Belvedere Municipal Code Ch. 9.80 Parks and Community Center

PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTER

Sections:

• 9.80.010 Scope. 9.80.020 Hours of operation.

• 9.80.030 Prohibited activities.

• 9.80.050 Enforcement.

• 9.80.060 Violation—Penalty.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all Belvedere Parks on public property: the Community Park adjacent to City Hall, the Tom Price Park, the Centennial Park, and the Land Company Park and the Belvedere Community Center. (Ord. 2022-04 § 2, 2022.)

• A. Park Hours.

  1. The parks shall be open for public use from sunrise to sunset. No person shall enter or remain in any park outside of the hours open to the public.

  2. The City Manager or his or her designee may set different hours for park use in a permit.

• B. Community Center Hours.

  1. Except as provided in subsection (B)(2) of this section, the Community Center is open for public use from one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset. No person shall enter or remain in any park outside of the hours open to the public.

  2. The City Manager or his or her designee may set different hours for the Community Center in a permit.

C. The City reserves the right to close the parks and community center to the public for the purpose of protecting the environmental quality of the area, during periods of extreme fire hazard, or other such conditions deemed hazardous to persons or property. (Ord. 2022-04 § 2, 2022.)

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in City parks or the Community Center:

A. Amplified Sound. Use amplified sound, without a valid permit issued by the City Manager or her or her designee.

B. Destruction of Property. Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, displace or remove any railing, bench, paving, paving material, water line, signs, notices, or placards (whether temporary or permanent), monuments, stakes, posts, or other boundary markers, wall or rock border, structures, equipment, facilities or public property of any kind.

C. Damage or Remove Natural Resources. Damage, cut, carve, burn, or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant or remove sand, soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs, or plants.

D. Dumping. Dump, deposit, or leave any bottles, broken glass, paper, boxes, cans, garden trimmings, rubbish, waste or garbage, or other trash except those items which are incidental to the use of park facilities which items must be deposited in the receptacles provided. Where refuse receptacles are not provided or are full, the person responsible for the presence of refuse shall move such refuse from the park or building and properly dispose of it elsewhere.

E. Erection of Structures. Construct or erect any building of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary in character, any tent, fly or windbreak, or bounce machines, or run or string any rope, cord, or wire into, upon, or across, any public property without an encroachment permit.

F. Fires and Barbeques. Kindle or maintain in any park, for any purpose, any fire except for a fire maintained in a portable barbecue grill. No person may dispose of any used coals in the park, park receptacles or the City dumpster.

G. Loitering. Sleep or protractedly lounge on seats, benches, sidewalks, curbs, planters, walls or other areas in such a manner as will interfere with the rights of others to use the areas for which they were intended.

H. Personal Services. No person shall use any of the facilities or areas of any park for the purpose of providing athletic instruction or training for compensation.

I. Posting of Signs. Post or affix to any tree, shrub, plant, fence, building, monument, wall, post, vehicle or other physical object in any park any written or printed material, including, but not limited to, signs, notices, handbills, circulars and pamphlets. Any person who has scheduled an event in any park pursuant to a permit from the City may erect or post signs on the day that the event is scheduled to occur giving directions to such event; provided, that such person receives prior approval from the City.

J. Selling and Vending. Selling or offering for sale any service, merchandise, article, or anything whatever, nor station or place any stand, cart, or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any such article or thing, in any park, or the community center except by permit issued by the City Manager and subject to all other provisions of this code. Any vendor must possess a valid Belvedere City business license. (Ord. 2022-04 § 2, 2022.)

The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by any code enforcement official as defined in Section 1.15.020. (Ord. 2022-04 § 2, 2022.)

Any person violating Sections 9.80.020 and 9.80.030 shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to administrative citation pursuant to Chapter 1.15. (Ord. 2022-04 § 2, 2022.)

The Belvedere Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-01, passed July 13, 2026.

Disclaimer: The City Clerk’s office has the official version of the Belvedere Municipal Code. Users should contact the City Clerk’s office for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited above.

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