Hollister Municipal Code Ch. 12.32 Park and Recreation Use Regulations

No person shall drive, park or stand any vehicle on any portion of any park not specifically designed therefor, or contrary to any sign posted in any park regulating the driving, parking or standing of any vehicle.

(Prior code § 15B-1)

A. No person shall ride a bicycle on other than a road or path in any city park designed for such use; provided that a bicyclist shall be permitted to wheel or push a bicycle over any area used by pedestrians in any city park.

B. Bicycles shall not be parked or left standing on a pedestrian or vehicular way in any city park.

C. Bicycles shall not be ridden in such a manner as to endanger other bicyclists, pedestrians or vehicles in any city park.

(Prior code § 15B-2); Ord. 1041, § 1, 2009)

No person shall ride a horse in any park.

(Prior code § 15B-3)

A. No person shall possess firearms of any description, air rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slings or any other form of weapon potentially dangerous to wildlife or dangerous to human safety or any instrument that can fire blank cartridges within any park.

B. No person shall hunt, trap or pursue wildlife at any time within any park.

(Prior code § 15B-4)

No person shall possess or cause to ignite or detonate fireworks or explosives of any description within any park.

(Prior code § 15B-5)

Except in a city-owned dog park, no person shall possess a dog or domestic animal in a park unless said animal is in a cage, humanely confined in a vehicle, or on a leash of no more than six feet in length.

Any person in possession of a dog or domestic animal in any park as allowed in subsection (A) of this section shall pick up and dispose of, in an appropriate and sanitary manner, any fecal material dropped by such animal.

No person shall possess any animal in any park in any area where the possession of such animal is prohibited and signs to this effect are posted.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to seeing eye dogs under control of physically challenged persons.

(Prior code § 15B-6; Ord. 1077, § 1, 2011)

A. Dog parks are established for the purpose of allowing the public to exercise and socialize dogs off-leash. The designation of the park as a dog park and applicable rules shall be posted at the entrance to each dog park.

B. The following rules shall apply to the fenced areas in a dog park:

1. All dogs must be off-leash.

2. All dogs must be accompanied by an owner or custodian who is over the age of 16.

3. Each person is limited to a total of three dogs at any one time.

4. All dogs must wear visible proof of current dog licensing issued by the appropriate agency.

5. Female dogs in heat are not permitted.

6. Any person in possession of a dog shall immediately pick up and dispose of any dog feces in a proper receptacle. A sight-impaired person with a guide dog shall be exempt from this rule.

7. A person in possession of a dog that is acting aggressively is required to remove the dog immediately from the dog park.

8. The fenced area for small dogs is limited to dogs under 30 pounds, as well as elderly and weak dogs.

9. No food is allowed.

(Ord. 1077, § 2, 2011)

No person shall camp in any park or set up any tent, lean-to or any other temporary shelter for the purpose of overnight camping within any park.

(Prior code § 15B-7)

No person shall leave a picnic area before any fire is completely extinguished and before all trash in the nature of boxes, papers, cans, bottles, garbage and other refuse is placed in the disposal receptacles where provided or without carrying away such trash in the absence of such receptacles.

(Prior code § 15B-8)

No person shall possess glass containers of any description within a children's play area within any park.

(Prior code § 15B-9)

No person shall possess, consume or use alcohol within any park except in areas specifically designated therefor.

(Prior code § 15B-10)

No person shall build or attempt to build a fire in any park except in a designated fireplace nor shall any person drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches, burning cigarettes or cigars, tobacco, paper or other inflammable material within any park.

(Prior code § 15B-11)

A. No person shall enter an area in any park posted as "closed to the public" or with similar posted restrictions.

B. No person shall occupy any park between dusk and dawn except when participating in city-sponsored activities or programs.

(Prior code § 15B-12; Ord. 898, § 1, 1997)

A. No person shall expose or offer for sale any article or thing, nor station or place any stand, cart or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any article or thing in any park except by written permission from the director of parks and recreation.

B. No person shall post, erect or cause to be erected any commercial sign, placard, advertisement or description in any park, nor any other form of sign, placard, advertisement or description for longer than six hours. "Commercial" for the purpose of this subsection means the advertisement of any service, product or person.

(Prior code § 15B-13)

A. No person shall damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree or plant, or injure the bark, or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant, or dig in or otherwise disturb the grass areas.

B. No person shall climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon monuments, vases, fences, railings or upon any property not designated or customarily used for such purposes.

C. No person shall tie an animal to any rock, tree or plant in any park.

D. No person shall dig or remove any rock, stone or soil, or make any excavation by equipment or blasting or other means in any park.

E. No person shall willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, displace or remove any building, table, bench, fireplace, railing, fencing, paving or paving material, water line or other public utility (or parts or appurtenances thereof), sign, notice or placard (whether temporary or permanent), monument stake or post or any other structure, equipment or facility in any park.

F. No person shall possess, use, leave, or abandon within a public park any "shopping cart," as that term is defined in section 9.30.010 of this Hollister Municipal Code.

