§ 18-106. Preservation of property.

(a)

As all property in all parks is city property no person entering or being within parks or areas operated and maintained by the parks and recreation department shall violate the provisions regarding offenses against property.

(b)

No person shall vandalize, deface or destroy any park property or equipment within a park site.

(c)

No person shall damage or remove plants or plant materials, trees or parts thereof or any flowers, nuts, seeds, or fruits whatsoever, except that park personnel may be empowered to make such removals and scientists and students of botany may be issued a special permit for specimen collecting by the department director or his/her designee.

(d)

No person shall excavate or remove any artifact from any archaeologically sensitive areas. Of particular concern are Native American burial grounds and living sites.

(e)

No person shall make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting, or other means or utilize metal detectors or shall construct or erect any building or structure of whatever kind, whether permanent or temporary, or run or string any public utility into, upon, across or over any park or recreation lands unless authorized by permit or easement.

(f)

No fires shall be built by any person against or adjacent to any park building, structure, tree or plant or near the property of others or in any area of any park except in such areas as are specifically designated for fire building, nor shall any person drop, throw and permit to be scattered, by any means, hot coals, lighted matches, burning tobacco products or any other flammable material within any park area or any highway, road or street abutting or contiguous thereto.

(g)

No person shall build, light or cause to be lighted any fire upon the ground or beach or other object in any area except in an approved grill, stove, fireplace or other suitable container, nor shall any person starting a fire leave the area without extinguishing the fire.

(h)

No person shall use a grill or other device in such a manner as to burn, char, mar or blemish any bench, table, or other object of park property.

(i)

No person shall stand or sit on any fence rail or on any picnic table or any other structure not intended for such use in park or parkway.

(County Code, § 26-1(Rule 8))