Chapter XIV, Section IV - Town Parks
Sec. 14-4-1 Hours of operation
Sec. 14-4-2 Restrictions and prohibited conduct
Sec. 14-4-3 Rules and regulations
Sec. 14-4-4 Penalty for violation
Sec. 14-4-1. Hours of operation.
(a) All public parks within the Town shall be closed to the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
(b) The Town Administrator shall post notices at the entrances of all Town parks and in conspicuous places therein, in conformity with the provisions as to closing hours, sufficient to inform the public of the closing hours in such parks.
(c) No person or persons shall be permitted to be within the Town parks between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless on occasions or events of a public nature for which a permit shall have been previously granted by authority of the Town Board. This prohibition shall not extend to persons employed within such parks, or to persons who have obtained permission in writing from the Town Administrator for entry into such parks during such hours. (Ord. 294 §§1—3, 1969)
Sec. 14-4-2. Restrictions and prohibited conduct.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, damage, remove, deface or destroy any Town park facility, tree, shrub, vine, flower or other property within any Town park, or to deface or destroy any property, personal or real, belonging to the Town, or to commit any act of vandalism to any Town property.
(b) All persons making use of any public property in the Town shall at all times conduct themselves in an orderly manner, and shall not disport themselves in a loud, boisterous or unseemly manner or in such fashion as to disturb, be offensive to or annoy other users of such property or residents adjacent thereto.
(c) It shall be unlawful to build or to place any tent, building, booth, stand or other structure in or on any of the Town parks, parkways, recreational facility or other Town property without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Town Administrator.
(d) It shall be unlawful to light, make or use any unenclosed picnic or trash fire within the Town parks, parkways or other recreational facility owned or operated by the Town; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to authorized park employees. Fires may only be built in fireplaces or on grills constructed for that purpose in such areas and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Town Administrator. (Ord. 294 §§4—7, 1969)
Sec. 14-4-3. Rules and regulations.
The Town Board is hereby empowered and authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the management, operation and control to Town parks, parkways and recreational areas, which may be supplemented by the Town Administrator. (Ord. 294 §8, 1969)
Sec. 14-4-4. Penalty for violation.
(Repealed by Ord. 420 §1, 1991. See Section 1-3-1 for applicable penalty.)