Section 1
DEFINITION OF WORDS
Whenever, in this ordinance, the following words or terms are used, they shall have meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section.
Volunteers:
One who is working for no compensation in the service of the Buffalo Grove Park District.
Board:
Board of Park Commissioners of the Buffalo Grove Park District.
District:
Buffalo Grove Park District, Lake-Cook Counties, Illinois.
Officer:
Commissioners of the Board of Park Commissioners and conservators of the peace officials as appointed by the Board of Park Commissioners.
Park System:
All of the parks, roadways, parking lots, waters, structures and other property of every kind either owned or leased by the district now or hereafter, whether within or without its boundaries.
Animals:
All domestic animals including ponies, horses or other riding animals; cats; dogs; and any animal although usually considered wild which has been domesticated.
Wild Animals:
All animals living in a state of nature and not domesticated.
Missile:
Any object which has been thrown, hurled, or projected so as to strike another object.
Motor Vehicle:
Any motorized device upon, or by which, any person or property is, or may be transported or drawn.
Other Vehicle:
Any device upon, or by which, any person or property is, nor may be transported or drawn.
Employee:
One who is working for compensation in the service of the park district.
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Section 2
ADVERTISEMENTS
No person shall display any placard, advertisement, or political information of any kind in the park system, nor shall any person distribute, cast, throw or place any hand bill, pamphlet, circular, advertisement or notice of any kind, nor post, stencil or otherwise affix any notice, or bills, advertisement or other papers, upon any structure or thing in or about the park premises without having first obtained a permit or written permission from the Park District Board of Commissioners or the Director of Parks and Recreation.
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Section 3
ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND NARCOTICS
No person shall use or possess alcohol, drugs or narcotics as defined in the Illinois Revised Statutes on park district properties.
No person shall bring within, sell or give away, or drink alcoholic beverages at any time in the park system, unless written permission by the Board of Commissioners has been granted. Notice must be given, to the Board of Commissioners, at least thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled event, and then only if proper forms, accompanied with a Village of Buffalo Grove liquor license and proof of dram shop insurance coverage, are exhibited. At no time shall beer, wine or alcoholic liquor be served to anyone below the age of 21 years, and the service shall at all times be in compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois and the ordinance of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
No person shall be under the influence of intoxicating liquor while in any park, and no person shall bring within, sell, or give away or use narcotic drugs and controlled substances at any time in any park in violation of the Statues of the State of Illinois.
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Section 4
AIRCRAFT CONTROL
No person shall land, cause to be landed, or permit any aircraft to land in the park system, except when due to any emergency.
No person shall fly, cause to be flown, or permit any model craft, hot air balloon or hand gliding device of any kind to be flown in the park system without a permit and then only at such places and times as the park district may from time to time designate for the purpose. This ordinance does not include the flying of kites.
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Section 5
ANIMALS
No person shall within the park system bring, allow to be loose, drive, lead, carry, or permit any animal on any premise within the park system, without being leashed, except in connection with park district sponsored activities, programs, or events where the presence of animals is specifically permitted or required by the park district as an integral part of such program activity or event. No leash shall be longer than eight (8) feet in length.
Any animal found on park property running at large may be impounded.
The owner of every animal shall be responsible for removal and sanitary disposition of any excreta deposited by his animal(s) anywhere in the park system.
It shall not be unlawful for a seeing-eye dog to be on or in any such park when accompanied by a sight-impaired person.
No person shall trap, catch, wound, kill, treat cruelly, or attempt to trap, catch, wound or kill any bird or animal, or molest or rob any nest of any bird or animal, in the park system.
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Section 6
BICYCLES
Bicycles may only be ridden on designated bike/walk paths found in the park system. No person shall ride any bicycle on any playground ramps or in any designated playground areas.
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Section 7
CAMPING
No person shall place, erect, or use any hammock, swing, tent, camper of other shelter or otherwise camp or sleep in the park system, except upon written permission from the Park District Director to do same.
