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What are the rules and regulations for city parks?

General Parks and Facility Rules
- Persons use city parks and facilities at their own risk. The city assumes no liability.
- All persons shall comply with all officially posted signs. It is unlawful to remove or deface officially
posted signs.
- It is illegal to possess or consume alcoholic beverages or drugs on city parks or playgrounds or other facilities.
- Smoking is prohibited in playground areas, pools, pool houses, pavilions; stands and bleachers.
- Pushing, shoving, hitting or use of profane or threatening language is not allowed.
- All persons must obey the city’s leash law and dog waste must be removed; all animals are strictly prohibited from active playground areas;
- Use of unauthorized mechanized vehicles, including all terrain vehicles (ATVs) is prohibited.
- All activities must be orderly and lawful; no person shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order of an authorized City employee;
- No person shall abuse, deface, damage or remove any City equipment or other property located in a park;
- Disorderly behavior and loitering for illegal purposes are expressly forbidden;
- Glass bottles or containers are expressly forbidden in city parks without prior written approval from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Activities.
- The City is not responsible for any property that is damaged, destroyed or lost;
- Organized league play or lessons in any park is prohibited unless authorized by the Parks and Recreation Department;
- All fires within a park must be confined to safe cooking receptacles (grills).
- (Violators will be prosecuted)


Contact:
Richard A. Miller
Director, Parks & Recreation