Salinas Municipal Code § 28-6 Reservation of facilities permit—Application

All public parks, recreational areas, recreational buildings, swimming pools, and landscaped areas around public buildings shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the recreation-park department.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 1.)

* As to administration generally, see Ch. 2 of this Code.

There is hereby created the office of director of recreation and parks. The director of recreation and parks shall be the administrative head of the recreation-park department.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 1.)

* As to administration generally, see Ch. 2 of this Code.

It shall be the duty of the director of recreation and parks to administer the areas under his jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and such other rules and regulations related to such areas which are now in effect or might be adopted by the council or the recreation-park commission.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 1.)

When authorized, any deputy of the director of recreation and parks may perform the duties of the director of recreation and parks in his name.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 1.)

The recreation-park commission shall establish, by resolution, fees which shall be charged for use of, or admission to, any facility or area subject to the terms of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 1½.)

(a) Filing Permits. Applications for permits and permits for use of center facilities must be completed and filed at the center office within the hours designated by the department.

(b) Permits Issued to Adults. Permits shall be issued only to adults, eighteen years of age or older, and are not valid unless completed by the permittee and approved by an authorized representative of the department. For use by clubs, organizations, corporations, etc., an authorized representative thereof must complete and file the permit.

(c) Permits Required for All Occupancies. A permit is required of all individuals, groups, or organizations using community center facilities. Permittee's copy of the permit form must be with the permittee during the time of occupancy.

(d) Issuance of Permits. Except as otherwise specifically provided, permits shall be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis and subject to the availability of facilities and to the scheduling regulations established by the city.

(e) Transferring Permits. Permits shall not be transferred, assigned, or sublet, unless approved in writing by the facilities manager.

(f) Time on Permit to Cover Entire Use. The hours shown on the permit will cover the entire time required for the permittee to set up, conduct the activity, and clean up the facility after use. The facilities must be vacated promptly at the conclusion of the time specified on the permit. Occupancy beyond the time shown on the permit may result in overtime charges to permittee.

(g) Use of Facilities Beyond Regular Hours. No use of facilities shall continue beyond the center's regular operation hours, unless specified on the permit.

(h) Permits for Other Than Regular Hours. Permits for use of facilities for other than regular operating hours will be approved only if required city services can be provided.

(Ord. No. 1939 (NCS), § 1.)

(a) By Permittee. Permittee must submit written notice of cancellation to the facilities manager at least thirty calendar days prior to the cancellation of any date or dates covered by the permit for the meeting rooms, and at least ninety calendar days prior to the cancellation of any date or dates covered by the permit for Sherwood Hall.

(b) By City. A permit may be cancelled without liability to the city under any of the following conditions:

(1) If it is found to contain false or misleading information.

(2) If the department finds that the use or proposed use will be detrimental to the health, safety, or morals of the city, or to the efficient operation of the facility for the public welfare, to the extent permitted by law.

(3) Should any individual or group, including members and guests, willfully or through negligence mistreat the equipment or facilities or violate any of the policies, rules, regulations, terms, and conditions established for use of the facilities.

(4) For recurring activities if average attendance falls below the standard established for each use area within the Center.

(5) For failure to notify facilities manager of cancellation of any date or dates covered by permit.

(6) If permittee defaults any and/or has not completed all conditions and requirements for use of facilities.

(7) In case the center or any part thereof shall be destroyed or damaged by fire or any other cause, or if any other casualty or unforeseen occurrence, including strikes, labor disputes, war, or acts of military authorities shall render the fulfillment of the permit difficult or impossible of performance.

(8) If the facility is needed for public necessity or emergency use as determined by the department.

(9) Upon twenty-one days' written notice to permittee.

(Ord. No. 1939 (NCS), § 1.)

(a) Cancellation by Permittee. Refund of rental fees shall be made where permittee gives written notice of cancellation to the facilities manager at least thirty calendar days prior to the date or dates covered by the permit for the meeting rooms, or at least ninety calendar days prior to the date or dates covered by the permit for Sherwood Hall. Failure to comply shall result in loss of rental fees.