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Section 8
CLOSING HOURS
The parks of the district shall be closed to the public each day at 10:00 pm for non-lighted parks and 11:00 pm for lighted parks. All parks of the park system shall open each day at 6:00 am unless otherwise posted by the Buffalo Grove Park District.
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Section 9
CLOTHING
No person shall enter, appear, be or remain anywhere in a state of nudity or in an indecent or lewd attire. No person shall expose any part of the body to the public in an indecent or lewd manner, nor speak or make advances in a profane or obscene way, or make any indecent or obscene gestures in any park. Nor shall any person take, or attempt to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with any child or adult of either sex in any park.
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Section 10
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
No person shall make, countenance or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance breach of the peace, or diversion tending to a breach of the peace, in the park system, or be guilty of any disorderly conduct therein, or collect with other persons, in bodies or crowds, for unlawful purposes, or for any purpose to the annoyance or obstruction or disturbance of other persons.
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Section 11
FIELD USAGE
Emmerich East Park football fields are scheduled for use by permit only between August 15 and November 15 of each year. Violators will be asked to leave the premises.
No organized league games or league practice sessions will be permitted at Canterbury Park. (Village of Buffalo Grove Ordinance P.U.D #88-76)
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Section 12
FIREWORKS
No person shall carry, discharge or cause to be exploded any fireworks or other explosive substances in the park system unless by written permission of the Park District Director.
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Section 13
FIREARMS AND MISSILES
No person shall bring, carry or fire any gun or pistol or other firearms of any kind in any park district facility.
No person shall throw, cast or shoot stones, or other missiles, nor shoot any bows and arrows, air rifle or air pistol, toss darts or spears in any park district facility except at such places and times as the Board may designate for such purpose.
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Section 14
FIRES
No person shall light or make use of any fire in the parks, except such portions thereof as may be designated for such purpose, such as in a grill, and then only under such regulations as are prescribed by the park district. Every fire shall be under the continuous care and direction of a competent person from the time the fire is kindled until it is completely extinguished.
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Section 15
GAMBLING
No person shall tell fortunes, gamble or participate in or abet any game of chance or use any gambling device in any part of the park system for money or other valuable thing, except for the benefit of bonafide not-for-profit purpose as may be when and where recommended by the Director and approved by the Board of Commissioners, if such activities are allowed by federal, state and local authorities.
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Section 16
GAMES AND SPORTS
No person shall engage in any game, sport or amusement in the park system without the proper permit request submitted and approved by the Director and then only under such rules and regulations as may be proscribed.
No person shall engage in any activity in a manner so as to endanger, injure, or damage persons or property in the park system.
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Section 17
GOLF
No person shall hit a golf ball into, in or from any park nor play golf in any park, nor bring any golf ball or golf club into any park other than any facility or area designated by the Board of Commissioners.
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Section 18
HINDERING OF EMPLOYEES
No person shall interfere with, or in any manner hinder any employee of the park district while engaged in constructing, repairing or caring for any park property.
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Section 19
LOITERING
No person or group of persons shall loiter in or near any building, toilet, swimming pool, or other park district structures, or loiter in or near a vehicle or vehicles within the park system. No person or group of persons shall commit in or upon any driveway, public sidewalk or entrance or exit to any public place in the park system any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and lawfully conducted use thereof by anyone.
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Section 20
MINORS
The parent or legal guardian of a minor defendant who resides with such parent or legal guardian shall be liable for any fine or condition of restitution or reparation imposed by a court upon a minor for violation of Sections 9.48.010 and 9.48.040 through 9.48.060 of the village ordinance; provided that the minor has not paid the fine or made restitution or reparation within the time ordered by the court; and further provided, that said parent or legal guardian has been served with summons or notice to appear in the original cause and all proceedings thereafter as provided by law.
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Section 21
NOISE
Except as a warning for danger, no person shall operate a vehicle upon park district property that makes an unusually loud noise or unnecessary noise, or which in any manner annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace of safety of others within the park system. No person shall conduct any musical concert, play upon any amplified instrument nor set up or use any communication system, or use a hand-held, air-horn in a park without first obtaining an official permit from the Director.
