9.32 — PARKS AND RECREATION

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "City of Paramount Parks and Recreation Regulations."

(Prior code § 30-70)

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

"Alcoholic beverage" means alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid containing onehalf of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.

"Amplified sound" means music, sound wave, vibration, or speech projected or transmitted by electronic equipment, including amplifiers.

"Authorized City employee" means any following persons acting within the course and scope of their employment:

• Any Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff;

• Any City Code Enforcement Officer or Community Service Officer;

3. Any employee of the Paramount Community Services and Recreation Department who is designated as an "authorized City employee" by the Director;

4. Any other employee of the City of Paramount who is designated as an "authorized City employee" by the City Manager.

"Auto show" or "car show" or "car club event" means any advertised or non-advertised event, whether private or public, for the exhibition of automobiles and/or automobile designs.

"City" means the City of Paramount.

"Director" means the Community Services and Recreation Director, or other person authorized by him or her pursuant to law to act in his or her stead.

"Emergency" means a state of proximate danger to life or property in which time is of the essence.

"Fire Department" means the County of Los Angeles Fire Department.

"Motor vehicle" means any multiwheeled, treaded, or sled-type vehicle that is propelled by a motor engine, including any vehicle commonly known as a motorized recreation vehicle.

"Narcotics and dangerous drugs" means those narcotics and drugs listed or defined in theCalifornia Health and Safety Code as now or hereafter amended.

"Park or recreational facility" or "parks" or "recreational facilities" means any City-owned

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real property, building, structure or improvement designed and primarily intended for activities such as music, drama, dance, art, handicraft, science, literature, nature study, nature contacting, aquatic sports, athletics and the like, or any of them, and/or any informal play incorporating any such activities. "Parks or recreational facilities" generally include, but are not necessarily limited to, playgrounds, sports fields, sports courts, recreation buildings, green spaces and other similar venues. City-owned real property that is leased by the City to a third party shall be excluded from the definition for "park or recreational facility" unless the terms of the lease expressly provides for such use. For purposes of this article, the terms "park or recreational facility," or "parks or recreational facilities" are used interchangeably. The following City-owned venues are deemed to fall within the definition of "parks or recreational facilities" as set forth herein:

1. Paramount Park;

2. Progress Park;

3. All-American Park;

4. Spane Park;

5. Dills Park;

6. Salud Park;

7. Garfield Park;

8. Village Park;

9. Meadows Park;

10. Carosmith Park;

11. Pequeno Park;

• City Orange Splash Pad;

13. Any other real property, either currently existing or existing in the future, that satisfies the definition, including any real property owned by the City, leased or permitted to be used by the City from a third party or Paramount Unified School District, or maintained by the City by agreement; including, but not limited to, the City Pocket Parks, Civic Center, Orange/ Cortland Gardens and the City Hay Tree.

"Person" means any natural person, individual, firm, association, organization, general partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, living trust, joint venture, the Federal government of the United States, the State of California, the County of Los Angeles or any other public agency.

"Smoking" means the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment or the lighting of or the emitting or inhaling of smoke of a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind. The use of any electronic smoking device and/or vapor pen that emits a vapor or aerosol will also be considered smoking. (Prior code § 30-71; Ord. 1130 § 1, 2020)

The Director is vested with authority over and control of all parks and recreational facilities

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owned, leased, controlled, constructed or maintained by a lessee or private fee owner in any park or recreational facility for causing to be corrected any condition which violates, or which would tend to cause or contribute to any violation of the purpose and provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 30-72)

The Director may place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, such signs, notices, signals, or control devices as the Director deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, or to ensure public safety and orderly and efficient use of any park. A person shall not willfully fail to obey any sign, notice, signal or control device placed or erected pursuant to this section.

(Prior code § 30-73)

Permission to be within the limits of any park, or to use any facilities, is conditioned on the person(s) present in the park or recreational facility complying with all applicable provisions of this chapter or any other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. A violation of any provision of this chapter or of any order, rule or regulation authorized by this chapter, or of any other applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation shall result in the person so violating being trespasser ab initio, and a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff is authorized to eject any such person(s) from a park or recreational facility. (Prior code § 30-74)

Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the Director or authorized City employee, as defined hereinabove, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 30-75)

A person exercising any of the privileges authorized by this chapter does so at his or her own risk without liability on the part of the City, its officers, employees and agents, for death or injury to persons or damage to property resulting therefrom. (Prior code § 30-76)

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