Corning Municipal Code Ch. 7.15 Public Parks - Prohibited Activities

As used in this chapter:

A. "City" means the City of Corning.

B. "City event" means any event approved in writing by the city, whereby temporary use of park facilities is utilized for those participating in city recreation programs and/or community recreation activities.

C. "Concealed weapon permit" means a permit issued in accordance with Penal Code sections 26150 and 26155.

D. "Event" means any organized recreation activity.

E. "Park facility" means any body of water, land, trail, open space, archeological site, skate park, building, structure, other appurtenance owned by the city and managed, controlled or operated by the city.

F. "Regulation" means posted notice governing the use of park facilities which are not inconsistent with the law contained in this chapter and which promote public health and safety and the preservation of property.

G. "Special event" means an event approved by the city with a special event permit.

H. "Special event permit" means a permit issued by the public works director for temporary use of a public park.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations for use of park facilities by members of the general public. Exceptions to the provisions of this chapter may be granted, if expressly approved in writing by the public works director in conjunction with a city event or special event.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall use or occupy any park facility between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall unreasonably disrupt or interfere with activity associated with any city event or special event.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall dump, deposit, or release any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage, refuse, or trash in or on any park facility, except that refuse which is incidental to the use of the facility may be deposited in the receptacles provided therefore. For purposes of this section, an incinerator, stove, fire ring, barbecue, or other device used to contain fires or for cooking is not a proper receptacle for refuse or other waste material.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

A. The smoking of any substance is not allowed in or upon any park facility. "Smoke or smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco, chemical substance or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and marijuana, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. "Smoking" also includes the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form which can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or other substance to the user.

B. It shall be unlawful to dispose of any smoking material upon the grounds of any park facility or to fail to extinguish smoking material in any park facility when requested to do so by a city official or by any law enforcement official. A violation of this subsection shall be punishable as an infraction.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage or possess any can, bottle or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which has been partially removed, at any park or trail, park facility which has been posted with signs prohibiting such possession. This prohibition shall not apply within the interiors of specific buildings or those park areas if alcohol consumption is served in conjunction with a city event or approved through issuance of a special event permit or concession.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

A. No person shall ignite, maintain, or use any fire in any place within any park facility except in a barbecue cooker or other cooking device authorized by the public works director for that purpose.

B. No person shall ignite or maintain a fire of materials deposited in any can, box, trench, pit, or other receptacle maintained for the purpose of garbage disposal.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall possess or ignite in any manner any firecracker or fireworks, including any article for the making of a pyrotechnic display. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit any discharge or display of fireworks by a licensed pyrotechnic technician provided such discharge or display has been approved in conjunction with a city event or special event permit.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person other than peace officers in the discharge of their duties shall use, maintain, possess, fire, or discharge any firearm, air gun, spring gun, bow and arrow, slingshot, or any other weapon potentially dangerous to wildlife or human safety, unless approved in conjunction with a city event, carrying a concealed weapon permit or special event permit.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall:

A. Hunt, harm, provide a noxious substance to, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, or shoot at any animal within the boundaries of any park facility, nor remove nor have in his or her possession the young, eggs, or nest of any such creature.

B. Abandon any animal, dead or alive, within any park facility.

C. Remove any animal not his or her own within any park facility; exception is made to the foregoing in that in proper season, fish may be fished and removed from areas designated for fishing by licensed persons.

D. Permit cattle, sheep, goats, horses, or other animals owned by him or her or in his or her possession to graze within the boundaries of any park facility, or to ride any horse, pony, mule, burro, or any other animal upon, over or across any park facility. This section shall not apply to the rodeo grounds in Clark Park, or other areas where such use is designated.

E. Permit any animal owned by him or her, or in his or her possession, to be brought into or remain upon the premises of any park facility, if city personnel or a peace officer has given oral or written notice to remove that animal from such park facility.

F. Permit any animal owned by him or her, or in his or her possession, custody, or control, to defecate upon park facility property without immediately removing such animal feces, placing said feces in a sealed bag or other sealed container, and placing such bag or container with feces in a proper refuse receptacle. Unsighted persons while relying on a guide dog, are exempt from the provisions of this subsection.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

A. While within the boundaries of any park facility, no person shall drive or operate any automobile, motorcycle, motor scooter, trail bike, dune buggy, truck, or other motorized vehicle on roads or trails other than those designated for use by the general public without specific consent of the public works director.

B. No person shall park any automobile or other motorized vehicle within any park facility except in areas specifically designated as parking areas for the general public. In no case shall any person park a motorized vehicle in a manner that presents a hazard to the public.

C. No person shall park or otherwise allow automobiles or other vehicles to remain within the boundaries of any park facility during the hours the facility is closed.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

No person shall operate a bicycle, skateboard, or roller skates on any portion of a park facility, in a manner which threatens the health or safety of other individuals. No person shall leave a bicycle or skateboard in any place or position where other persons may trip over or be injured by it.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of the regulations contained in this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)

Any violation of the regulations contained in this chapter may be enforced criminally pursuant to remedies specified in this code, administratively pursuant to remedies specified in chapter 8.25 of this code, or by initiation of a civil action by the city attorney in Tehama County Superior Court. It shall not be a violation of the provisions of this chapter if activity normally prohibited as set forth in these regulations in or upon park facilities has been expressly approved in writing by the director in conjunction with a city event, special event, public facilities reservation permit or concession.

(Ord. No. 681, 11-12-2019)