Sec. 8-101 Names and locations of parks.
Sec. 8-102 Permission
of Board of Commissioners necessary for certain uses; penalty.
Sec. 8-103 Area
limited for admission charges; penalty.
Sec. 8-104 Unlawful
to permit animals to trespass; penalty.
Sec. 8-105 Unlawful
to molest birds or wild animals; penalty.
Sec. 8-106 Interference
with bird or wild animal nests prohibited; penalty.
Sec. 8-107 Unlawful
to climb trees or remove nuts; penalty.
Sec. 8-108 Littering
of park with papers and rubbish prohibited; penalty.
Sec. 8-109 Restrictions
on riding of motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles; penalty.
Sec. 8-110 Swimming
pool, use restrictions; penalty.
Sec. 8-111 Skate
Park, hours of operation.
Sec. 8-112 Forest
Park Tennis Courts, prohibiting bicycles, skates, skateboards, scooter, and/or
any other wheeled vehicles.
Cross references-Consumption of cereal malt beverages in
public prohibited, § 4-313; vacation of public property or easements, § 70-201
et seq.
State law references-Parks, public squares,
etc., K.S.A. 12-1301 et seq.; use of land for parks, K.S.A. 14-2001 et seq.
ARTICLE I.
CITY PARKS
Sec. 8-101 Names
and locations of parks.
Parks shall be under the supervision of the City Manager. The names and general locations of municipal
parks in the city are:
A. Forest Park, situated north of the
Marais des Cygnes River and west of Locust Street;
B.
College Park,
also known as City Park, situated between Main Street and Hickory Street from a
point 225 feet south of the south line of Fifth Street to the north line of
Park Street;
C.
Kanza Park,
situated north of 15th Street, west of Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way, east of
Gleason’s Addition, south of 11th Street.
D.
Haley Park,
situated at the southeast corner of the intersection of 2nd and Main Streets.
(Code 1982)
Sec. 8-102 Permission
of Board of Commissioners necessary for certain uses; penalty.
A. The Board of Commissioners, upon
application being duly made therefore, shall permit such use to be made of park
property and under such terms, provisions and restrictions as it shall deem
expedient and in the best interests of the public, and it shall be unlawful for
any person to occupy or use any of the structures within such parks or use such
parks for meetings, assemblies, celebrations, public speaking or addresses,
athletic contests, or ball games, or for any other special use or purpose,
without first having secured the permission of the Board of Commissioners.
B. A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Code 1982)
Sec. 8-103 Area
limited for admission charges; penalty.
A. Whenever permission has been secured
from the Board of Commissioners for a use of park grounds for which an
admission fee is to be charged, the right to charge admission shall be limited
to the immediate vicinity of such attraction and shall not apply to the
entrance gates of such parks.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Sec.
8-104 Unlawful to permit
animals to trespass; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to drive or ride any animal upon the grounds of a park or to permit any animal
owned or kept by him to trespass in or upon the grounds of such park; provided,
that this section shall not apply to animals kept under restraint by use of a
line or leash.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Cross
reference-Animals, Ch. 3.
Sec.
8-105 Unlawful to molest
birds or wild animals; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to kill, wound, catch, trap, net, ensnare or pursue with such intent any bird
or wild animal within the parks or upon any of the streets adjacent thereto.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Cross
reference-Animals, Ch. 3.
Sec.
8-106 Interference with
bird or wild animal nests prohibited; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to destroy or remove from the nest of any bird any eggs or the young of such
bird, or destroy or interfere with the nest of any bird or animal within the
parks.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Cross
reference-Animals, Ch. 3.
Sec.
8-107 Unlawful to climb
trees or remove nuts; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to scale or climb any fence or tree within the City parks or to pick or remove
nuts from any tree in such parks or to cast or throw clubs, stones or other
missiles at, to or into the tops of such trees, or to pelt with poles, or with
any other contrivance, any such trees or the tops or limbs of any such trees
within such park.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Sec.
8-108 Littering of park
with papers and rubbish prohibited; penalty.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any
stick, stone, dirt, papers, rubbish, trash or garbage or other debris upon the
grounds of City parks other than in receptacles maintained for the purpose of
receiving the same.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Cross
reference-Litter, § 10-401 et seq.
Sec.
8-109 Restrictions on
riding of motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to ride a bicycle, motorcycle or moped upon paths for pedestrians within City
parks unless such person, upon meeting any pedestrian, shall stop such bicycle,
motorcycle or moped and dismount until such pedestrian has passed and such
person shall not again mount such bicycle, motorcycle or moped until entirely
past such pedestrian.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Cross
reference-Traffic and motor vehicles,
Ch. 13.
Sec.
8-110 Swimming Pool, use
restrictions; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to be inside the fenced area of the Swimming Pool located at Forest Park or to
be in the pool at any times other than those in which the pool is in operation
unless permission is obtained from the Board of Commissioners.
B. A
violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Code
1982)
Sec. 8-111 Skate
Park, hours of operation.
A.
It
shall be lawful to be upon the premises of the City owned Skate Park during the
following hours: Monday-Saturday, 9:00
a.m.-9:00 p.m.; and, Sunday, 12 noon-9:00 p.m.
It shall be unlawful for any persons to enter or otherwise be upon the
premises of the City owned Skate Park during any times other than those stated
above.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to have in any way, a motorcycle, moped, or
motorized vehicle upon the surface of, or any appurtenances to the Skate Park.
C.
Any
person upon such premises during unauthorized hours, or any person with a
motorcycle, moped, or motorized vehicle inside the Skate Park shall be guilty
of a Class C misdemeanor; provided however, authorized City personnel and/or
Recreation personnel may enter the Skate Park during said hours of prohibition.
REVISED: (Ord.
No. 3366-01, 05-02-01)
Sec. 8-112 Forest Park Tennis Courts,
prohibiting bicycles, skates, skateboards, scooter, and/or any other wheeled
vehicles.
A.
It
shall be unlawful to be upon the premises of the City owned Tennis Courts with
any of the following: bicycles, skates,
roller blades, skateboards, or scooters.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to have in anyway, a motorcycle, moped, or
motorized vehicle upon the surface of, or any appurtenances to the Tennis
Courts.
C.
Any
person upon said premises with any of the abovementioned apparatus or any other
device, power-driven or otherwise, that might cause damage to the surface of
the Tennis Courts shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
REVISED: (Ord. No. 3369-01, 06-06-01)