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Section 22
OFFERING ARTICLES FOR SALE
No person shall offer or exchange for sale any article or thing, or do any hawking, peddling or soliciting, or buy or offer to buy any article or thing, or take up any collection or solicit or receive contributions of money or anything of value in the park system, except when authorized to do so by permit form or contract with the Board of Commissioners.
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Section 23
PICNICS
Persons or companies wishing to hold a picnic in any of the designated picnic areas must first obtain a Picnic Permit from the office of the Buffalo Grove Park District and must meet all requirements as requested in the permit. This permit is valid only on the day and times shown and must be signed by an authorized representative of the Buffalo Grove Park District.
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Section 24
PRIVATE USE OF PICNIC SHELTERS, PLAY FIELDS, TENNIS COURTS, BASEBALL FIELDS AND SOCCER FIELDS (Ordinance #95-8-1)
No areas shall be reserved except picnic shelters and areas designated as play fields, such as but not limited to soccer fields, baseball, basketball, football and volleyball fields and tennis courts; which shall be authorized by permit only issued by the park district.
No reservation shall be made for any organization known to the director to discriminate against persons on account of sex, skin color, race or national origin or disability provided that this provision shall not prevent a reservation on behalf of a church league or other religious organization.
No area shall be reserved exclusively for any one league or organization. In scheduling the times, staff will take into account the hours at which there is demand for the use of the area and divide the hours of greater demand among various organizations. Managers or coaches of organized team practices or games may be asked to produce a permit upon request.
Written public records shall be kept of all reservations. The general public, organizations or teams can complete a permit application at the Park District Administrative Office, 530 Bernard Drive.
The provisions of this ordinance are separable, and the invalidity of any part of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of the rest of the ordinance.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than twenty-five ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
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Section 25
PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE AND MEETING
No person, group of persons, associations or corporations shall call or hold any public meetings or assemblage or give or conduct any concert, performance or public exhibition or entertainment of any kind in any of the parks or public places under the jurisdiction of the district without first applying to the Board of Commissioners or the Director for permit to do so, setting forth the purpose of the proposed meeting or assemblage, the place and time sought and the approximate number of participants and spectators expected to be involved. Upon the receipt of such application, the Board of Commissioners or the Director may grant or refuse to grant the same, in whole or in part and no such meeting shall be held except in accordance with the permission so granted.
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Section 26
REFUSE
No person shall deposit or leave any garbage, debris, refuse or other materials of any kind on the park system grounds or waters, no discharge of any injurious or vile substance of any kind upon the property of the district. Paper, glass, cans, garbage and other refuse of every kind, resulting from picnics or other property use of the park system, shall be deposited only in receptacles provided for the purpose, and no person shall litter, suffer or cause the park system to be littered in any way.
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Section 27
RESTRICTED PARTS OF THE PARK DISTRICT
No person shall enter upon any portion of the park system where entry is prohibited by the district by sign or other suitable notice. No person shall enter or attempt to enter any building area or facility in the park system which is closed to the public, or is under construction in an unfinished state, or scheduled for a specific group or activity unless invited to same; nor shall any person not invited or not having paid an admission fee, when such is charged, enter an area, building or place when it has been rented or otherwise reserved.
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Section 28
SKATING
No person shall skate upon any natural ponds, lakes, creeks found upon park district property. Skating is only allowed in areas designated by the park district. No person, while engaged in such activity shall conduct himself/herself in such a manner as to annoy others or to endanger, injure or damage persons or property in any way. All persons engaged in skating must adhere to rules established by the park district.
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Section 29
SLEDDING
No person shall sled or toboggan in any parks unless designated as a sledding area by the Buffalo Grove Park District. No person, while engaged in such activity, shall conduct himself/herself in such a manner as to annoy others or to endanger, injure or damage persons or property in any way. All persons engaged in sledding must adhere to rules established by the park district.