(b) Cancellation by City. Refund of rental fees shall be made where city cancels permit at least twenty-one calendar days prior to the date reserved. No refund shall be made if cancellation occurs less than twenty-one calendar days prior to the date reserved, for any of the reasons set forth in Section 28-5.6(b) (1) to (6) inclusive, except when cancellation is due to the facility being needed for public necessity or emergency use; or, in the case the center or any part thereof shall be destroyed or damaged by fire or any other cause, or if any other casualty or unforeseen occurrence, including strikes, labor disputes, war, or acts of military authorities shall render the fulfillment of the permit difficult or impossible of performance.

(c) Deposit. Deposit is refundable, subject to department approval. Refund will be made where no damage occurred or no extra cleanup is required as a result of permittee's use of facilities.

(Ord. No. 1939 (NCS), § 1.)

Any person desiring to reserve for a particular use any baseball diamond, tennis court, swimming pool, picnic equipment, recreation building, or other facility of any park, recreation area, or facility, for any purpose, shall file with the director of recreation and parks an application in writing upon a form to be supplied by him.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 2.)

If the director of recreation and parks deems that a permit should be issued to the applicant, he shall set forth in such permit the terms and conditions for use of such premises, and require the payment of the fee or fees prescribed by law.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 2.)

Should the director of recreation and parks, or his authorized deputy, approve of a proposed use of any park, recreation area, or facility, after payment of any required fees, and compliance with any requirements imposed by law as a condition precedent thereto, he shall cause to be issued, upon an official department of recreation and parks permit, the name of the applicant, the date and time of use, and the name of the deputy affixing it.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 2.)

If the director of recreation and parks deems that the applicant should be required to enter into a contract with the city for the use of the premises, he shall furnish to the applicant a form, which thereafter shall be referred to the council following review and recommendation by the recreation-park commission.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 2.)

Should the director of recreation and parks or his authorized deputy determine that any proposed use of any park, recreation area, or facility would be detrimental to the health or safety of the people or to the efficient operation of any park, recreation area, or facility for the public welfare, he shall reject the application made for permission to put any park, recreation area, or facility to any such use, and in such case shall refuse to issue a permit.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 2.)

Any permit for the use of any of such premises shall contain a provision that the director of recreation and parks shall have the power to cancel and terminate such permit and to require the immediate vacation of said premises upon his finding:

(a) That the applicant misrepresented or misstated any material fact in his application; or

(b) That the use or proposed use will be detrimental to the health, safety, or morals of the city, or to the efficient operation of any park, recreation area, or facility for the public welfare.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 3.)

Any person aggrieved by, or dissatisfied with, any act performed, or ruling, determination, or order made, by the director of recreation and parks in connection with any matter or subject under or pursuant to the authority or right granted such director of recreation and parks under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the right of appeal to the recreation-park commission for a determination of the dispute or issue involved, and the determination and decision of such recreation-park commission shall be final in any and all such matters, subject only to the general supervision and control reserved in and by the council.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 5.)

The recreation-park commission may prescribe and is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations in addition to those herein set forth as in the opinion of that commission may be necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the public park and recreational facilities of the city, and may amend, repeal, and modify or enlarge the same at any time. Any and all such rules and regulations when so promulgated and conspicuously posted in or at the building or buildings, or area or areas, to which the same pertain, shall be kept, conformed to, and observed by all persons, and it shall be unlawful for any person to violate or fail to observe any of such rules and regulations so promulgated and posted.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 6.)

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to do or to cause or to permit to be done any of the acts hereinafter specified within the limits of any park, recreation area, or facility within the city of Salinas:

(a) Loose Animals. To lead or let loose any animal or fowl; provided, that the prohibitions of this section shall not apply to animals which may be brought into the park or upon the grounds for any of the following purposes:

(1) Exhibit, such as dog shows and the like;

(2) Those portions of any park specifically set aside for riding schools or rodeo purposes; or

(3) Those portions of any park specifically set aside for dogs and their owners, and pursuant to the terms and conditions for such use, as adopted by resolution of the council.

For the purposes of this section and any resolutions adopted to affect the purposes of this section, the term "owner" means any person having charge or control of a dog or any other animal.

