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Home My WebLink AboutNS-1522KLG:ar 3/3/80 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1522 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 31-2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE CLOSING OF THE ZOO IN PRENTICE PARK ON NEW YEARS DAY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS TO ESTABLISH THE HOURS WHEN SAID ZOO SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: That Section 31-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 31-2 Prohibited conduct. The following described conduct shall be prohibited within the exterior boundaries of any public park or zoo, unless specifically allowed through the issuance of a permit pur- suant to the requirements of Section 31-3: (1) Alcohol and drunkenness. (a) No person shall bring into, con- sume or sell alcoholic beverages in a park or zoo. (b) No intoxicated person shall enter, be, or remain in any park, zoo or stadium. (2) Animals and pets. (a) No person in a park shall ride a horse, mule, donkey, pony or bovine animal, except on designated paths or trails. (b) No person shall abandon or bring into any park, except on leash, any animal, reptile or fowl of any kind. This prohibition shall not apply to seeing eye dogs used by a visually handicapped person, provided that such dog is at all times kept under control. (c) No person shall wilfully frighten, molest, injure, chase, capture or annoy any animal or bird in any park or zoo. No person shall throw or propel anything of any kind into any animal area at a zoo. (d) No person shall feed or offer food to any mammal, reptile or fowl in a zoo, unless such food is an approved type ob- tained from a dispenser within such zoo for such purpose. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1522 PAGE TWO 3) Camping. (a) No person shall camp in a park except in an area, if any, that has been desig- nated for camping by the director. (b) No person shall camp in a park with first obtaining a permit from the di- rector pursuant to Section 31-3. (4) Defacing park property. (a) NO person shall wilfully mark, deface, or injure in any manner or dis- place or remove, or tamper with, any park property of any kind. (b) No person shall wilfully dig, cut, move or remove from any park or park area, any sand, wood, turf, grass, gravel, shrub, or other material. (c) No person shall wilfully pick, saw, cut, chop, carve, remove or injure any flowers, seeds, blooms, bark, branches, twigs, shrubs, vines, bush, or any other vegetation within any park property. (5) Firearms and dangerous instruments. (a) No person, except an authorized law enforcement officer, shall bring into any park, other than at such firing ranges as may be specifically designated by the director, any firearm or ammunition, any explosive, dynamite cap, fireworks, airgun, pellet gun, spring gun, sling shot, bow and arrow, or any other dangerous instrument. (b) No person shall discharge any weapon or dangerous instrument in a park other than at a firing range as specifically designated by the director for such purpose. (6) Fires. (a) No person shall start or maintain, in any park, any outdoor fire, except in areas designated for picnicing or camping. Fires shall be limited to cooking fires, or fires in camp lanterns or heaters. (b) No person starting or maintaining any fire in a park shall leave the area where the fire is located without first completely extinguishing such fire. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1522 PAGE THREE (7) Gambling. NO person shall conduct any raffle or card game for money or drawing for prizes or participate in any form of gambling within a park. (8) Games. No person in a park shall take part in or abet the playing of any game involving thrown or otherwise propelled objects, such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins, kites or model airplanes, except in areas set apart for such forms of recreation. (9) Hours. As a general rule, parks shall be open to the public every day of the year between the hours of five (5:00) a.m. and eleven (11:00) pom. However, the director may, in his reasonable discretion, extend or limit such hours for any park or any portion of any park. No person shall enter, be, or remain in any park during the time when such park is closed, unless he has obtained a per- mit therefor from the director. Park closing hours shall be posted at park entrances. (10) Noise. No person in a park shall operate a dev--~i~-producing amplified sound except pursuant to a permit issued under the provisions of Section 31-3. (11) Picnicing. No person in a park shall conduct or participate in any picnic, or prepare or serve any food, except in an area designated by the director for such purpose. (12) Restroom and bathing facilities. No person over the age of eight (8) years shall enter or use restroom, bath or dressing room facilities designated for the use of persons of a sex different from that of such person. (13) Sanitation. (a) No person in a park shall wilfully throw, discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or other body of water in or adjacent to such park, any substance which will or may result in the pollution of said waters. (b) No person in a park shall wilfully bring in or dump, deposit, or leave any bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or refuse or other trash, except in receptacles designated for such purpose. (14) Signs. No person in a park or zoo shall disobey any sign or notice posted or dis- played by or at the direction of the director. (15) Swimming. (a) No person in a park shall swim, bathe, or wade in any water or waterway in or adja- cent to any park, except in such water or ORDINANCE NO. NS-1522 PAGE FOUR waterway as the director may designate, and then only during such hours as the director may have established for such purpose. (b) No person in a park shall change into bathing clothes from street clothes or from bathing clothes to street clothes, except in a bath house or other structure designated for such use. (c) No person in a park shall fail to wear bathing clothes that cover the genitals and buttocks and, in the case of females, the aureola and nipples. (16) Vehicles. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle in a park except upon designated paved or im- proved park roads or driveways, or in or upon designated areas or trails set aside for use by such vehicles, unless directed to do so by a law enforcement officer or park guard, or by official signs or markings. (b) The director may, in his reasonable discretion, set aside or designate areas, paths, trails, or roads in a park where the operation of bicycles, tricycles, motor- cycles, scooters, and minibikes may be allowed. (c) No person shall park a vehicle on park property, except in an area designated for parking such vehicle, unless there is an emergency or unless directed to do so by a law enforcement officer. Parking shall conform to officially posted signs or mark- ings unless other instructions are given by a law enforcement officer. (17) Zoo. (a) The zoo shall be open to the public every day during such time or times as the director may determine, except on New Years Day and Christmas. (b) No person shall enter, be, or remain in the zoo at any time when the zoo is not open to the public, except as the director may authorize. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1522 PAGE FIVE The above prohibitions shall apply also to to the use of the stadium unless inconsistent with the terms and conditions of uses permitted by a contract approved by the city council. ADOPTED this 7th day of April 1980, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: Bricken, Griset, Luxembourger, Markel, Serrato~ Ward, Yamamoto None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None ATTE ST: LNICE E. GUY ERK OF THE COUNCIL ~! APPROVED AS TO FORM: KEITH L. GOW CITY ATTORNEY