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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN Merkl
ORDINANCE NO. 205
Series of 1976
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 55, SERIES OF 19701
AND RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PARKS AND RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, THAT:
Section 1. AUTHORITY. The Mayor of the City of WheEt Ridge does
hereby authorize the Director of Parks and Recreation and the Parks
and Recreation Commission to enforce the rules and regulations set
forth in this Ordinance and all future rules and regulations adopted
by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge for the proper management,
operation and control of the Parks, Parkways and other recreational
facilities within the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Section 2. DEFINITIONS. As used in these rules and regulations,
the following words and terms, unless the text clearly indicates to
the contrary, shall have the meaning indicated below:
Commission: The Parks and Recreation Commission of the Parks
and Recreation Department of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
City: City of Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, State of Colorado.
Department: The Department of Parks and Recreation of the City
of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Director: The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation
of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Director's Agent: Those employees assigned specific responsibilities
and authority by the Director.
Reference to any one park, parkway, or recreational area shall include
all.
Section 3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
A. GENERAL
1. Advertising - shall not be permitted in any manner unless
authorized by the Director in writing or in concessionaire contracts
for goods sold on the premises.
2. Amplification Systems - Public address or other amplification
devices may be used only by special permit obtainable from the
Director or his agent in charge of any program requiring sound
amplification.
3. Animals - All animals must be on a leash or otherwise under
control of the owner at all times.
4. Alcoholic Beverages - No fermented, vinous or intoxicating
liquor of any kind shall be stored or consumed on any athletic
field or playground within any park or recreation area. It shall
be unlawful to sell beer within any park or recreation area except
where permitted by concession agreement, or by Council authorization.
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ORDINANCE NO. 205 - Continued
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5. Begging or Soliciting - It shall be unlawful to beg or
solicit within any park or recreation area.
6. Cleats - Cleats or spikes on shoes are prohioited except
in those specially designed athletic areas where program rules
specifically permit their use.
7. Dances - Dances shall be permitted only by written permit
issued by the Director.
8. Disturbance - It shall be unlawful within any park or recreation
area of the City to disturb the peace of others by violent, tumultuous,
offensive, or obstreperous conduct, or by loud or unusual noises
or by unseemly profane, vulgar, obscene or offensive language or
conduct, or to assault, strike or fight another, or to in any other
way breach the peace.
9. Fires - Fires are permitted only in enclosed fireplaces or
grills, provided for this purpose under such rules and regulations
as may be proscribed by +he Director and any such fire shall be
extinguished before leaving any park or recreation area of the City.
10. Flying Objects - It shall be unlawful to throw, strike, propel
or otherwise operate flying or propelled objects of a potentially
dangerous nature, including by way of example, without limitation,
such things as model airplanes, rockets, horseshoes, arrows, golf
balls, or rocks, except in areas designated for such use or part
of an authorized sport or recreational activity or by a written
permit of the Director.
11. Hours - Parks shall normally be open daily from 5:00 a.m until
11:00 p.m., and normally be closed from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.,
except for activities and events sponsored by the Department or
authorized by permission of the Director. Any park or recreational
facility may be declared closed to the public by the Director at any
time and for any interval of time, with a temporarily or stated
intervals as the Director shall find reasonably necessary. It
shall be unlawful to go upon area or part of any park or recreational
facility of the City, when it has been declared to be closed to
the public by the Director.
12. Lighted Fields - Artificially lighted athletic fields in the
parks shall have the lights turned off at 10:00 p.m., except
Wheat Ridge and Prospect Park, however, an inning in process may
be completed, but no inning will start after 10:00 p.m., except
Wheat Ridge and Prospect Park where no inning will start after 10:30 p.m.
13. Littering - It shall be unlawful to bring in, dump, deposit or
leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, papers, boxes, cans, dirt,
rubbish, waste, garbage, refuse, or other trash upon any park or
other recreational facility of the City. It shall be unlawful
for any person utilizing the facility of any park or recreational
facility of the City to leave such area without first having com-
pletely extinguished fires, nor before all trash in the nature of
boxes, papers, cans, bottles, garbage, and other refuse is placed
in the disposal receptacles where provided. If no such receptacles
are available, then the refuse and trash shall be carried away from
the area to be properly disposed of elsewhere.
14. Meetings in Parks - Sponsors of public meetings of more than
twenty-five (25) people must apply for and receive a permit from
the Director. Meetings shall be orderly and law abiding. Authorized
meetings shall have on hand a permit signed by the Director or
his authorized agent.
15. Pavilions - Reservation of pavilions may be obtained by permit
issued by the Director. Otherwise, all use of pavilions shall
be on a first; come, first serve basis.
ORDINANCE NO. 205 - Continued
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16. Permits - The Director is hereby authorized to issue permits
relating to any use or accomodation of any park or recreation
facility of the City. The Director shall set the requirements
for the issuance of any permit and may include in those requirements
any fee and/or deposit. The Director shall have the power and
authority to cancel any permit for violation of the requirements
of the permit and violation of any of the rules and regulations
set forth herein.
17. Sales - It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale food
and/or refreshments, souvenirs or any other merchandise unless
a permit is obtained from the Director.
18. Tents - No tents shall be erected upon any park or recreation
facility except as part of a department sponsored activity, or
unless a permit is issued authorizing the same by the Director.
19. Workmen and Work Areas - The use of any park or recreation
area shall be relinquished to any City or Park employee carrying
out work assignments. Public use of work and maintenance areas
is not permitted.