(b) Firearms and Fireworks. To carry or bring therein any firearms, airguns, slingshots, rockets, torpedoes, or any other fireworks of any type.

(c) Fires. To make campfires in any other places than in stoves or pits provided by the recreation-park department; provided, however, that the director of recreation and parks may issue special permits for fires in such places or locations as may be deemed safe or which do not interfere with the public welfare.

(d) Removing Grass, Flowers, Sand, etc. To cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, rock, flowers, trees, shrubs, sand, or gravel, except by permit from the director of recreation and parks.

(e) Destroying, etc., Athletic or Playground Equipment. To remove, damage, or destroy any athletic or playground equipment or paraphernalia, provided therefor by the recreation-park department, reasonable wear thereto excepted.

(f) Harming Birds or Animals. To wound, kill, or catch, feed, or attempt to wound, kill, or catch, or feed any bird or animal.

(g) Boisterous, Indecent, etc., Conduct or Language. To indulge in riotous, boisterous, threatening, or indecent conduct, or abusive, threatening, profane, or indecent language, or operate any radio or musical instrument in such a manner as to disturb in any manner any picnic, meeting, services, concert, exercise, or exhibition.

(h) Camping. To camp or lodge in any park or upon the grounds above except in the following instances:

(1) By special permit issued by the city; or

(2) Persons may camp in self-contained recreational vehicles only at the roadside rest area at the Sherwood Rodeo Regional Recreation Area for a single stay of not more than twenty-four hours in any seven-day period.

For the purposes of this subsection, the term "single stay" is defined as beginning at the time the vehicle is first parked at the rest area and ending twenty-four hours after the time the vehicle is first parked irrespective of whether the vehicle is temporarily removed from the rest area during the twenty-four period.

For the purposes of this subsection, the term "self-contained recreational vehicle" is defined as any vehicle intended for temporary human habitation and in which a sanitary toilet facility for urination and defecation and the sanitary storage of such human waste is an integral, working, and useable component of the vehicle that is contained completely within the vehicle.

(i) Riding Animals, etc., on Footpaths. To ride or bring any horse or other animal or to propel any vehicle, cycle, or automobile on any foot paths or elsewhere than on roads, bridle paths, or drives provided for such purpose.

(j) Loudspeakers; Radios. To operate or use any loudspeaker or loud speaking sound amplifying device in any public park unless by written permission of the director of recreation and parks first obtained; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the use of small portable radios when used for the purpose of receiving programs broadcast from regularly authorized and licensed broadcasting stations, but in no event shall such radios be operated at such volume as to disturb or annoy other persons present in such park.

(k) Peddling. To sell or offer for sale any goods, merchandise, article, or thing whatsoever, without the written consent of the director of recreation and parks, who shall give such consent only upon a satisfactory showing that the conduct of the park or grounds wherein is sought such right to sell or offer for sale justifies such consent in the interest of the public convenience or comfort.

(l) Soliciting, etc. To practice, carry on, conduct, or solicit for any trade, occupation, business, or profession, without the written consent of the director of recreation and parks, who shall give such consent only upon a satisfactory showing that the conduct of the park or grounds wherein the exercise of such right is sought justifies such consent in the interest of the public convenience or comfort.

(m) Parking Vehicles. To park any automobile or other vehicle at any place where such parking may be prohibited by order of the director of recreation and parks or the city manager. Places where parking is prohibited shall be designated by appropriate signs.

(n) Parking Lots. Parking lots are open and available for use consistent with the hours of operations of park and recreation facilities. Vehicles remaining in parking lots outside the hours of operations are subject to towing at the owners' expense.

(o) Speed of Vehicles. To drive or operate any motor vehicle in excess of fifteen miles per hour in any park.

(p) Playing Games. To play or engage in any game or contest excepting at such places as shall be especially provided or designated for that purpose.

(q) Littering. To throw or deposit any bottles, tin cans, broken glass, paper, clothes, sheet iron, rubbish, soil, tree trimmings, refuse, garbage, or debris of any kind, except in places and receptacles provided therefor.

(r) Removing Signs. To remove from any park equipment, any sign indicating that such equipment is reserved.

