§ 14-5. Park property.

(a)

No person shall ignite or attempt to ignite any fire except in designated locations or unless otherwise approved by the parks and recreation director.

(b)

No person in a park building or upon park grounds shall willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, or displace or remove any buildings, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railings, paving or paving material, water lines, or other public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices, or placards, whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities, or park property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.

(c)

No person shall damage or remove plants or plant material, trees or parts thereof, bulbs or flowers, unless authorized by the parks and recreation director or his designee.

(d)

No person shall harass or in any way harm any wildlife unless authorized by the parks and recreation director or his designee, except to prevent personal injury.

(e)

No person shall enter or remain in a County park after designated hours; violators shall be issued a trespass warning, citation requiring payment of a fine or court appearance, in the discretion of the park ranger, and entrance into the park during hours of operation may be refused.

(f)

When a violation of any park rule or regulation has been observed by any person and the violation involves a vehicle, that fact shall constitute prima facie evidence that the owner, lessee or operator, severally, of such vehicle was the person responsible for the violation. This inference shall be rebuttable by competent evidence.

(Ord. No. 94-20, § 5, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 05-16, §§ 13, 14, 5-17-2005)