Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 5 General Regulations

It is unlawful for persons using the Rincon Parkway to conduct themselves or to allow any persons or animal for which they are responsible to behave in such a manner so as to interfere with the use of the Rincon Parkway, equipment and facilities by others.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person shall set up or maintain any exhibition, show, performance, concert, lecture, oration, and/or place of amusement without first obtaining a permit from the County Parks Department and/or California Department of Transportation as appropriate. Special patrols by the County Parks Department staff, the California Highway Patrol or Sheriffs Department may be a condition for the above functions.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

(a) No person shall disturb the peace and quiet of the Rincon Parkway by engaging in riotous, boisterous, threatening or indecent conduct, or by using abusive, threatening, profane or indecent language;

(b) No person shall create, or cause to be created any condition or situation that:

(1) Is injurious to health;

(2) Is indecent, or offensive to the senses; or

(3) Produces within the Rincon Parkway Loud or Raucous Noise between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and the following 7:00 a.m.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person shall operate any sound amplification device in such a manner that it will be audible at a distance in twenty-five (25) feet from the sound amplifying equipment. No person, in any instance, shall operate a sound amplification device in such a manner that the volume is unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing, or a nuisance to persons or domestic animals within any area of audibility.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

(a) No person shall practice, carry on, conduct, or solicit for any trade, occupation, business, or profession without first obtaining a written commercial permit from the County Parks Department and/or California Department of Transportation as appropriate.

(b) Soliciting. Soliciting of any kind is prohibited without first having obtained an encroachment permit from the state.

(c) The Director shall charge a fee fixed by the Board to cover administrative costs of the issuance of such permits.

(d) Whenever the provisions of this Chapter require a commercial permit, an application shall be filed with the Director stating the name and address of the applicant, and the nature of the proposed business activity, the dates, hours, and location for which the permit is desired. The Director may issue commercial permits when the conduct of such trade, occupation, business, or profession is compatible with the normal Rincon Parkway activities and uses, is convenient and beneficial to County Park patrons, and does not conflict with the business of established concessionaires. Commercial permits may be issued by the Director as stated in the Rent and Fee Schedule.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person shall use the Rincon Parkway without paying the appropriate use fees as required by the Board of Supervisors per the Rent and Fee Schedule. Such use fees shall be paid to or collected by the appropriate County authorized representative. A person's payment of a use fee provides only that person, and those accompanying that person, to the personal right to use the County facility for the designated purpose, subject to this Chapter. This right is non-transferable, any attempt to transfer the right to another person is void, and no person may use a County facility on the basis that the right to do so was transferred from another person.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person, except those having a valid recreational vehicle parking meter zone permit as provided in Article 8 of this Chapter, shall remain on the Rincon Parkway, or use any of the facilities or equipment, or permit any vehicle to remain past the posted day use hours, except as posted on the Rincon Parkway or during such periods as set by the Director.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

(a) The Rincon Parkway or portion thereof may be closed when it has been determined by the Director or Caltrans that continued use of the Rincon Parkway or portion thereof could create hazardous conditions detrimental to the health or safety of the public or cause an adverse physical impact on the environment.

(b) Sections of the Rincon Parkway may be closed during times of repair or cleaning.

(c) No person shall without permission from the Director, Caltrans or an authorized representative enter an area that has been closed to the public as indicated by the posting of signs or the erections of fences, and other barriers.

(d) Conditions may warrant the closure of the Rincon Parkway during inclement weather.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

Regulatory and warning signs placed by order of the Director, shall be displayed and adhered to for the safe use of the Rincon Parkway.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

It is unlawful for any persons, either directly or indirectly, to deposit, place, post, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial handbill in or on any building, landscaping, vehicle, equipment, or appurtenance on the Rincon Parkway. "Handbill" includes any printed or written commercial advertising matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet, sheet music, or any other printed matter or literature.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

Alcoholic beverages are permitted with a recreational vehicle parking meter zone permit only in those areas designated by the Director otherwise authorized by written permit.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to possess any alcoholic beverage within the Rincon Parkway.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person shall trespass upon a parking meter space assigned to another.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

No person shall play or engage in any games or activities upon the Rincon Parkway if it is determined by a public officer that such an activity is a hazard to the health, wellbeing, or property of the participants or of other persons.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

Regulations shall be based upon the maintenance of sanitary and orderly conditions within the park area or facility and the preservation of the public health, safety, peace, welfare, and convenience in the use of such areas. A violation of such regulations may be cause for revocation of a permit for using an area or facility. The privilege of any person to be present in any facility in the County Park system is hereby expressly conditioned upon compliance by that person with all applicable laws and regulations.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)

Memorials shall not be constructed on or placed in the Rincon Parkway Recreational Vehicle Parking Meter Zone or rights-of-way covered by this ordinance. Memorials outside the Recreational Vehicle Parking Meter Zone are under jurisdiction of California Department of Transportation.

(Ord. No. 4601, § 1, 5-10-2022)