2010-20BILL NO. 2010-20
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CONDUCT WITHIN CITY
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES; PROHIBITING
TOBACCO USE, SALES ACTIVITY, FEEDING OF WILD
ANIMALS, UNLEASHED DOGS, DAMAGE TO PARK PLANTS
AND TREES AND REGULATONS ON PUBLIC BODIES OF
WATER IN PARKS; AMENDING SECTION 840 OF THE
RICHFIELD CITY CODE;
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 840 of the Richfield City Code is amended by adding
the following subsections:
840.13 Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited. No person may use
tobacco products on city-owned parks, conservation areas, open spaces,
or recreational facilities, including without limitation: trails within parks
used for walking and biking, picnic shelters, athletic fields, and play areas.
This subsection does not apply to the use of tobacco products inside
motor vehicles parked on the premises of city-owned parks, conservation
areas, open spaces or recreational facilities.
840.15 Selling Food, Products or Services Prohibited. No person may
sell or offer for sale an rLproduct, food or service in any public park without
the prior written approval of the recreation services director.
840.17 Feeding of Wild Animals or Birds Prohibited. No person may feed
non-domesticated animals or birds or deposit a food source for non-
domesticated animals or birds within City-owned parks, conservation
areas, open spaces or recreational facilities with the exception of
authorized City officials.
840.19 Regulations on Public Bodies of Water in Parks. The following
activities are prohibited on bodies of water in city parks, except as
authorized by subsection 835.09 of this code: swimming, bathing, placing
ice fishing houses or similar enclosures, snowmobiling, and the use of any
boat raft or any other device or object designed to support or buoy up any
individual in, upon or attached to such device or object, with the exception
of authorized City officials . Portable ice houses are permitted on Taft
Lake during daylight hours only.
840.21 Dogs and Animals in Parks. All dogs must be leashed in public
parks. An animal owner or person having custody or control of an animal
shall immediately clean up and sanitarily dispose of any feces of the
animal except that this provision does not apply to blind persons with
respect to their ownership and use of a seeing-eye dog.
840.23 Dama in Ve etation in Parks. No erson ma dama a or
disturb any flower bed, planting area, or ornamental landscaped area
within acity-owned park, conservation area, open space or recreational
facility. No person may cut, trim or remove any wild flower, tree, shrub,
plant branch or portion thereof, or any soil or other material from a city-
owned park conservation area, open space or recreational facility with the
exception of authorized City officials.
Sec. 2. This ordinance is effective in accordance with Section 3.09 of the
Richfield Cit Charter. ~
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City of Richfield
(Official Publication)
BILL NO.2010-20
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CONDUCT WITHIN
CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES;
PROHIBITING TOBACCO USE, SALES ACTIVITY,
FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS, UNLEASHED DOGS,
DAMAGE TO PARK PLANTS AND TREES AND
REGULATONS ON PUBLIC BODIES OF WATER IN
PARKS; AMENDING SECTION 840 OF THE
RICHFIELD CITY CODE;
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 840 of the Richfield City Code is amend-
ed by adding the following subsections:
840.13 Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited No person
may use tobacco~roducts on c~-owned parks conserva-
tion areas omen spaces or recreational facilities includine
without limitation• trails within parks used for walking and
bikinq,_picnic shelters athletic fields. and play areas. This
subsection does not apply to the use of tobacco products in-
side motor vehicles parked on the premises of city-owned
parks conservation areas open spaces or recreational fa-
cilities.
840 15 Selling Food Products or Services Prohibited No
person may sell or offer for sale anyproduct food or service
in any public Dark without the prior written approval of the
recreation services director.
840.17 Feeding of Wild Animals or Birds Prohibited. No
person may feed non-domesticated animals or birds or de-
posit afood source for non-domesticated animals or birds
within City-owned Darks conservation areas open spaces
or recreational facilities with the exception of authorized Citv
officials.
840 19 Regulations on Public Bodies of Water in Parks The
following activities are prohibited on bodies of water in city
parks except as authorized by subsection 835 09 of this
code swimming bathine placing ice fishing houses or sim-
ilar enclosures snowmobiling and the use ofd boat raft
or any other device or obiect desioned to support or buoy up
anv individual in upon or attached to such device or object,
with the exception of authorized City officials Portable ice
houses are permitted on Taft Lake during davlipht hours only
840 21 Dogs and Animals in Parks All dogs must be
leashed in public parks An animal owner or person having
custody or control of an animal shall immediately clean up
and sanitarily dispose of any feces of the animal. except that
this provision does not apply to blind persons with respect to
their ownership and use of a seeino-eve dog
840 23 Damagino Veoetation in Parks No person may
damage or disturb any flower bed planting area or orna-
mental landscaped area within a cif-owned park conser-
vation area open space or recreational facility No person
may cut trim or remove anXwild flower. tree, shrub. plant.
branch or portion thereof or any soil or other material from
a city-owned park conservation area open space or recre-
ational facility with the exception of authorized C~ officials
Sec. 2. This ordinance is effective in accordance with Sec-
tion 3.09 of the Richfield City Charter.
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk
(Oct 7, 2010) D2 Bill No. 2010-20