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ORDIN~\::CE ;:0. 786
AN ORDI:IA:;CF. OF THE CITY COU::CIL OF THE CITY OF
I^<IAH ADDISG CHAPTER 12, TO DIVISION 1 OF THE
:fUNICIPAL CODE TO BE ENTITLED "PARKS ASD
P.ECP.EATION FACILITIES"
The Ukiah City Council does ordain as follows:
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Section 1. Chapter 12 is hereby added Co Division 1 of [he Ukiah Municipal Code
to read as follows:
Section 1965 - Facilities:
The following described parcels of land are parks and recreation facili-
ties of the City and shall be known by the names indicated:
a) TODD GROVE ;tU11ICIPAL PARK - Bounded by Walnut, Live Oak Avenue and
Park Boulevard;
b) GIORNO PARK - Situated next to Anton Stadium and lying between
Giorno Avenue and Park Boulevard;
c) CARPENTER PARK - Sounded by Clay Street and lain Street;
d) hIcGARVEY PARK - Bounded by Stephenson, Bush, Dora and Clay
Streets;
e) OAK ;tANOR PARK - Bounded by Oak `fanor Drive, Gobbi and
Gibson Streets;
f) SEMINARY AVENUE - Bounded by Oak Street, State Street and
Seminary Avenue;
g) VINEWOOD PARK - Situated between Elm and Pine Streets;
h) ;fUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE - Situated along Live Oak Avenue and
Park Boulevard;
Section 1966 - hours of Use:
City parks and outdoor recreational facilities shall be open to the public
every day of the year from 6 A.?1. to 10 P.:f., except for unusual or unforeseen
conditions deemed emergencies by the City ;fanager or the Director o.` Recreation
and Parks. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter, loiter or remain in
r__ or on any City Park facility between the hours of 10 P 4. and 6 A."f. except
Rah ere the Director of Recreation and Parks shall have posted additional
extended. hours or where a group or individuals are participa[ing in programs
under a permit issued by the Parks and Recreation Department.
Section 1967 - Camping in City Parks:
No persons shall set up tents, shacks, sleeping bags or other shelter in
any City park or vehicle parking area for the purpose of overnight camping, nor
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shall any- person leave any of the above or any movable structure or special
vehicle to be used, or that could be used for such purpose, including but not
limited to, house trailers, camp trailers, camp wagons and other mobile or
stationary campers in any City park or the vehicle parking area. The
restrictions contained within this section shall not apply to programs
sponsored or co-sponsored by the City of Ukiah.
Section 1968 - Fires:
~ :Io person, other than one acting under authorization, direction or
permission of the Director of Recreation and Parks shall build, light, kindle
or maintain any open or outdoor fire at any place within the boundaries of land
or water owned, managed, controlled or operated as a City park, playground, tot
lot or other park or playground facility except in areas or facilities
specifically built and designed for this purpose.
Section 1969 - Prohibition of motor vehicles from certain areas:
Except for those motor vehicles named in Section 1970, no motor vehicle
shall be allowed within the confines of the Punicipal Golf Course, any City
park or any other City recreation area or facility.
Any person driving or operating a motor vehicle contrary to this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 1970 - Authorized vehicles allowed:
The following motor vehicles shall be e::empt =rom the provisions of
Section 1969 (a) :Motor driven golf carts driven or operated en designated areas
in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of
Recreation and Parks; (b) motor driven mowers, trin:.ers, edgers or any other
motor driven equipment used for the maintenance and upkeep of the Municipal
Go 1f Course, City parks or any other City recreation area or facility; (c)
motor vehicles operated on the iunicipal Golf Course, City parks or any other
City recreation area or facility, provided such operation is conducted in
accordance with instructions from the Director of Recreation and Parks, or
under a contract with the City of Ukiah as supervised by the Director of
Recreation and Parks; (d) motor vehicles oo-rned or driven by members of the
general public provided they are operated in road~.:ays for such purpose or
parked in parking areas so designated; (e) emergency vehicles; (f) any other
motor vehicles operated with the written permission of the City ;tanager or
Director of Recreation and Parks, provided the purpose for which the vehicle is
being operated shall be expressly stated in the permit which shall be in the
possession of the operator at all times while the vehicle is so being operated.
