[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 1]
The rules and regulations contained in this Part are hereby
established for the management and protection of public parks and
playgrounds within Valley Township, hereinafter designated as the
"parks."
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 2]
The parks shall be open daily to the public between the hours
of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. At 9:00 p.m., all activities in the parks
shall cease and all persons in the parks shall leave as soon as possible
thereafter except those activities authorized by the Township Secretary
or the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 3]
No person shall injure, deface, remove, cut or damage any of
the trees, plants, shrubs, turf, buildings, structures or fixtures
within any parks or any other property of the Township within the
parks.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 4]
No person shall remove any bench, seat or table from the parks
or change the location thereof without permission from the Township
Secretary or the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-02, 5/22/2019]
1.
No person shall conduct him or herself within the parks so as to
annoy any other person using the parks for recreational purposes.
2.
No person shall engage in the use of tobacco or nicotine delivery
products with the parks. The parks shall be posted with signage regarding
the prohibition of tobacco or nicotine delivery products. For purposes
of this subsection, "tobacco or nicotine delivery products" shall
mean any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine
that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed,
absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any
other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little
cigars, chew, e-cigarettes, JUUL®, hookah, pipe, snuff, and snus.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 6]
No person or organization 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 the parks, without first having made application to the
Township Secretary for a permit. Such permit shall indicate the spot
in the park where such gathering or meeting shall be held and such
gathering shall not be held at any other spot within the park.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 7]
The application for the permit required by this Part 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 or removed
from the grounds before leaving the park. The application for the
permit shall also indicate the sponsoring person(s) or organizations(s),
the approximate number of persons attending the planned event, the
hours for which the planned event is scheduled, equipment to be used
and such other pertinent information as required. The application
for such permit shall be made at least 72 hours prior to the time
of the planned use for which permission is being requested.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 8]
For all gatherings for which police security is deemed necessary
by the Township, such security must be paid for by the sponsor(s)
of the gathering.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 9]
Motor vehicles of any kind are not allowed on park grounds without
special permission from the Township Secretary or Board of Supervisors,
except those vehicles used in the course of park maintenance or other
necessary activity.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 10]
Sound equipment (amplification) shall be permitted in the parks
only by special permission from the Township Secretary or Board of
Supervisors.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 11]
No person shall set up any booth, table, stand or structure
whatsoever within the limits of the parks without the consent of the
Board of Supervisors, which shall have authority to refuse such consent
in any instance.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 12]
No person shall dispose of any waste or garbage in the parks
except in the receptacles designated for the respective purposes.
All persons using the parks shall dispose of all waste and garbage
left by them in such proper receptacles.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 13]
No person shall injure, deface or destroy any notice, rule or
regulation posted at any place within the parks by authority of the
Board of Supervisors nor shall any person post any notice or placard
at any place within the parks other than by authority of the Board
of Supervisors.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 14]
No person shall set or maintain any fire in the parks except
by authority of the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 15]
No person shall bring beer or alcoholic beverages, as those
substances are defined in the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, into the parks
either for his own use or for the use of any other person.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 16]
No person other than an officer of the law shall carry any firearm
or other offensive weapon, as defined in Title 18, Pa.C.S.A., within
the limits of the parks.
[Ord. 92-5, 9/1/1992, § 17; as amended by Ord. 96-4, 5/7/1996, § 16; and by Ord. 97-2, 3/18/1997, § 16]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall be guilty of a summary offense not to exceed $600,
together with all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees
incurred by the Township in such enforcement proceeding, and may further
be punished by imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for summary
offenses.
