Pomona Municipal Code § 38-75 Unlawful use of restrooms

Any person who fails, refuses or neglects to comply with any lawful order of the director, the superintendent of parks, any park foreman or park employee acting as special police officer in the enforcement of any section of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1959, § 18-3; Ord. No. 908, § 565; Ord. No. 1723, § 1; Ord. No. 2675, § 3)

(a) Any and all public parks shall be open to the public during all daylight hours.

(b) Any and all public parks are closed to the public from sunset to sunrise, except in connection with a scheduled event where prior written authorization of the director has been obtained pursuant to section 38-74(b) and (c).

(c) Spectators and/or participants at a scheduled event, which has been approved for extended use after sunset and/or before sunrise by a valid permit signed by the director, shall have access only to those park facilities for which the schedule event was approved.

(d) Spectators and/or participants of a scheduled event, which has been approved for extended use after sunset and/or before sunrise, shall not remain on any park premises beyond the time specifically approved for such event, pursuant to a valid permit signed by the director.

(e) Any person in violation of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.

(Code 1959, § 18-4; Ord. No. 908, § 564; Ord. No. 1723, § 1; Ord. No. 2675, § 4; Ord. No. 3296, § 1; Ord. No. 3917, § 2)

Every person who willfully within any public park commits any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(1) Leading, letting loose, or staking out any domestic animal or fowl of any kind whatsoever; provided, however, that this shall not apply to dogs when on a leash that complies with section 6-47.

(2) Cutting or removing any wood, tree, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel.

(3) Swimming, bathing or polluting or placing any boat or any floating object whatsoever in the water of any fountain, pond, lake, stream or flood control channel.

(4) Making or kindling a fire for any purpose whatsoever, except at such places as are provided by the director.

(5) Camping or lodging therein.

(6) Riding any domestic animal or riding or driving any bicycle or any other vehicle whatsoever elsewhere than on the roads or drives provided for such purpose.

(7) Playing or engaging in any hazardous or dangerous game or contest, including the hitting of golf balls, except at such place as shall be especially set apart for that purpose.

(8) Parking, leaving or standing or causing to be parked or causing to be left standing any vehicle whatsoever in any place in the public park designated and marked by the director.

(9) Driving or parking any vehicle on turfed or planted areas adjacent to roadways.

(10) Operating or allowing to be operated any model airplane, model car, go-cart or other self-propelled devices and vehicles not covered under the Vehicle Code upon the driveways, paths or grounds of any public school, park, playground or other property under the control of the board of education or the city, exempted in part or in whole from taxation, except within those areas or upon those grounds specifically designated and posted for such operation, and then only under those conditions and regulations as approved by the council.

(11) Playing of amplified music from any vehicle or from any handheld or freestanding radio, tape, or disc unit in any public park in such a manner which disturbs other park patrons or events held in the same park area. This subsection does not apply to events permitted pursuant to section 38-74.

(12) Vehicle repair, including but not limited to changing of tires, changing of motor oil, or washing and/or waxing of any vehicle. This subsection does not apply to emergency repairs.

(13) Failure to pick up and properly dispose of animal droppings from any domestic animal under the care and/or responsibility of any park patron.

(14) Placing, using or operating an inflatable structure or other attraction, as defined, within any public park without a permit pursuant to chapter 46, article XIII of this Code. This subsection shall not apply to inflatable structures or other attractions placed, used or operated by the city in conjunction with a city-sponsored event.

(15) Placing, using or operating any large tank of water over which a seat is suspended, commonly referred to as a dunk tank, dunking booth or dunking machine. This subsection shall not apply to dunk tanks placed, used or operated by the city in conjunction with a city-sponsored event.

(16) Smoking.

(Code 1959, § 18-2; Ord. No. 908, § 560; Ord. No. 1096; Ord. No. 1723, § 1; Ord. No. 1736, § 1; Ord. No. 2675, § 2; Ord. No. 3917, § 1 (part); Ord. No. 4132, § 1, 8-2-2010; Ord. No. 4198, § 2, 3-2-2015; Ord. No. 4270, § 3, 10-21-2019)

(a) The intent of this section is to reasonably regulate the use of parks within the city in such a manner that various groups may enjoy such parks without unduly interfering with or creating conflicts with other groups and to ensure that, if public address systems, amplified instruments or percussion instruments are used within the parks, they shall be used in such place and in such manner that they will not unduly interfere with or be an annoyance to other groups or individual people who may be using the parks at the same time or the surrounding neighborhood.

(b) Public address systems and percussion instruments, such as drums, may only be used in those areas of the parks designated in writing by the community services director after obtaining a permit from the community services director. Such areas shall be substantially removed from residential property adjacent to the parks. Permits for such use may be denied if, in the opinion of the community services director, such use shall disturb or otherwise interfere with others using the park at such time. Use of such equipment or instruments without such permit shall constitute a misdemeanor. This subsection shall not, however, apply to emergency police and fire or public utility services. Amplified instruments shall not be played in any city park except inside a park building or in an outdoor area designated for such purpose by the community services director and only after a permit for such use is obtained in the manner set forth in this subsection.

(c) Any individual or group who wishes to reserve special areas within parks for the exclusive use of such individual or group for such activity shall make reservation therefor with the community services director. If such area has not been reserved, providing such area is one designated by the community services director as an area subject to reservation, the community services director may grant permission to use such special area and provide in writing to the person or group a statement to the effect that such area is for exclusive use of the applicant, stating the day and hours. No person, other than the member of the group authorized to use the special area at such time, shall use such area or interfere with or disturb the enjoyment of the use of the person or group which has reserved such area. Reservations shall be made on a first come, first served basis; providing, however, that a use for longer than three hours may be summarily denied if it is made more than a week before the event is called on the grounds that later requests may be made which should have a reasonable opportunity to share in the use of such facility. No areas in excess of 15 percent of the park area of a particular park may be reserved exclusively to the use of one group, excepting specific facilities designated for specific use, such as baseball diamonds, soccer fields, tennis or volleyball courts.

(d) Any person who interferes with a regularly scheduled group having a permit shall first be warned that he is interfering with a regularly scheduled group and a copy of the reservation permit displayed to such person. If after being notified the offending party continues to disturb and disrupt the group who has valid reservation, the person interfering with such use shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1959, § 18-2.1; Ord. No. 2574, § 1; Ord. No. 2608, § 1; Ord. No. 3917, § 1 (part))

Any person who enters, uses, remains in, or loiters around any room, place or sanitary facility marked or designated for use by members of the opposite sex is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1959, § 18-5; Ord. No. 908, § 563; Ord. No. 1723, § 1)

Any person desiring reservation privileges to hold, conduct or gather for any picnic, celebration, parade or service or to assemble for any purpose whatsoever in any public park or civic plaza shall first apply for and receive a permit in writing from the director. However, if and when in the discretion of the director he deems any assembly to be of such a nature as to create a hazard to public facilities or place in jeopardy his own or the public welfare, the applicant for a permit to hold such an assembly shall be instructed to arrange with the chief of police for adequate policing. Written notice from the chief of police that such arrangement has been made shall be on file before such permit shall be issued by the director.

(Code 1959, § 18-6; Ord. No. 908, § 561; Ord. No. 1723, § 1; Ord. No. 2675, § 5)

Cross reference— Public exhibitions, gatherings and lecturers, § 46-541 et seq.