B. WINTER SPORTS.
1. Ice Skating - No ice skating on any water body supervised
by the Department or included in any park or recreation facility
is permitted unless the specific area to be used is so posted
or public announcement has been made by the Director allowing
such activity. When such areas are open for use, they are
subject to rules and regulations on program and safety as issued
by the Director.
2. Ice Hockey - Ice hockey shall not be permitted except in desig-
nated areas as part of a department sponsored activity or by
permit issued by the Director.
3. Sledding - Within any park or recreation facility of the City,
sledding shall he prohibited on water areas, on vehicle roadways
or uphill from any water area or roadway where sleds would coast
across said water areas or roadways.
4. Snowballs - Throwing of snowballs is prohibited in any park
or recreation area within the City.
5. Vehicles on Ice - All vehicles of any kind and description
are prohibited from any lake, stream or water area within any
park or recreation area in the City.
6. Snowmobiles - It shall be unlawful to use snowmobiles in
any park or recreation facility or area within the City.
C. RECREATION CENTERS AND BUILDINGS.
1. The Director or his agent is hereby authorized and empowered
to enforce all rules and regulations in this ordinance or issued
by the Department in accordance with the authority granted in
this ordinance.
2. The Director may restrict the hours, days and weeks of use of
any recreation center or building and the Director or his agent
may restrict or remove any user, individual or group for violation
of any of the rules and regulations set forth herein.
ORDINANCE NO. 205 - Continued
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D. WATER AREAS.
1. Wading - Wading is prohibited in all areas except where
specifically designated.
2. Swimming - Swimming is only allowed as part of a scheduled
and supervised recreational program, sponsored by the Department
or authorized by department permit. Any allowed swimming activity
shall be subject to any specific rules and regulations which may
be issued and enforced by the Director or his agent.
3. Boating or Rafting - No boat or raft or floating device of
any kind or description shall be used on any lake, stream or water
area in the park or recreation area except by permit issued by
the Director or as part of a department sponsored activity. This
shall include, without limitation model boating.
E. VEHICLES.
1. Motor Vehicles - It shall be unlawful for any person operating
a vehicle in any park or recreation area of the City to fail or
refuse to obey all traffic signs, or other traffic control devices
regulating the operation, stopping or parking of vehicles. It
shall be unlawful for other than authorized personnel to park or
drive on lawns, fields or any other places other than upon roadways
and parking areas clearly constructed and established for such
purposes within the parks, parkways or other recreational facilities of
the City. Laws pertaining to streets and highways pertain also
to park roads, except that pedestrians shall have the right of
way over vehicles in park areas.
2. Parking - Parking shall not be permitteddLuing regular closing
hours or in any area closed by the Director. It shall be unlawful
to park so as to obstruct access roadways and parking areas or
areas designated by sign for emergency vehicle use only.
Vehicles may be parked in park and recreation areas only if the
occupants are engaged in activity connected with the area.
3. Washing or Servicing of Vehicles. Washing or servicing of
vehicles in any park or recreation area in the City is prohibited.
4. Bicycles - All bicycle riders shall obey traffic signs
and laws regulating the operation stopping or parking of vehicles.
Bicycle riding will be governed further by safe riding practices
and consideration for the use of park and recreation areas, trails
and pathways by others. Bicycle riding is prohibited on playgrounds,
tennis courts and game courts, in pavilions, or in any area where
other activities are in progress.
F. TENNIS.
1. Tennis courts shall be reserved only by written permit
except for department sponsored programs.
2. Use of tennis courts shall be subject to specific rules
and regulations posted on such courts.
G. ATHLETIC FIELDS.
1. The Director or his agent shall enforce all rules and regu-
lations pertaining to activities upon any athletic field in
any park or recreation facility of the City. The Director shall
have the power to issue rules and regulations governing such athletic
fields, and copies of such rules and regulations shall be on file
with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the City Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. 205 - Continued
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2. All teams or individuals shall relinquish play on any athletic
field to any individuals or teams to whom permits for use of
such facility shall have been issued by the Director or his agent.
3. The Director or his agent may restrict or remove any player,
players, teams or leagues from all public fields for a specified
time forviolations of rules and regulations set forth in this
ordinance or issued by the Director under the authority of this
ordinance.
4. The Director or his agent shall have the authority to close
any or all public fields or play areas when use of such area shall
create maintenance problems as a result of weather or other conditions.
H. EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.
1. Horseback riding shall be permitted only upon the authorized
bridle path unless other areas are specifically designated by the
Director or his agent.
Section 4. PENALTIES. Penalties for Violation. Every person
convicted of a violation of any provision of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Section 5. APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE. This ordinance shall apply
throughout the municipality of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Section 6. EFFECT OF ORDINANCE. If any part or parts of this
ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance in each part or parts
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30 days after final publication.
INTRODUCED, PASSED, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on first reading
this 9th day of February , A. D. 1976, by a vote of 5 to
0 .
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading this 8th day of March , A. D. 19762 by a vote
of 6 to 0 .
Frank Stites,rMayor
ATTEST:
Elise B.Tougham, Cjit Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLISHING
I, ELISE BROUGHAM HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ORDINANCE 205 WAS DULY PUB-
LISHED IN THE EELAVER POST ON THE 18th DAY OF February , 1976
AFTER FIR571 READING.
it ELISE BROUGHAM HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ORDINANCE 205 WAS DULY PUB-
LISHED IN THE DENVER POST ON THE 17th DAY OF March , 1976
AFTER SECOND READING.
ET' Brougham, ty rk