[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Clarion 9-1-1981 as Ch. 45, Part 1, of the
1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 54.
Animals — See Ch. 62.
Disorderly conduct — See Ch. 91.
Firearms and weapons — See Ch. 97.
Littering — See Ch. 115.
Loitering — See Ch. 122.
Noise — See Ch. 128.
Nuisances — See Ch. 134.
Pedalcycles — See Ch. 151.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 157.
Public property — See Ch. 163.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 205.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
Unless specifically limited, shall be deemed to include all
parks, playgrounds, recreation areas, tennis courts, recreation structures
and facilities, and also entrances and approaches thereto, and all
other land or property or structures under the jurisdiction of the
Borough of Clarion now or hereafter owned or acquired by the Borough
of Clarion for park or recreational purposes.
Any natural person, corporation, organization of persons,
company, association or partnership.
Any rules and regulations hereby or hereafter established
by ordinance of the Borough of Clarion as promulgated by the Borough
Council and Borough Manager under the authority herein conferred.
All parks shall be opened daily to the public
at such hours as the Borough Council may from time to time designate,
but in no event shall any person be permitted to be in attendance
in any park between 10:00 p.m. to sunrise, unless special permission
is granted by the Borough Manager.
No person in attendance at the park shall:
A.
Injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the trees,
plants, shrubs, turf, buildings, structures, signs or fixtures, or
any other property of the Borough located within the park.
B.
Litter any area of the park with garbage, paper, bottles,
cans or other waste material; nor dispose of the same in any way except
receptacles designated for the respective purposes.
C.
Kindle or maintain any fire in the park except in
fireplaces or areas specially designated for that purpose and located
by authority of the Borough.
D.
Remove any bench, seat, table or other appliance from
the park without permission of the Borough.
E.
Injure, deface, destroy or remove any notice, rule
or regulation posted at any place within the park by authority of
the Borough; nor shall any notice or placard be posted within the
park other than by authority of said Borough.
F.
Set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of any
article or service whatsoever within the limits of the park without
permission of the Borough.
G.
Operate, stop or park any vehicle, bicycle or other
means of conveyance except in areas where permitted or designated
by proper authority of the Borough Manager, or operate the same in
a reckless manner or in a negligent manner or in excess of any posted
speed limit.
H.
Bring onto the premises, possess or consume any alcoholic
beverage or illegal drugs of any kind; no person shall enter the park
in an intoxicated state or otherwise be under the influence of alcohol
or illegal drugs.
I.
Carry or discharge any firearms, slingshots, firecrackers,
fireworks or other missile-propelling instruments or explosives or
arrows, or other dangerous weapons which have such properties as to
cause annoyance or injury to any person or property, unless permission
has been granted by the Borough in designated areas; police officers
in the performance of their duties will be exempt from these provisions.
J.
Play ball, swim, golf, pitch horseshoes, engage in
archery, or launch, dock or land any boat, engage in finding buried
objects with a special detector or participate in any other form of
recreation, sporting endeavor or pastime, except in those areas which
may be designated from time to time for that purpose by the Borough
Manager.
K.
Disrobe or change clothing except in buildings or
facilities made available for that purpose.
L.
Disturb the peace by any act or conduct himself in
an indecent or boisterous manner within the parks so as to annoy any
other person using the park for recreational purposes.
M.
Operate a snowmobile, minibike, motorcycle or any
vehicle, recreational or otherwise, except on designated roads, trails
or areas set aside for their use.
N.
Use threatening, abusive, insulting, profane or obscene
language or words.
O.
Commit any disorderly or immoral acts.
P.
Hold any public meeting or engage in any marching
or drilling as members of a military, political or other organization
without permission of the Borough Manager.
Q.
Disobey a proper order of a police officer or Public
Works Department personnel, or disobey or disregard or fail to comply
with any rule or regulation, warning, prohibition, instruction or
direction posted or displayed by sign, notice, bulletin, card or poster
or when notified or informed as to its existence by Public Works Department
personnel or authorized person.
[Amended 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798]
R.
Hunt for, capture or kill, or attempt to capture or
kill, or aid or assist in the capturing or killing of, in any manner,
any wild bird or wild animal of any description, either game or otherwise,
and to that end, it is unlawful for any person to carry onto or possess
in any park a shotgun or rifle or pistol or firearm of any make or
kind unless specific permission is granted for a designated area by
the Borough.
S.
Permit a dog to run at large or to excrete within
a recreation area.
T.
No person shall climb any tree or sit, stand or walk on any park
sign, park structure or park building not customarily utilized for
such purposes.
[Added 12-20-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-798]
U.
No person shall erect tents, shacks, shelters, trailers or any other
structure for overnight camping or otherwise without express Borough
approval.
[Added 12-20-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-798]
The use of all parks shall be on a first-come,
first-served basis unless otherwise reserved:
A.
By annual permissions granted by the Borough Manager
for the scheduling of various league games, etc.
B.
For school or college athletic games, practices, contests
or exhibitions.
C.
For regularly scheduled Borough recreation programs.
D.
By permission granted by the Borough Manager for a
specific requested use.
The Borough shall set and collect such fees
for the use of the park facilities as it shall from time to time establish.
The fees and charges which shall be set by the Borough shall be posted
at each park which is affected by the fee schedule.
[Amended 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter or of any rule or regulation of the Borough that shall
be adopted and posted as herein provided shall be guilty of an offense
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than $100 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days; provided, however, that for a second and each
subsequent offense, the minimum fine shall be increased from $100
to $500.
