Park use by the public may be regulated in accordance with city council adopted rules and regulations adopted by city council resolution regarding reservations, responsibilities, permit requirements and grounds for denial of permits.
(Ord. 1533)
A. 
No person, other than authorized city staff, shall operate or drive an automobile, motorcycle, truck, or other conveyance in a city park except on the designated roads and parking areas.
B. 
No person shall wash or repair any automobile, motorcycle, truck, or other conveyance in a city park except for law enforcement or emergency purposes.
C. 
No person, other than fire officials or peace officers in the discharge of their official duties, shall possess, carry or use any fireworks, firearms, air guns, BB guns, bows and arrows, sling shots, knives, or other weapons potentially harmful to wild life or to human safety.
D. 
No alcoholic beverages are to be sold or consumed at any park or athletic facility.
E. 
The sale or rent, or the soliciting for sale or rent, of any goods, equipment, merchandise, food, or beverages is prohibited except as allowed by Chapter 5.80, Sidewalk Vending, or pursuant to a special event permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7.50, Special Events.
F. 
No person shall drive, putt, or in any other fashion play or practice golf on city park land or on city athletic field land, except when conducted as part of and directly supervised through a city-sponsored recreation class.
G. 
No person shall fly engine-powered model airplanes on or over city park land or city athletic field land.
H. 
No person shall suspend or attach to trees in a city park or a city athletic field any object that could in any way damage or deface said tree or trees.
I. 
No person shall smoke. For purpose of this Section 7.55.010, the term "smoke" includes, without limitation, the following: carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or any other lighted smoking product or equipment used to burn any tobacco product, weed, plant or another combustible substance; the lighting of a pipe, cigar, cigarette or similar device; and the exhaling of gaseous products and particles created by the use of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or similar device. For the purpose of this Section 7.55.010, the term "smoke" also includes the use of an electronic smoking device, which is defined as an electronic or battery-operated device, the use of which may resemble smoking and may be referred to as "vaping," that can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or other substances. An electronic smoking device includes the nicotine or other substances used in or produced by any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, sold, or given as an electronic cigarette, e-cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or any other similar device or product name or descriptor. The term electronic smoking device does not include any medical inhaler prescribed by a licensed doctor, or any other product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the mitigation, treatment, or prevention of diseases. No person shall intimidate, threaten any reprisal, or effect any reprisal, for the purpose of retaliating against another person who seeks to obtain compliance with this section. Violations of this section shall constitute an infraction unless prosecuted pursuant to the administrative citation procedure of this code.
J. 
No person shall scatter, throw, place, discharge, deposit or leave, or cause, suffer or permit to be scattered, thrown, placed, discharged, deposited or left, any refuse matter, waste matter, rubbish, garbage, lighted or unlighted cigars or cigarettes, cigar butts, cigarette butts or any other tobacco-related waste, waste from electronic smoking devices as defined in subsection I of this section, effluent, carcasses or remains of any creature, or any portion thereof, paper, empty containers, remnants of any food or other waste, trash or broken glass, nails, tacks, dirt, or any substance or material whose presence at a park might result in injury to any person. Notwithstanding the preceding, a person may discard items in receptacles designated for such items. Violations of this section shall constitute an infraction unless prosecuted pursuant to the administrative citation procedure of this code.
K. 
No person shall be allowed or permitted to have any dogs or other animals in public parks in College Park West and College Park East, with the exception of the designated dog park area at Arbor Park. Leashed dogs or other animals under the charge of a person competent to exercise care, custody, and control over such dog/animal are permitted in all other areas of the city, including public parks and the Electric Avenue greenbelt. No dogs or other animals are allowed on the city beach or city pier as per municipal code Section 9.05.090. Violations of this section shall constitute an infraction unless prosecuted pursuant to the administrative citation procedure of this code.
(Ord. 1533; Ord. 1536; Ord. 1538; Ord. 1591; Ord. 1675; Ord. 1685)