[Adopted 10-21-1985 as Ch. 48, Art. I, of the 1985 Code]
This article shall apply to all public parks
and public park approaches owned by the Town of Cheektowaga.
All public meetings and military and other parades
are prohibited in said parks except with permission of the Town Board.
All games of any description must be conducted
in a safe and orderly manner, and no dangerous practices shall be
allowed. No person shall play games for which the Town Board has by
resolution required a permit or fixed a fee without first obtaining
such permit or paying such fee.
No person shall hold a picnic in any park except
at those places authorized therefor.
Permits for the exclusive use of any picnic
area for any specified time not longer than one day may be granted
by the Town Board or by such other official to whom the Town Board
shall delegate such authority, and no person shall in any manner disturb
or interfere with any person or party occupying such picnic area under
the authority of such permit.
No person shall climb any tree to pick any flowers
or fruit or break, cut down, trample upon, remove or in any manner
injure or deface any tree or shrub or any building, fence, bridge
or structure or any other property within a park or park approach.
No person shall deposit, dump, throw or place
any earth, rubbish, dust or similar material in or upon any part of
a park or park approach except in such receptacles as are provided
for same.
[Added 5-19-2014]
Smoking shall be prohibited and no person shall smoke within
the area (inside and outside any buildings) designated as the Cheektowaga
Cultural Center. The Cheektowaga Cultural Center shall include the
stage area, the bleachers, seating areas and the land within the fenced-in
area around the Cultural Center (including the Lion’s Pavilion/mega-shelter).
For purposes of this section, “smoking” means the burning
of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other matter or substance which
contains tobacco.
[Amended 4-19-2010; 3-21-2011; 2-6-2012]
A.
Dogs shall
be permitted in Town parks, except for John C. Stiglmeier Park and
Cheektowaga Town Park, subject to the following conditions/limitations:
(1)
Dogs
must be restrained/hand-controlled by leash (no longer than six feet
in length);
(2)
No
person walking or in charge of any dog in said area(s) shall cause,
suffer or allow such dog to soil, defecate on or commit any nuisance
in said area (unless said person picks up and properly disposes of
the feces in an appropriate container); and
(3)
Dogs
shall not be permitted on any park lands designated for sport fields
and/or in areas immediately adjacent to playground structures.
B.
Dogs shall be permitted in the area designated as the Alexander Walking Path (described as follows: the park area/walking trail area on the east side of Scajaquada Creek west and north of the Alexander Community Center, but not including any area east of the parking lot for the Cheektowaga Recreation Center/Ice Rink building), subject to the conditions and limitations contained in Subsection A(1), (2) and (3) of this section.
No person shall bathe or swim in any water,
whether natural or artificial, within a park or park approach, except
at such times and in such places as said Town Board may designate
or maintain as bathing or swimming areas, and unless properly attired.
No person shall dress or undress in any park or park approach, except
in such places as may be designated or maintained for that purpose.
No person shall skate, use a sleigh, walk or
go on any frozen area of water, natural or artificial, within any
park or park approach, except at such times and in such places as
may be designated therefor. No person shall, in any park or park approach,
coast with sleighs or other similar vehicle, except at such times
and upon such places as may be designated therefor.
[Added 6-7-1993]
No person shall operate a bicycle within the
limits of any park or park approach unless he or she shall wear a
protective helmet. Such a helmet must be equipped with either a neck
or chin strap, be reflectorized on both sides thereof and be American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved.
Every fire shall be built in a suitable container
and be continuously under the care and direction of a competent person
from the time it is started until it is extinguished.
[Added 7-7-1986]
A.
No person under the age of 21 years shall consume
any alcoholic beverage or have in his possession any open container
containing an alcoholic beverage, with the intent to consume the same,
within the limits of any park or park approach.
B.
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or
have in his possession any open container containing an alcoholic
beverage, with the intent to consume the same, within the limits of
any park or park approach; except that this prohibition shall not
apply to persons over the age of 21 years picnicking in Town Park
or John C. Stiglmeier Park during regular park hours.
All parks shall be closed between the hours
of sunset and sunrise the following morning, and no person shall remain
inside any park during the hours when so closed, except that any park
which has a lighted baseball or softball diamond shall remain open
after sunset when baseball or softball games are being played on such
lighted diamond. Such park shall be open only to players, officials
and spectators involved in such baseball or softball games. Such players,
officials and spectators must remain in the immediate vicinity of
the lighted diamond or diamonds. "Immediate vicinity" excludes picnic
areas, shelters, trails, playground areas and other athletic facilities.
Comfort stations and vehicular roads for access and egress are constituted
as being within the vicinity of a lighted diamond. The park shall
be closed to the public 15 minutes after the conclusion of any such
game.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle at
a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour on any of the driveways of
the parks or park approaches, and no motor vehicle shall be allowed
to remain in any park or park approaches for more than 24 hours continuously.
No commercial vehicle shall be allowed in any
park or park approach except to make deliveries in the park or as
otherwise authorized by the Town Board.
The following vehicles shall not be allowed
in any part of the parks, driveways of the parks and/or park approaches:
A.
Snowmobiles, skidoos, skidaddlers or any such mechanized
motor-driven sled or vehicle on runners.
B.
All-terrain vehicles or any such one-passenger or
two-or-more-passenger vehicles equipped with between two and six high-flotation
or similar type tires per vehicle designed for operation primarily
on off-highway trails or in off-highway competitions and only incidentally
operated on public highways.
No parking shall be permitted except in designated
areas.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be guilty of an offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine
not exceeding $200 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90
days, or both.
This article shall take effect 10 days after
publication and posting as required by § 133 of the Town
Law, but such article shall take effect from the date of its service
against a person served personally with a copy thereof, certified
by the Town Clerk under the Corporate Seal of the town and showing
the date of its passage and entry in the minutes of the Town Board.
