[HISTORY: Derived from Chapter 41 of the 1975 Compilation, as amended
through 1996. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
§ 194-1 Operation of vehicles; speed limit.
§ 194-2 Parking and standing in Neahwa Park.
§ 194-3 Time restrictions.
§ 194-4 Fires.
§ 194-5 Garbage and refuse.
§ 194-6 Cutting plants, shrubs or trees.
§ 194-7 Injuring, destroying or removing property.
§ 194-8 Firearms.
§ 194-9 Hunting and fishing prohibited; exceptions.
§ 194-10 Penalties for offenses.
§ 194-1 Operation of vehicles; speed limit.
Generally. No motor vehicle, bicycle or other vehicle of any description
shall be driven, propelled, parked or left standing in any public park within
the City, except upon, along and over the driveways, parkways and parking
places constructed and established for that purpose by the Board of Parks
and Recreation. No vehicle shall be driven at a speed in excess of 15 miles
per hour in a public park within the City.
§ 194-2 Parking and standing in Neahwa Park.
No person shall stand or park any motor vehicle on the west side of
the road which extends from Gas Avenue to Neahwa Place through Neahwa Park
following the contour of the baseball park during any public function in the
baseball park.
§ 194-3 Time restrictions.
A.
Loitering; parking. No person shall loiter or park any
motor vehicle in any public park in the City of Oneonta between the hours
of 10:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
B.
Curfew. No person under the age of 16 years shall loiter
or remain in any public park of the City of Oneonta between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless accompanied by his or her parents, guardian or guardians.
C.
Exceptions. Nothing in the section shall prohibit regularly
organized gatherings for which the Board of Parks and Recreation has granted
special permission nor shall this section apply to persons who are engaged
in recreational activities authorized or supervised by the Board of Parks
and Recreation.
§ 194-4 Fires.
No person shall burn or cause to be burned any substance or material
upon lands within the public parks of the City, except that it shall not be
unlawful to start and maintain fires in pits or other receptacles constructed
and provided by the Board of Parks and Recreation for such purposes.
§ 194-5 Garbage and refuse. [1]
No person shall dump or deposit any garbage or any other kind of waste
or debris anywhere within the public parks of the City, other than the receptacles
provided for such purposes.
§ 194-6 Cutting plants, shrubs or trees.
No person shall cut, injure or destroy any flowering plants, shrubs,
trees or plant life of any character within the public parks of the City.
§ 194-7 Injuring, destroying or removing property.
No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, deface, destroy or
remove any property, either real or personal, belonging to the City, located
and situated within the public parks of said city.
§ 194-8 Firearms. [1]
No person shall carry, possess, discharge or fire any weapon, gun or
pistol within the boundaries of any public park of the City, except peace
officers on duty, and except employees of the Parks and Recreation Board when
so authorized.
§ 194-9 Hunting and fishing prohibited; exceptions.
[Amended 12-4-2001 by Ord. No. 9-2001]
No person shall hunt or fish in any public park of the City, except
that fishing in the Susquehanna River is permitted. This section shall not
apply to regularly organized gatherings for which the Parks and Recreation
Commission has granted special written permission.
§ 194-10 Penalties for offenses.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be punished as provided in § 1-18 of this Code.