CHAPTER 9
GENERAL OFFENSES AND NUISANCE CONTROL

ARTICLE 10
OFFENSES RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES

Section 9-10-1. Title and Purpose. The provisions of this Article 10 of Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code of the City of Northglenn shall be known and cited as the Northglenn Park Regulations ordinance. The provisions of this article shall apply to all parks and municipal recreation facilities operated by the City of Northglenn, located within the municipal boundaries of the City, and shall apply to all parks and municipal recreation facilities within the merged territory of the City of Northglenn and the Northglenn Metropolitan Recreation District.

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]

Section 9-10-2. Regulations--Violations.

(a)

As used in this section, "regulation" means a regulation adopted by the Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Northglenn, pursuant to the authority of Section 17-1-6 of the Municipal Code, and in the manner provided by Article 6 of Chapter 3 of the Municipal Code.

(b)

It is unlawful for any person to violate any regulation of the City of Northglenn as defined in Section 9-10-2(a).

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]

Section 9-10-3. Vendors in and Near Parks.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person, except a person acting under authority of a valid license granted by the Parks and Recreation Board and issued by the City Manager, to vend any goods, wares or merchandise:

(1)

In any park;

(2)

On the premises of any municipal recreation facility;

(3)

Within three hundred (300) feet of the entrance to any park or municipal recreation facility;

(4)

On any street or highway adjoining any park or municipal recreation facility; or

(5)

On any sidewalk adjoining any park or municipal recreation facility.

(b)

Each day on which a violation of Section 9-10-3(a) occurs shall be deemed a separate offense.

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]

Section 9-10-4. Signs in and Near Parks.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person, except a person acting under the authority of a valid sign permit issued by the City of Northglenn, to erect, construct or maintain any sign:

(1)

In any park;

(2)

On the premises of any municipal recreation facility;

(3)

On any street or highway adjoining any park or municipal recreation facility; or

(4)

On any sidewalk adjoining any park or municipal recreation facility.

(b)

The provisions of Section 9-10-4(a) of this article shall not apply to signs erected or placed by the City of Northglenn or by the Department of Highways of the State of Colorado in or upon any park, municipal recreation facility, street, highway or sidewalk.

(c)

Each day on which a violation of Section 9-10-4(a) occurs shall be deemed a separate offense.

(d)

Every sign erected, constructed or maintained in violation of Section 9-10-4(a) of this article is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]

Section 9-10-5. Pollution.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person to pollute the water in any reservoir, stream, ditch, canal or pipe which is included in any park or which is located in any parkway, road or boulevard in any park.

(b)

It is unlawful for any person to pollute any stream or source from which the water in any park or reservoir is taken as far as ten miles above the point from which such water diverted.

(c)

It is unlawful for the owner or custodian of any dog to allow such dog to defecate in any park, parkway, or recreational facility within the City and to fail to clean up and remove from such park, parkway, or recreational facility such excrement or feces.

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]

Section 9-10-6. Application of Ordinances to Parks.

(a)

The ordinances of the City of Northglenn shall apply with full force and effect upon and to all lands subject to the police power and jurisdiction of the City as provided in Section 9-10-6(a) of the article.

(b)

The Municipal Court of the City of Northglenn shall have jurisdiction over and venue of all alleged violations of the provisions of this article, and all alleged violations of ordinances of the City alleged to have occurred upon lands subject to the police power and jurisdiction of the City under the provisions of Section 9-10-6(a) of this article.

[Source: Ord. 1093, 1994]