be violating any portions of this chapter
and may refuse to issue permits to any such person violating any of
the rules of this chapter for such times as the Board or the Director
may determine appropriate.
B.
All provisions of this chapter shall be enforceable
by the police.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, before any District Justice
having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
and costs of prosecution or, in default of payment of fine and costs,
be subject to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