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Section 30
SMOKING
The Buffalo Grove Park District Board of Commissioners has banned smoking on all Buffalo Grove Park District property under Ordinance 05-7-1. This includes all parks, playgrounds, facilities, buildings, athletic fields and parking lots.
Revised July 25, 2005
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Section 31
TENNIS COURT RULES OF USAGE
Persons, age 14 and over, have priority for tennis play after 7:00 pm on weekdays.
Players must give up courts every hour on the hour or make arrangements with those waiting. Players must hang a tennis racquet to reserve a court.
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Section 32
TRAFFIC/PARKING
No person shall set or place or cause to be set or placed, any goods, wares or merchandise or property of any kind so as to obstruct travel in the park system.
Unless authorized by the park district Director, no person shall operate any motor vehicle except upon the established roadways.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle except in accordance with the laws of the Village of Buffalo Grove.
No person shall operate motorbikes, go-carts, snowmobiles, or other motor driven vehicles, except for authorized park district vehicles, in any parks of the park system except when necessary by park district staff for an integral program or activity sponsored by the park district.
No person shall park any vehicle in any park, driveway or parking area of a park between the hours of 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, unless otherwise posted, nor shall any person leave any vehicle anywhere in a park more than 24 hours because of mechanical failure, nor shall any person fail to notify and obtain the services of a tow truck for any vehicle that has failed to function within one hour of such failure. Parking in all parking lots owned and maintained by the Buffalo Grove Park District is only allowed in designated, stripped parking stalls.
No person shall change their cars oil, grease car, or leave debris from such action in any of the parks found in the Buffalo Grove Park District.
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Section 33
USE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BY ADULTS
No adult person shall in any manner use any of the playground apparatus or devices meant exclusively for the use of children.
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Section 34
VANDALISM
No person shall cut, break, climb in, or in any way injure or deface any tree, shrub, plant, turf, or any of the buildings, fences, bridges, lamps, posts, playground equipment, or any part thereof in any public park, or any other park property shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section.
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Section 35
WATERS, USE OF
No person shall swim in any of the lakes, ponds, or creeks found in the park system unless permitted to do so by the park district.
No person shall operate any type of water vehicle in, on or upon any waters of the park system.
No person shall have in his possession or take or attempt to take any fish in any waters of the park system, except in designated areas and subject to such rules as may be promulgated by the district and subject to such rules set by the district from time to time and subject to local and state laws.
No person shall be allowed to ice fish on any lakes, ponds, or creeks found in the park system.
No person or company shall be allowed to pump water from any of the park systems lakes, ponds, or creeks unless given permission by the Director of Parks and Recreation.
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Section 36
ENFORCEMENT
The police force of the district shall consist of all officers of the district. The officers of the district shall be conservators of the peace of the park system, it shall be their duty and they shall have the power to make arrests on the view of an offense, or upon warrant for the violation of any of the penal ordinances of the district or for any breach of the peace committed in the park system.
No person shall resist any commissioner or police officer of the district in the discharge of his duty, or fail or refuse to obey any lawful command of any such commissioner or police officer or in any way interfere with or hinder or prevent any such commissioner or police officer from discharging his duty, or in any manner assist or give aide to any person in custody to escape or to attempt to escape from custody, or rescue or attempt to rescue any person when in such custody.
No person shall falsely represent or impersonate any police officer or pretend to be a police officer.
Pursuant to Ordinance No., 71-6, Police Officers of the Village of Buffalo Grove are authorized to police these parks and issue citations to persons for violations of these ordinances; and whereas, the Buffalo Grove Park District wishes to have the Village Prosecutor for the Village of Buffalo Grove act as its prosecutor when the matters of the ordinance violations are presented in court.
Penalties: Any person violating any clause or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), for each offense upon conviction thereof.
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Section 37
SEPARABILITY
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Commissioners that the several provisions of this ordinance are separable, in accordance with the following:
a. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of the ordinance to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect any other provisions of this ordinance not specifically included in said judgement.
b. All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
c. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication as required by law.
d. This ordinance may be published in pamphlet form.
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