Rolling Hills Estates Municipal Code Part I Rules and Regulations

The rules and regulations set out in this chapter control the conduct of all persons, other than employees, contractors or agents of the city, in or upon public parks located within the city.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

The following activities and items are prohibited in public parks:

A. Hitting golf balls.

B. Inflatable bounce units.

C. Balloons and pinatas.

D. The placement of freestanding flags larger than ten square feet in an area within fifty feet of a horse arena or trail.

E. Flying motorized model airplanes or helicopters, model rockets, or drones within the airspace over public parks within the city.

F. Repetitive hitting, kicking, or throwing of balls or objects against park facilities not intended for recreational use.

G. Riding bicycles on a surface other than a parking lot or park roadway.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may:

A. Cut, break, injure, deface, or disturb, any building, cage, pen, monument, sign, fence, bench or any other structure, apparatus or equipment or property of the city in any public park.

B. Mark or place on any city structure or improvement, any mark, writing or printing.

C. Attach any sign, card display or other similar device to any city property in a public park.

D. Dig, remove, destroy, injure, mutilate or cut any tree, plant, shrub, bloom or flower, growing in any public park.

E. Remove from or deface or destroy any grass, gravel, rock, sand, soil, turf, or wood groundcover in any public park.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may distribute, sell, or consume alcohol in any public park, except where a park permit is approved pursuant to this chapter, and the applicant has obtained an alcoholic beverage control license and provides appropriate insurance coverage for the event.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

Horses, mules, ponies, and other equine may be ridden, trailered, or led into public parks with equestrian facilities or bridle/hiking trails. Equine may not be ridden, led, tethered, or allowed to graze on park turf areas, sidewalks, sports fields, sport courts, or other non-equestrian designated areas.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

Pets are permitted in a park if kept on a leash under the full control of its owner or person in possession, including the proper disposal of animal waste.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may solicit for any commercial purpose, nor may any person sell or offer for sale any commercial goods, wares, services or merchandise, or distribute or pass out any commercial advertising matter or commercial literature, in any public park.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person, may throw, place or dispose of any solid waste in any place in any public park, other than in a receptacle maintained for that purpose.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may disturb the peace and quiet of any public park, by making any unduly loud or unusual noise, engaging in tumultuous conduct, or using vulgar, profane, or indecent language.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may possess, in any public park, any firearm, air gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, crossbow, B-B gun, or other regulated or generally prohibited weapon under the California Penal Code, nor may any person discharge or shoot any firearm, air gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, crossbow, B-B gun, or other regulated or generally prohibited weapon under the California Penal Code, within any public park within the city. This restriction does not apply to the display or use of firearms and other weapons as part of a public event approved by the city under a special event permit that specifically authorizes, with appropriate conditions, the display or use of firearms and other weapons.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may fire or discharge, in any public park, any fireworks, as that term is defined in Section 9.04.040 of this code.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

Horse training may be conducted for a maximum of two consecutive hours in any public park horse arena by a horse trainer, with a minimum of a one hour break between each two-hour session. Horse trainers must abide by the posted arena regulations for the maximum number of horse trainers, students, and horses allowed in a lesson at each public horse arena. No person may interfere, disrupt, or cause horses to react in a manner that would endanger riders, horse trainers, park patrons, or other horses within any public park.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

No person may go upon, remain in or loiter about any public park during the period of time commencing one hour after sunset and ending at sunrise the following day, unless such person has obtained a park permit under this chapter that expressly authorizes such person to remain during such period of time under the permit or it is a city sponsored event.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)

A. Prohibition. No person may smoke or possess any tobacco products within any public park.

B. Definitions.

1. "Smoke" or "Smoking" has the meaning set forth in Section 22950.5(c) of the Business & Professions Code, as amended, and includes the inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying of any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, whether natural or synthetic.

2. "Tobacco product" has the meaning set forth Section 22950.5(d)(1) of the Business and Professions Code, as amended, and includes: (a) any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, or snuff; (b) any electronic device that delivers nicotine or other vaporized liquids to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, or hookah; or (c) any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately.

(Ord. No. 732, § 3(Exh. A), 6-23-2020)