Temple City Municipal Code Ch. 5 Parks and Civic Center

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as set forth herein:

CIVIC CENTER: That area of the city which contains the city hall, civic center building, library, and adjacent parking lots.

DIRECTOR: The city's director of parks and recreation or the person responsible for the operations of the parks and recreation department.

PARK: A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other area in the city owned or used by the city, and devoted to active and passive recreation including any adjacent parking lots.

STAFF: Any employee of the city of Temple City immediately in charge of any park area and its activities.

VEHICLE: Any wheeled conveyance, whether motor powered, animal drawn or self-propelled, including bicycles, skateboards, scooters and similar self-propelled conveyance. The term shall include any trailer in tow of any size, kind or description. Exception is made for baby carriages, wheelchairs and any vehicles in the service of the city. (Ord. 05-899)

ARTICLE B. PARK PROPERTY

SECTION:

No person shall wilfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with or displace or remove any building, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings, paving or paving material, water lines or other public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall fail to cooperate in maintaining restrooms and washrooms in a neat sanitary condition. No person over the age of six (6) years shall use the restrooms and washrooms designated for the opposite sex. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall dig or remove any sand whether submerged or not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants, down timber or other wood or materials or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means of agency except upon prior written approval of the director. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall construct or erect any building or structure of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary in character, or run or string any public service utility into, upon or across such lands, except upon prior written approval of the director. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall damage, cut, carve, plant, transplant or remove any tree or plant or injure the bark or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant. Nor shall any person attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or plant. A person shall not dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon any buildings, structures, monuments, vases, fountains, railings, fences or gun carriages or upon any other property not designated or customarily used for such purposes. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall tie or hitch any animal to any structure, equipment, facility or park property. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw missiles at any animal, reptile or bird; nor shall he remove or have in his possession the young of any wild animal, or the eggs or nest, or young of any reptile or bird; nor shall he collect, remove, have in his possession, give away, sell or offer to sell, or buy or offer to buy, or accept as a gift, any specimen alive or dead of any of the group of tree snails. Exception to the foregoing is made in that snakes known to be deadly poisonous such as rattlesnakes, moccasins, coral snakes or other deadly reptiles, may be killed on sight. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall give or offer, or attempt to give to any animal or bird or reptile any tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substances. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any fountain or pond or other body of water in or adjacent to any park or any storm sewer, or drain flowing into such waters, any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the pollution of said waters. (Ord. 05-899)

No person shall have brought in or shall dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse or other trash. No such refuse or trash shall be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any park or left anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the proper receptacles where these are provided; where receptacles are not provided all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere. (Ord. 05-899)