[Adopted 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 887 (Ch. XX, Part 3, of the 1962 Code)]
The following rules and regulations shall take effect immediately:
A. 
Littering is prohibited. Littering is defined as discarding any object or material in a negligent or willful manner so as to cause disorder in appearance of property.
B. 
No unauthorized person shall be permitted in any illuminated portion of any municipal park after 10:30 p.m.
[Amended 6-6-2005 by Ord. No. 1183]
(1) 
No unauthorized person shall be permitted in any nonilluminated, unlit portion of any municipal park, playground or tot lot 30 minutes past sundown.
C. 
No unauthorized person or persons shall enter or disturb any of the Borough's buildings or facilities at any of the Borough's parks, playgrounds, or "tot lot" locations, including any such facilities for which the Borough is responsible although not owning.
D. 
No bicycle or motorized vehicle, regardless of the diameter of the wheel, shall be driven or used on park grounds except for vehicles used by police officials in the normal course of their duties. Parking of vehicles and bicycles is permitted in specifically designated areas only.
[Amended 6-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1142]
E. 
No disorderly conduct or causing a public nuisance shall be permitted.
F. 
No animals shall be allowed in any municipal park except for working police dogs and Seeing Eye dogs leading blind persons.
G. 
No fireworks shall be permitted at any time.
H. 
All equipment and courts on the playgrounds or parks shall be used at one's own risk.
I. 
No roller skates, scooters, skateboards, or other wheeled devices, regardless of the diameter of the wheel (except for bicycles or motorized vehicles as hereinbefore regulated), shall be driven, ridden, or used on park grounds. Exceptions to this rule shall be made for wheelchairs being operated or used by physically disabled patrons, strollers and baby carriages when used in the manner for which they were constructed and intended. Roller skates and skateboards shall be permitted to be driven, ridden or used in designated skate parks only.
[Added 6-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1142; amended 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 1310]
J. 
No charcoal grills are allowed in the park except those provided by the Borough.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
K. 
Grilling using propane tanks is prohibited.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
L. 
No amplified sound or music is permitted to be played at a level to be disruptive to other persons enjoying the park.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
(1) 
Exceptions: Performances presented by, or sponsored by, the Borough of Catasauqua are exempt from this regulation.
M. 
All concessionaires and/or vendors on the park premises must have a permit and/or be authorized by the Borough in order to sell or promote their products, food, goods or services.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
N. 
During all hours when the concession stand is open, except for patrons of the concession stand purchasing food or consuming the same, no one is permitted to use the area, or the picnic tables between the walkway and the concession stand for a distance of 50 feet in each direction from the window facing the walkway.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
O. 
Picnic tables and/or benches are not permitted to be removed from their original placement by the Borough.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
P. 
Whenever either of the two pavilions located near Church Street have been rented, the area bounded by the bathhouse, the road into the parking lot, Church Street and the Catasauqua Creek are for the exclusive use of the persons or organizations which have rented either of the two pavilions.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
Q. 
No vehicle is permitted to drive onto the park grounds with the exception of a permitted caterer.
[Added 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
(1) 
Exceptions: vehicles owned and operated by Borough of Catasauqua employees or other vehicles in the performance of tasks and/or the preparation for their performance as authorized by the Borough.
[Amended 4-6-1987 by Ord. No. 913; 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 1288; 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
A. 
The Mayor and Police Department, the Code Enforcement Officers of the Borough, the Public Works Department, Park and Playground Operator, and any other authorized law enforcement officer are empowered to enforce this article.
B. 
Violation of these rules shall constitute an offense. Offenders shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $600 per violation, as well as total costs and damages to all property and facilities. Each day the violation continues shall be a separate violation. Any persons found guilty of violating this article shall be assessed court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings.
[Added 7-10-2000 by Res. No. 6-00]
A. 
The rules for playground/pavilion rentals are:
[Amended 7-18-2016 by Ord. No. 1334]
(1) 
Fees for the use of the pavilion, band shell and swimming group admissions are nonrefundable.
(2) 
The security deposit must be paid not less than 30 days prior to the event or the reservation will be cancelled and the fee for the reservation will be forfeited. Upon inspection of the facilities by the Catasauqua Public Works Department, customarily the morning after the event, and their determination that the facilities have been left in a clean and acceptable manner, the deposit will be refunded by mail to the person or organization who rented the facility, generally within two weeks.
(3) 
The large pavilion can be rented no more than 364 days in advance of the event. All rentals must be made in person at the Borough office and are not considered complete until the fee is paid. The Borough will not hold reservations.
(4) 
Restrooms are located adjacent to the large pavilion and by the play climber.
(5) 
Responsible use of alcoholic beverages is permitted at the pavilions. No one is permitted to walk around the playground or park with opened containers of alcoholic beverages.
(a) 
Borough Council may exempt a specific event or events from this prohibition by motion.
(6) 
The pavilion has electricity, water, and a grill. (You must bring your own charcoal.)
(7) 
The park closes at 10:30 p.m., and cleanup is expected by each group at their site.
(8) 
The park has a pickup game nonregulation baseball field, tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts and playground facilities. This permit does not give you exclusive rights to these fields.
(9) 
Events that have caterers must complete and submit a separate caterer application and permit form not less than two weeks before the scheduled event.
(10) 
Upon payment of the group rate admission fee to the pool, based on the number of participants indicated, special daily tickets will be issued in the number requested. If additional participants attend and wish to use the pool, they must pay the standard daily rates, unless they are season ticket holders. Group rate admission tickets must be made at least five days in advance of the reservation date.
(a) 
Group rate admission pool tickets will only be honored on the date for which they are issued. There are no cash refunds. If the pool is open at all during the day of the event, there is no refund or rain check given. If the pool is not open at all on the day of the event, the tickets can be returned to the Borough office within seven days for rain checks that can be used on any future date.
B. 
The rules for caterers to receive permission to so access the large pavilion are:
(1) 
A written application must be submitted not less than two weeks before the event.
(2) 
The number of vehicles and the registration (license) number for the vehicles must be submitted with the application.
(3) 
A certificate of insurance with the Borough as an additional named insured must be submitted with the application.
(4) 
An application fee, plus a fee per vehicle, as set from time to time by resolution of Borough Council is required at the time the application is submitted.
[Amended 11-7-2005 by Ord. No. 1190]
(5) 
No application will be reviewed or considered until all of the required elements are submitted. If they are not submitted at least two weeks prior to the event, the application will not be considered and any request will be denied.
(6) 
Caterers will be allowed to drive down to the pavilion once, at a time not later than 11:00 a.m., to set up their equipment and will be allowed only one time at which they can drive out. Arrangements must be made with the Borough and/or the Catasauqua Police Department to unlock and open the gates to provide access to the pavilion and for exiting from the pavilion.
(7) 
The purpose of this permit is not to allow the caterer to drop off equipment or supplies and park in the regular parking lot; it is solely for those caterers who will be working out of their vehicles or equipment at the pavilion.