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Section 1971 - Parking:
No person shall operate or park any vehicle within a park or recreational
facility except upon areas designated for such use. ::o person shall park,
abandon, or otherwise allow to remain, any such vehicle or other conveyances in
City park facilities between the hours of 10:00 P.:f. and 7:CO A.a. except with
written permission of the City Sfanager or the Director of Recreation and Parks
or as otherwise posted.
It shall be unlawful for any person to wash or repair any automobile or
other conveyance within any City park, playground, tot lot or other facility.
Section 1972 - Bicycles:
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle on any surface not
paved caith either asphalt or concrete, or which are other.ise designated off
limits to bicycles. Bicycles shall at ail times be operated •..•ith reasonable
regard to the safety of others in compliance •aith bicycle safety laws. In no
event shall the maximun speed of a bicycle exceed 10 m.p.h. within a park
facility.
Section 1973 - Model airplanes and missiles:
No person shall operate any motor driven model airplane or missile in a
park, except when approved by the Director of Recreation and Parks.
Section 1974 - Operation of passenger airborne craft:
It shall be unlawful to operate am• vehicLe that may becone airborne in
any park facility. This is to include helium inflated passenger balloons,
helicopters, and airplanes. Exceptions *_o this ordinance wouJ.d be use of
emergency craft by a public safety agency.
Section 1975 - Riding animals:
No person other than one acting under authorization or direction of the
Director of Recreations and Parks shall ride a horse, pony, mule or animal of
any description onto or over any park and recreation facility.
Section 1976 - Regulation of dogs and other animals:
The Drovisions of Section 4300 and Section 4334 of the Ukiah Plunicipal
Code shall be enforced within all City park lands as designated in this
ordinance. In addition, it shall be unlawful to per lit a dog to defecate upon
such lands.
Section 1977 - Hunting, possession of weapons; shooting:
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, trap or pursue wildlife at
any time in any City park, playground, tot lot or other park or playground
facility, nor shall any person, other than peace officers in the discharge of
their duties, possess, carry or use firearms of any description, or air or gas
rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slinGs or am~ other corm of weapon
potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to hu^:an safety, or any
instrument that can be loaded with and Eire blank cartridges ur any kind of
trapping device. The mere possession of such firearm or device herein
specified in any City park shall be a violation of this section, whether such
firearm or device is loaded or unloaded. Shooting into park areas from beyond
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park boundaries is forbidden.
The exception to this section would he weapons used in programs sponsored
by the Parks and Recreation Department.
Section 1978 - Molesting wild animals and birds:
It shall be unlawful for any person to in[entionally molest, harm,
frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw projectiles at any animal,
reptile or bird, or remove or have in his possession the young of any wild
animal, or the eggs or nest or young of any reptile or bird.
Section 1979 - Throwing hazardous projectiles:
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw hazardous projectiles in any
City park, playground, tot lot or other Dark or playground facility.
Section 1980 - Possession of cutting devices:
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess in a City park, playground,
tot lot or other park or playground facility any switchblade, machete, brush
knife or any other device, other than a legal pocket knife or cutlery necessary
for the preparation of food.
Section 1981 - `Sarkis„ injuring or disturbing any structure:
:Io person other than a duly authorized City employee in the performance of
his duty shall:
a) SJi11fu11y cut, break, injure, deface, or disturb any rock,
building, cage, pen, monument, sign, fence, bench, structure, apparatus,
equipment or property in a park;
b) ?Sark or place thereon any mark, writing or printing;
c) attach [hereto any sign, card, display or other similar
device, except as authorized by permit.
d) \o person shall attach to any par: facility materials, devices oY
equipment with any connector, other than masking taoe, for the purpose o~
decorating that facility or for anY similar purpose without first having
obtained the permission of the Director of Recreation and Parks.