(s) Placement of Signs. To place temporary noncommercial message signs including but not limited to campaign signs in conjunction with a primary or general election.

(t) Dangerous Matter and Environmental Protection. To bring or cause or permit to be brought into any public park any material including any solid or liquid substance or pollutant into any fountain, pond, stream, riparian corridor or into a drain discharging into such waters, which will, if spilled or spread, be injurious to turf, plant growth or waterway.

(u) Celebrations, Parades, etc. To hold, conduct, or participate in any celebration, parade, service, or exercise without first obtaining permission so to do from the director of recreation and parks, who shall give such permission only upon a satisfactory showing that such event is sponsored by a responsible person, organization, firm, or corporation.

(v) Fees and Permits. To use any park facility for which a charge is now or hereafter may be made by any ordinance of the city, without first having paid the fee required therefor and having received the required permit.

(w) Use of Toilets. For any male person over eight years of age to enter or use any toilet or water-closet designated "For Women," or for any female person over eight years of age to enter or use any toilet or water-closet designated "For Men."

(x) Loitering. To loiter or remain in any public park at any time between time posted for closing at night and daylight of the following morning. Parks are open daily from dawn to dusk.

(y) Bribing Park Employees. To offer gratuitously any money, gift, bribe, or favor to any park employee.

(z) Driving or Parking on Grass. To park or drive any automobile or motor vehicle on any turfed area, except upon occasions when general permission to do so may be given by the director of recreation and parks.

(aa) Moving Field Equipment. To move or remove from one location to another any part or parts of field equipment.

(bb) Moving, etc., Maintenance Equipment. To move or remove from one location to another or destroy any equipment used for the upkeep of the park or grounds.

(cc) Tampering with Water Valves. To open or close any valves pertaining to the water mains in the parks or grounds.

(dd) Playing Tennis. To play upon any tennis court wearing shoes other than those having vulcanized rubber soles and heels.

(ee) Doubles Tennis. When any tennis court is in use for singles play and other players are waiting, to refuse to open the court for doubles play at the end of the set then being played.

(ff) Tennis Tournaments. To use any tennis court or courts for tennis tournaments or other special events of any kind unless permit be first obtained from the recreation and park department.

(gg) Nonpayment of Admission Fee.

(1) To enter or go into, to cause or to assist, or to attempt to cause or assist, any other person to go into, any seat, box, space, enclosure, room, theatre, grandstand, runway, stadium, bath house, plunge, or any other place in the public parks of the city, to which an admission or permit fee or charge is made or charged, unless such person whose entrance is attempted shall have paid the full legal fee or charge made for such entrance as is attempted or gained, prior to entrance or attempted entrance thereon or therein.

(2) Nothing contained in this subsection shall apply to any person entering any of the places named herein who shall do so by reason of and by the consent or permission of the person or persons in charge of any such place.

(hh) Using Reserved Facilities. To use any park facility which has been reserved or which is indicated by a sign to have been reserved, without first having received permission from the director of recreation and parks.

(ii) Interference with Spectators. To do any act which unnecessarily disturbs or interferes with spectators at any event conducted in any park, or to enter any area provided for or occupied by spectators at any such event for the purpose of doing any such act.

(kk) Ride or use a skateboard, roller skates, rollerblades, in-line skates, bikes or other similar devices at a city skate park facility without wearing safety equipment which shall include a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, violation of this shall be an infraction.

(ll) Bounce houses. A permit shall be required to place and use a bounce house on city property. The bounce house must be operated pursuant to the permit terms and conditions.

For purposes of this section and any resolutions adopted to affect the purposes of this section, the term "bounce house" meant inflatable recreational equipment containing landing surfaces on which users may jump or bounce, which equipment is intended for outdoor use.

(Ord. No. 872 (NCS), § 4; Ord. No. 2277 (NCS); § 1; Ord. No. 2362 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2384 (NCS), § 1; Ord. 2412 (NCS), § 1.)

(Ord. No. 2497 (NCS), § 4, 5-5-2009; Ord. No. 2684(NCS), 11-12-2024)

Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction.

(Ord. No. 1704 (NCS), § 14.)