§ 42-8. Rules, standards and procedures for all parks.

(a)

The following "Exhibit A" is hereby approved by the common council as the rules, standards and procedures for all Logansport Parks.

(b)

The common council encourages the display of the rules as specified in "Exhibit A" throughout the city parks.

(c)

The enforcement of these rules will be the responsibility of the Parks Administrator of the Logansport Parks and Recreation Department and the Chief of Police of the Logansport Police Department. The Logansport Police Department is fully authorized to maintain the peace and order in all parks.

"Exhibit A"

Park Rules

1.

All Logansport Parks are open daily from 6:00 a.m.—10:00 p.m.

2.

Possession and use of alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs, are not permitted in this park.

3.

People who intimidate (by legal definition) another person shall be dealt with using police authority.

4.

Smoking is restricted to a designated and inconspicuous location no closer than 25 feet from all but not limited to city owned buildings, playgrounds, park bleachers, park pavilions, swimming pools, or in the vicinity of children, and athletic fields (section 38-2).

5.

Picnic tables in the parks are available on a first come-first serve basis. Picnic tables, benches and bleachers may only be used outside of the parks for public events or activities with permission from the parks administrator.

6.

All domestic animals must be kept on a six-foot leash or crated; animal "waste" must be disposed of properly.

7.

Any animal or reptile, domesticated or wild, that has dangerous propensities is strictly prohibited from all parks.

8.

Please use trash and recycling containers.

9.

Speed limit within the parks is 15 mph. Please watch for children and other pedestrians.

10.

It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate any sound-producing or sound amplifying device (including vehicles) in such a manner or with such volume as to annoy or disturb persons in its vicinity.

11.

Ground fires are not permitted. Fires for cooking food are permitted only in grills such as those provided throughout LPRD parks.

12.

No gambling, glass bottles, or profanity within the park.

13.

Motor vehicles are to park only in designated areas.

14.

Bicycles, skates, roller blades, skateboards, or motorized vehicles excluding personal handicap equipment must remain on paved surfaces within the park.

15.

No marking, writing, or defacing of any equipment, structure, or pavement within the park.

16.

Geocaching and metal detecting require a permit available at the Logansport Parks Department, 1212 Riverside Dr., 753-6969.

17.

In the event of an emergency, Logansport Police should be notified at 911.

(Ord. No. 2008-48, §§ 1(Exh. A), 2, 3, 12-1-2008)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2008-48, §§ 1(Exh. A), 2, 3, adopted Dec. 1, 2008, added provisions that were not specifically amendatory. At the editor's discretion, said provisions were included as § 42-8

Cross reference

Offenses and miscellaneous provisions, ch. 38.