§ 22-6. Park hours.

(a)

Opening and closing hours for parks shall be established by the director with due regard for the uses and facilities located at each park, subject to such exceptions as the director may authorize for certain uses or when it is otherwise in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare.

(b)

No person shall be or remain in any part of any park which is fenced in or provided with gates between the closing of the gates at night and their re-opening on the following day. No person shall be or remain in any park not fenced in or provided with gates, between sunset and sunrise of the following day, except in areas designated as twenty-four-hour launching areas, or unless lighting is provided for a specific activity after sunset whereby such persons and vehicles may pass through such parks, without stopping, on the most direct walk or driveway leading from their point of entrance to the exit nearest to their point of destination. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers or employees of the department while in the discharge of their duties.

(c)

Any section or part of any park area may be declared closed to the public at any time and for any interval of time, at the discretion of the director.

(d)

No unauthorized person shall enter upon any park property which is closed or in an unfinished state or under construction or withheld from general public usage.

(Ord. No. 2006-01, § 6, 1-24-06)