Grand Terrace Municipal Code Ch. 12.48 City Park and Recreation Facilities

All users of City athletic facilities, including athletic fields and baseball diamonds, are required to receive approval in advance from the City's Community Services Director, or his delegate, for the use of the athletic facilities. A facility reservation application shall be accompanied by a fee set by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 330, § 41, 5-12-2020; Ord. 94 § 1, 1985)

The Community Services Director shall establish rules, regulations and procedures for the issuance of approvals for the use of the athletic facilities, including procedures for making application for the use of the facilities.

(Ord. 94 § 2, 1985)

Any person(s) using the athletic facilities must yield the use of the facilities to those persons who exhibit evidence reserving the use of the facility to that person for that time. Person(s) having an approved reservation for the use of the facility shall have the exclusive use of the facility during the time period for which the reservation has been approved.

(Ord. 94 § 3, 1985)

Any activity or use of a city athletic facility or any adjoining city park or recreation facility by persons who do not have approved reservations therefor, must cease the activity or use of the facility if such activity or use interferes in any way with the use or activity of persons holding approved reservations for that facility or adjoining facilities.

(Ord. 94 § 4, 1985)

A. In the event that two or more persons hold approved reservations for an athletic facility during the same time period or overlapping time periods, then the use or activity by that person or persons having the highest priority shall prevail and any lower uses or activities shall yield the use of that athletic facility to those persons holding higher priority. The priorities shall be as follows:

1. Official and organized school activities;

2. City sponsored activities;

3. Those activities which do not fall within either categories 1 or 2;

4. As to those activities falling within category 3, those persons holding an approved reservation with the earliest date of approval shall hold a higher priority for the use of the athletic facility.

(Ord. 94 § 5, 1985)

Every violation of this Chapter is an infraction.

(Ord. No. 369, § 37, 7-22-2025; Ord. 94 § 6, 1985)