[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Rochester 6-18-1985 by Ord. No. 309 as Art. 507, Secs. 507.05
and 507.99, of the 1985 Codified Ordinances; amended in its entirety
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall bring onto the premises, possess or consume
any alcoholic beverage or illegal drugs of any kind while in attendance
at any park, playground and/or recreation area within the Township,
and no person shall enter a park, playground and/or recreation area
in an intoxicated state or otherwise be under the influence of alcohol
or illegal drugs.
No person having possession, custody or control of any animal
shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog or other animal to enter
onto the premises of any park, playground and/or recreation area or
to commit any nuisance, i.e., defecation or urination, upon the grounds
of any park, playground and/or recreation area within the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remain in any park, recreational
or playground area within the Township between the hours of 11:00
p.m. and 9:00 a.m. during the months of March through October and
between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. during the months of
November through February.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a wheeled vehicle
except on vehicle pathways in any park, recreational or playground
area in the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to cut, break,
mar, deface, or injure any tree, shrub, flowering plant, ornamental
plant, building, structure, equipment, fence, or real or personal
property in or upon the public grounds maintained by the Township.
Public grounds include parks, playgrounds, trails, paths, recreational
areas, public areas, sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal,
publicly owned or operated facilities, and publicly owned or operated
scenic and historic sites.
All parks, playgrounds and/or recreation areas shall be posted
as to the prohibition, violation and fine as provided in this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