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Section 1982 - Restrooms, washrooms:
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to coo?crate in maintaining
restrooms and washrooms in a neat and sanitary condition. Further, no person
shall loiter in or about such facilities nor shall env oerson use suc1~
facilities for purposes other than those intended.
Section 1983 - .°.efuse, trash and litter:
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, deposit or leave any bottles
broken glass, ashes, gaper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, caste, garbage o~
refuse or other trash e:ccent that incidental to the use of the facility an~i
which must be deposited in the receptacles provided therefor.
Section 1984 - Advertising matter:
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, circulate, dive away
throw or deposit in or upon any City park facility any handbill, circular
pamphlet, paper or advertisement or post or affix the same to any tree, fend
or structure in any City park, playground, tot lot or other par's or playgroun$
facility without permission of the City tfanager.
Section 1985 - Amplifiers:
The Noise Ordinance of Che City of Ukiah shall be effective in City park#
unless a permit has been obtained. The City tfanager or Che Director of
Recreation and Parks shall have the authority to issue the permit described
herein under reasonable decibel Limitations. Any person failing to abide t1
the decibel limitations in the conditions of such permit may have the permit
summarily revoked by an police officer or other duly authorized City
representative.
Section 1986 - Anno•;ing, disorderly, indecent conduct:
It shall be unlawful for any person while in any City park, playground,
tot lot or other Dark or olavground facility to conduct himself in a
boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent manner so as to annoy
the public, or engage in any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to be
breach of the public peace and enio^ment of the City facilities.
Section 1987 - Climbing trees, :calking, sitting on fixtures:
It shall be unlawful for any person to climb any tree or walk, stand or
sit upon monuments, vases, fountains, rai'_ings, fences or upon any otheY
property not designated er customarily used for such purposes. This sectior
shall not apoiy to permanent structures such as stone or cement fences.
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Szcticn 1953 - Flora:
Ao person other than a duly authorized City er..plovee in the performance of
his duty or person participating in City-sponsored activities shall dig,
remove, destroy, injure, mutilate or cut any tree, plant, shrub, bleca or
flower, or any portion thereof, growing in any nark.
Section 1989 - Removal of turf or soil:
No person other than a duly authorized City zaplovee in the oeriormance of
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his duty shall remove any wood, turf, grass, so i1, rock, sand or gravel fron
any park. The use of r,.etal detectors is prohibited.
Section 1990 - Alcoholic Beverages:
;Io person shall sell, serve, or cause to be served, consume or posses
alcoholic beverages of any kind whatsoever within the boundaries of land, or
water or within a building owned, managed, controlled or operated as a City
park, playground and tot lot Setween the hours of 10 P.i[. and 6 A.~(. except
pursuant to an appropriate permit issued by the Director of Recreation apd
Parks and the Police Chief. A permit'is required for the consumption ~pf
alcoholic beverages at all times for .lnton Stadium and [he ~lur.icinal Clubhousg,
not to include the Golf Pro Shop.
Permits shall be issued at the discretion of the Chief of Police and the
Director of Recreation and Parks when they are satisfied thaC public health aid
safety can be adequately protected in the particular circumstance. They may,
with discretion, issue permits only for certain facilities owned and operated
by the City.
Any permit issued may, at the discretion of the Cit? staff, contain
conditions as to type and amount of beveras_as to be served, numbers of person,
time and place, securit? precautions and ary other ccndition reasonably relatkd
to the maintenance of public health and safety
Section 1991 - Permit application for alcoholic beverages:
Application forms for an exclusive permit specifically rzgarding the upe
and/or sale oI alcoholic beverages nay be obtained from the Director pf
Recreation and Parks and the Police Chief. A permit caill only be issued
following the review and approval of the application form by both the Directbr
of Recreation and Parks and the Ci;ief of c'olice. If the nermitee intends to
sell alcoholic beverages an appropriate permit must be first be obtained frpm
the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and a copy of that permit attachRd
Co the application for the exclusive perait. Such a permit must be applikd
for eo earlier than ten (10) days and no inter than five (5) days prior to the
date of the event. Permits will normally be valid for one day only except fhr
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activities requiring a seasonal permit. In anv event, the validity of such a
permit shall not exceed six (b) months. A permit for the use of alcohol is nit
valid in or around play areas, or other areas which are primarily for use pf
small children.