G. No person shall construct or use in any public park an improvised lean-to, tent, or other shelter structure, regardless of the materials or methods used to construct it. As used in this subsection "G," "improvised" shall mean made, fabricated, or constructed of materials not purchased as a whole unit from a commercial source, and not sold by a commercial source as a whole unit and for the purpose of use as a lean-to, tent, or shelter. No person shall affix any rope, tent, tarp, hammock, rope swing, non-rope swing, balance band, slackline, or other hardware, whether permanent or temporary, to any tree, bush, or structure on public property. Damage caused by the affixing of any of the above listed items shall be treated as damage to city property and prosecuted likewise.

H. No person shall possess, use, leave, or abandon a baby stroller, baby carriage, or other rolling cart at any public park. This prohibition against baby strollers, baby carriages, and other rolling carts shall include, without limitation, movement or transporting of a baby stroller, baby carriage, or other rolling cart over, across, or through a public park at any time or for any reason except while being used to transport children. As used in this section, "baby stroller" and "baby carriage" shall mean any device mounted on wheels, which holds either a car seat intended for infants or an inbuilt device meant to secure or transport infants or minor children, that is not currently being utilized for the purpose of transporting infants or children. As used in this section, "other rolling cart" shall mean any mobile device with a basket or other container mounted on wheels, including without limitation, handtrucks and wagons, whether commercially purchased or handmade, used to transport personal property that is not for immediate recreational use at the public park. The provisions of this section shall complement the restrictions on "carts" and "shopping carts" contained in Title 9 of this municipal code, and shall not be interpreted to negate said Title 9 restrictions.

I. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is subject to enforcement procedures permitted by law, including, but not limited to, prosecution of a misdemeanor or infraction, civil action for injunction, administrative citations and enforcement procedures, and revocation of a use permit, if applicable.

(Prior code § 15B-14; Ord. 1197, § 1, 2020)

A. No person or group of persons shall use threatening, abusive, boisterous, insulting or indecent language, or make indecent gestures, or engage in any disorderly conduct in any park.

B. No person shall conduct or participate in a disorderly assemblage in any park.

C. Any person upon any premises of the city maintained under the provisions of this chapter, whether as a participant in any contest or exhibition, or as a spectator or in any other capacity, and irrespective of whether he or she is present thereon under a permit granted under this chapter and has paid an admission fee, shall be a mere licensee only and may be evicted by any officer of the police department, the director of parks and recreation, or his or her designated appointee, upon return to him or her of any admission price paid.

D. Whenever the director of parks and recreation shall determine that the public interest, or public health or public morals, or public safety requires such action, any park or portion thereof may be closed to the public, and all persons may be excluded therefrom until such emergency, or other reason upon which such determination is based, has ceased and, upon the cessation thereof, the park or portion thereof which was closed shall be reopened to the public by the director of parks and recreation.

(Prior code § 15B-15)

No person shall play, operate or utilize any system or device whereby sound is amplified in any park unless a use permit is first obtained from the director of parks and recreation. For purposes of this section, a system or device where sound is amplified means and includes any system of electrical hook-up or connection, loudspeaker system or equipment, sound amplification system, and any apparatus, equipment, device, instrument or machine designed for or intended to be used for the purpose of amplifying sound or increasing the volume of the human voice, musical tone, vibration or soundwave.

(Prior code § 15B-16)

Except for children under five years of age, no person shall enter into any portion of a park restroom designated for the use of the opposite sex. It shall be the affirmative duty of each person using restroom facilities to use such facilities only for the purposes intended and to maintain such facilities in a neat and sanitary condition.

(Prior code § 15B-17)

A. No person shall possess or use skateboards or rollerskates, including in-line type skates, on tennis courts located within any park.

B. No person shall use skateboards or rollerskates, including in-line type skates, on other than a road, path or walkway designed for such use.

C. Skateboards or rollerskates, including in-line type skates, shall not be operated in such a manner as to endanger other skaters, bicyclists, vehicles or pedestrians or to cause damage to equipment in a park or park property, either real or personal.

D. No person shall ride or propel a skateboard, in-line skates, or rollerskates, or permit a minor for whom he or she is responsible to ride or propel a skateboard, in-line skates, or rollerskates, in an authorized area of a city park or recreational facility that is designed or maintained for the purpose of recreational skateboard use, unless the person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads while engaging in such activity, and has agreed to comply with all applicable city regulations governing the use of the authorized area.

(Prior code § 15B-18; Ord. 876, § 1, 1996)

The director of parks and recreation, subject to these rules and regulations and other rules of law and the policies of the parks and recreation commission and city council, may issue permits for any activities within a park. Such a permit may be issued for any use or activity prohibited by these rules and regulations provided that the director of parks and recreation is satisfied that the permission will not injure any person or property or cause a nuisance. Any such permit may be issued subject to reasonable rules and regulations and conditions thereon made in order to protect activities, persons and property within the park, and may be subject to time limitations.

(Prior code § 15B-19)