Coalinga Municipal Code Title 10 Parks and Recreation

TITLE 10. PARKS AND RECREATION

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 793, § 1, effective 11-5-2016, amended tit. 10 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former tit. 10, §§ 10-1.01—10-1.17, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. 266, §§ 1—18.

(a) It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to promote the safety, comfort and convenience of the public's use and enjoyment of any park or recreational area and the use and enjoyment of any building, structure, equipment or apparatus thereon.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) Alcoholic beverages means alcohol, spirits, liquor, beer, wine or other liquid which contains one-half of (½) one (1) percent or more of alcohol by volume.

(b) Amplified sound means music, speech or sound projected and transmitted by electronic equipment including amplifiers.

(c) Park means any public area owned or controlled by the City of Coalinga, and used for recreational purposes.

(d) Recreational area means a playground, recreation center or any other area in the City, owned or used by the City of Coalinga and devoted to active or passive recreation.

(e) Vehicle means any wheeled conveyance, whether motorpowered, drawn or self-propelled, of any size, kind or description except for baby carriages and vehicles in service to the City.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) It shall be the duty of every person to see that the provisions of this chapter are observed and to call to the attention to any police officer or other employee of the City, any violations thereof.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) All parks and recreational areas under the jurisdiction of the City, either by ownership or lease-contract for use, shall be open to the public every day of the year during the designated hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and no person shall be in a park before or after the aforementioned hours. The opening and closing hours for recreational areas shall be made available for public information.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) In any emergency or when the City Manager shall determine that the public interest, public health, public morals, or public safety demands such actions, any park or recreational area or portion thereof may be declared closed to the public by the City Manager at any time and for any interval or time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals, daily or otherwise, and either entirely or merely to certain uses, as the City Manager finds reasonably necessary.

(b) No person shall enter an area posted as "Closed to the Public" nor shall any person use or abet the use of any area in violation of posted notices.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

No person in a park or recreational area shall:

(a) Throw stones or other missiles.

(b) Take into, have brought into or have in his possession, or exhibit, set off or otherwise cause to explode, discharge or burn, any fireworks or explosives, or discharge them or throw them into any such areas from land or highways adjacent thereto. This prohibition includes any substance, compound, mixture or article that, in conjunction with any other substance or compound, is capable of exploding.

(c) Fire or carry any pellet gun, BB gun, handgun, rifle, cannon or other firearm.

(d) Play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on for money, chips, shell, credit, or any other representative of monetary value.

(e) Engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior in breach of the public peace.

(f) Practice, carry on, conduct or solicit for any trade, occupation, or profession.

(g) Climb upon any wall, fence, shelter, seat, statue, monument, tree, structure, fixture, building, construction or erection not designated for such use.

(h) Kindle a fire, except in facilities specifically provided for that purpose, nor leave a picnic or other area before a fire is completely extinguished.

(i) Bring, land, or cause to descend or alight from any helicopter, airplane, or airship.

(j) Erect, construct, install, or post any structure, wire, pipe or sign of any kind whatsoever.

(k) No sound amplification system used for the amplification of music shall be permitted to be used in any park that will unduly disturb users of, or neighbors to, the park.

(l) Claim exclusive use of, prevent the use by others of, nor reserve for use any park area.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

No person in a park or recreational area shall:

(a) Cut, break, injure, dig up, pull out, pluck or in any manner injure any tree, bush, shrub, flower or plant.

(b) Remove or take away any tree, wood, bush, turf, flower, plant, grass, soil or rock, or anything of like kind.

(c) Destroy, mutilate, deface, cut, scratch, mark upon, burn, write upon, print upon, paint upon, or otherwise mar, mutilate, deface or injure any building or structure, restroom, toilet or any wall, fence, door, post, fixture, monument, bench, table, or other equipment; or ill use or injure in any way any building, lighting unit, restroom, mechanical equipment, playground apparatus, meter or regulating and controlling device.

(d) Make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency.

(e) Drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches or any flammable materials on any ground, building, structure, fence, post, restroom, table, bench, tree, plant, bush, flower, monument, wall, door, fixture, fountain or any part thereof.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

No person shall:

(a) Leave, drive, entice, conduct, ride or otherwise bring any horse, mule, ass, cattle, goat, sheep, swine, or other animals or fowl of any kind in any park or recreation area.

(b) Permit, allow or suffer any domestic dog to enter upon or remain in any park or recreation area, unless such dog is fastened to and restrained by a chain or leash not more than eight (8) feet long.

(c) Allow a dog in his custody to defecate or to urinate on any park or recreational area. It shall be the duty of all persons having control of a dog to curb such dog in order to carry out the intent of this section. Unsighted persons, while relying on a guide dog, shall be exempt from this section. If a violation occurs, such persons shall immediately remove all feces to a proper receptacle.

(d) Hunt, chase, shoot, trap, discharge or throw missiles at, molest, disturb, snare, catch, injure or destroy any animal, bird, fish or reptile in any park or recreational area.

(e) Give or offer any tobacco, alcoholic beverage or other noxious substance to any fish, bird, animal or reptile in any park or recreational area.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

No person in a park or recreational area shall:

(a) Fail to comply with all applicable provisions of the vehicle code of the state in regard to equipment and operation of vehicles together with such regulations as are contained in this chapter and ordinances of the City regulating traffic.

(b) Fail to obey all police officers and park employees who are hereinafter instructed to direct traffic whenever and wherever needed in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and such supplementary regulations as may be issued subsequently by the director.

(c) Operate a vehicle in an area other than paved park roads and parking areas, nor park a vehicle in other than a designated permanent or temporary parking area.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) No person in a park or recreational area shall throw, cast, place, deposit or dump or cause to be thrown, placed, cast, deposited or dumped any ashes, refuse, garbage, paper, scraps, dirt, dead animal, dead fish, dead fowl, dead bird, dead reptile, glass, crockery, bones, cans or like matter, empty box, carton, wastepaper, remains of food, newspaper, filth or rubbish of any kind except to place the same in the trash cans, bins or receptacles provided for such matter. Where receptacles are not provided or are insufficient to accommodate trash and refuse, all such trash and refuse shall be carried away from the park or recreational area by the person responsible for its presence, and properly disposed of elsewhere.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, consume, possess, or bring alcoholic beverages in or upon any park.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

(a) No person shall camp, lodge, sleep or tarry overnight in any park or recreation area.

(b) No person shall set up tents, shacks, or any other temporary shelter for the purpose of camping in any park or recreational area.

(c) No person shall leave in a park or recreation area any moveable structure or special vehicle to be used or that could be used for camping, such as a house trailer, camp trailer, motor home, or the like

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)

No parent, guardian or custodian of a minor shall permit or allow such minor to do any act or thing, in any park or recreational area, prohibited by the provisions of this chapter. The parent, guardian or custodian of a minor who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction.

(Ord. No. 793, § 1, eff. 11-5-2016)