Section 1992 - Permit for zxclusive use of CiC: nark and recreation
facilities:
The Citv's recreational facilities (buildings, ?arks; Sallfields, pools,
picnic facilities and golf course) may be made available for the zxclusive use
of individuals or groups subject to the issuance of a permit by the Birector of
Recreation and Parks.
The application fora for a permit for the exclusive use of recreational
facilities may be obtained from [he Director of Recreation and Parks. This
application must be completed and returned to the Director not less than
fifteen (15) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the proposed use of
facilities.
Section 1993 - Fees and deposits:
upon the granting of a permit under the previous section, any fees or
deposits required for the use of City personnel, buildings, equipment and
facilities shall be contained in the permit and the fees or deposits shall be
paid by applicant within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Hermit. If the
fees or deposits are not paid within said ten (10) da}•s, then in that event the
permit theretofore issued shall be null and void.
Section 1994 - Liability:
A11 persons to whom an exclusive use permit has been granted must agree in
writing to hold the City: harmless and indemnify Ci[y from any and all liability
for injury to persons or property occurring as a result of the activity
sponsored by permittee and thz persons shall be liable to the City for any and
all damage to parks, facilities and buildings o•.aned by the City, •.~hich results
from the activity of permittee or is caused by any participant in said
3CC iVity.
Section 1995 - Violation of Hermit:
Violation of any of the terms and conditions of the permit by the
permittee, or any agent, servant or employee of the permittee, is a
misdemeanor.
Section 1996 - Interference:
No person within any park or building shall use, attempt to use or
interfere with the use of any table, space or facility within said park or
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building which at the time is reserved for any other person or ;coup which has
received a permit from the Director of Recreation and Parks. Unless the actual
use of table, space, area, building, or facility referred [o in any such permit
is commenced within one hour after the period covered by such permit begins,
such permit shall thereupon be void and all rights under such permit may be
cancelled by the Director.
Section 1997 - Playing or practicing golf:
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No person shall drive, putt or in any other fashion play or practice go1P
or use golf balls or golf clubs within any City park, playground, tot lot or
other park or playground facility except in areas set aside for those specific!
activities.
Section 1998 - Solicitation or sale:
No person shall solicit in any manner or for any purpose or sell or offer
for sale any goods, wares or merchandise in any park, unless upon prior written
authorization by the Director of Recreation and Parks.
Section 1999 - Hard'oall 3asebail:
No person shall play hardball baseball in any city park other than thosq
areas specifically designated for such act_rity.
Section 2000 - Temporary rules and regulations
The City Manager and the Director of Recreation and Parks may establish
temporary rules and regulations as may from time to time be necessary for the
proper administration and regulation of conduct in the City's circumstances not
practicable to be referred Co [he City Council. Any such temporary rules or
regulations shall be posted in or near the entrance way in each park or
recreation area and all persons using the facilities shall comply therewith.
No such temporary rule or regulation 5ha11 remain in effect unless confirmed by
the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Section 2001 - Enforcement of applicable laws and ordinances -
Penalty for violation:
A11 persons entering upon land or ~.aater owned, managed, controlled or
operated by the City of Ckiah shall abide b7 [he rules and regulations of the
City, the laws of the State of California, Federal laws, all applicable county
and/or municipal ordinances and the Instructions and direction of duly
authorized employees of the City. Violation of the provisions of this
ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding
five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be ouoLished as required by la;a in a newspaper
of general circulation published in the Cit;~ o; L';ciah.
Section 3. This ordinance shall beco^e eftective 30 daes alter its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of June 1982, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Hickey, Snyder, Riley, Myers
Councilmember Feibusch
None
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City Clerk