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Borough Park Rules & Regulations

Chapter 120. Parks
Article I. Regulations
§120-1. Parks rules and regulations

The following rules and regulations for the use of parks and recreation facilities of the Borough of Cheswick are hereby adopted:

  1. Parking shall be permitted in authorized areas only.
  2. Riding a bicycle or motorized recreational vehicle shall not be permitted in park and recreational areas. Bicycles and motorized recreational vehicles are to be placed in racks that are provided. [Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]
  3.  Possession of intoxicating or other alcoholic beverages upon any part of the park and recreational areas is hereby expressly forbidden, as is the use thereof, except by governmental or other municipal agencies of the Borough of Cheswick. [Amended 9-18-1984 by Ord. No. 639]
  4. No animals shall be allowed within the park and recreational areas.
    1. Editor’s Note: See also Art. Ill, Animals on Borough Property, of Ch. 88, Dogs and Other Animals.
  5. No person shall place rubbish in any area other than in the containers provided for the same.
  6. Fires shall only be permitted in authorized areas, and all fires must be extinguished when use of the same is completed.
  7. Organized ball playing shall not be permitted on Sundays.
  8. No persons shall be permitted in park and recreational areas after 9:00 p.m., except persons on official business and persons attending organized parties or special occasions with prior permission of the Recreation Board.
  9. No profane, indecent, abusive or insulting language shall be permitted within park and recreational areas.
  10. Gambling or the possession of gambling devices in park and recreational areas is hereby expressly forbidden.
  11. No person shall cut, break or in any way injure or deface the trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of the buildings, fences, structures or statuary or places or throw anything whatever within the park and recreational areas.
  12. No person shall offer for sale or rent any article whatever within park and recreational areas in the Borough of Cheswick without the consent of the Recreation Board previously obtained in writing.
  13. No person shall post or fix any notice, bill or other writing or printing of any kind on any tree, lamppost, hydrant, curbstone, coping, flagstone, fence, wall, building or other place within park and recreational areas.
  14. Tennis courts shall be available for tennis only to holders of permits for the use of said courts. Upon the expiration of the permitted time, players may continue to use the tennis courts until the appearance of the next permit holder, at which lime the courts are to be vacated immediately. [Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]
  15. No person shall be permitted on the tennis courts unless wearing rubber-soled tennis shoes.
  16. Permits for use of the tennis courts during the summer recreation hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday, from June 16 to August 29, shall be issued by the Recreation Director at the park.
  17. Permits for the use of the tennis courts at other times and during weekends shall be issued by the Borough Secretary, Borough Building, only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., prevailing lime, Monday through Friday.
  18. Throwing of stones onto the playing surfaces of the tennis courts or the depositing or placing of any other debris or rubbish thereon is hereby expressly forbidden, and the wearing of hard shoes on tennis courts is also forbidden. [Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]
  19. The use of roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards shall not be permitted in park and recreational areas. [Added 7-18-1995 by Ord. No. 698-C]

Borough Park Rules & Regulations

Chapter 120. Parks
Article I. Regulations
§120-1. Parks rules and regulations

The following rules and regulations for the use of parks and recreation facilities of the Borough of Cheswick are hereby adopted:

  1. Parking shall be permitted in authorized areas only.
  2. Riding a bicycle or motorized recreational vehicle shall not be permitted in park and recreational areas. Bicycles and motorized recreational vehicles are to be placed in racks that are provided. [Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]
  3.  Possession of intoxicating or other alcoholic beverages upon any part of the park and recreational areas is hereby expressly forbidden, as is the use thereof, except by governmental or other municipal agencies of the Borough of Cheswick. [Amended 9-18-1984 by Ord. No. 639]
  4. No animals shall be allowed within the park and recreational areas.
  5. Editor’s Note: See also Art. Ill, Animals on Borough Property, of Ch. 88, Dogs and Other Animals.
    E. No person shall place rubbish in any area other than in the containers provided for the same.
    F. Fires shall only be permitted in authorized areas, and all fires must be extinguished when use of the same is completed.
    G. Organized ball playing shall not be permitted on Sundays.
    H. No persons shall be permitted in park and recreational areas after 9:00 p.m., except persons on official business and persons attending organized parties or special occasions with prior permission of the Recreation Board.
    I. No profane, indecent, abusive or insulting language shall be permitted within park and recreational areas.
    J. Gambling or the possession of gambling devices in park and recreational areas is hereby expressly forbidden.
    K. No person shall cut, break or in any way injure or deface the trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of the buildings, fences, structures or statuary or places or throw anything whatever within the park and recreational areas.
    L. No person shall offer for sale or rent any article whatever within park and recreational areas in the Borough of Cheswick without the consent of the Recreation Board previously obtained in writing.
    M. No person shall post or fix any notice, bill or other writing or printing of any kind on any tree, lamppost, hydrant, curbstone, coping, flagstone, fence, wall, building or other place within park and recreational areas.

N. Tennis courts shall be available for tennis only to holders of permits for the use of said courts. Upon the . ell!)iralion of the permitted time, players may continue to use the tennis courts until the appearance of the next permit holder, at which lime the courts are to be vacated immediately.
[Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]

0. No person shall be permitted on the tennis courts unless wearing rubber-soled tennis shoes.

P. Permits for use of the tennis courts during the summer recreation hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday, from June 16 to August 29, shall be issued by the Recreation Director at the park.
Q. Permits for the use of the tennis courts at other times and during weekends shall be issued by the Borough Secretary, Borough Building, only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., prevailing lime, Monday through Friday.
R. Throwing of stones onto the playing surfaces of the tennis courts or the depositing or placing of any other debris or rubbish thereon is hereby expressly forbidden, and the wearing of hard shoes on tennis courts is also forbidden.
[Amended 4-21-1987 by Ord. No. 659]
S. The use of roller skates, rollerblades and skateboards shall not be permitted in park and recreational areas.
[Added 7-18-1995 by Ord. No. 698-C]