[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 10-7-1963 by Ord. No. 448, approved 10-7-1963. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 29-1, Board established,
amended 4-20-1972 by Ord. No. 529, approved 4-20-1972, 3-5-1975 by
Ord. No. 557, approved 3-5-1975; § 29-2, Terms of office,
amended 4-20-1972 by Ord. No. 529, approved 4-20-1972, 3-5-1975 by
Ord. No. 557, approved 3-5-1975; § 29-3, Duties; and § 29-4,
Organization; rules and regulations, were repealed 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982.
The following rules and regulations are hereby established for
the management and protection of all parks in the Borough of Darby:
A.
A park shall be open daily to the public between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 10:00 p.m., at which closing time all activities in a park
shall cease and all persons in a park shall leave as soon as possible
thereafter. No person other than authorized employees shall be in
a park at any time between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
B.
No person shall injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of the
trees, plants, shrubs, turf, buildings, structures or fixtures therein
or any other property of the Borough located within a park.
C.
No person shall remove any bench, seat or table from a park or change
the location thereof without permission from the Borough of Darby.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982]
D.
No person shall conduct himself within a park so as to annoy any
other person using a park for recreational purposes.
E.
No person shall hold any meeting or gathering, assembled through
advertisement or public notice, or any gathering otherwise assembled
and composed of 25 or more persons, within the limits of a park, without
having first made application to the Borough of Darby in a park where
such gathering or meeting shall be held, and such gathering shall
not be held at any other spot within a park. The application for such
permit shall be in the name of a person who shall be responsible for
seeing that all refuse left by the group shall be placed in proper
containers before leaving the park.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982]
F.
No person shall set up any booth, table or stand for the sale of
any article whatsoever within the limits of a park without the consent
of the Borough of Darby, which shall have authority to refuse such
consent in any instance.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982]
G.
No person shall dispose of any waste or garbage in a park except
in receptacles designated for the respective purposes. All persons
using a park shall dispose of all waste and garbage left by them in
such proper receptacles.
H.
No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, rule or regulation
posted at any place within a park by authority of the Borough of Darby
or any other authority of the Borough. Nor shall any person post at
any place within a park any notice or placard other than by authority
of the Borough of Darby.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982]
I.
No person shall set or maintain any fire in a park except in stoves
and fireplaces maintained for the purpose and located by authority
of the Borough of Darby.
[Amended 7-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 611, approved 7-7-1982]
J.
No person shall bring any spirituous liquor into a park either for
his own use or for the use of any other person.
K.
No person other than an officer of the law shall carry any firearm
within the limits of a park, nor shall any person engage in hunting
and fishing from within a park.
[Amended 4-20-1972 by Ord. No. 529, approved 4-20-1972; 3-5-1975 by Ord. No.
557, approved 3-5-1975]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
