Chapter 10.16
PARKS

Sections:

10.16.010    Defined.

10.16.020    Restrictions.

10.16.030    Penalty for violation.

10.16.035    City parks – Off-limits areas.

10.16.010 Defined.

“Public parks” as used herein means and includes all the properties owned and controlled by the city, and operated as parks available for the use of the public, including all the property known as Wilcox Park as stated in the lease from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. (Ord. 521 § 1, 1969)

10.16.020 Restrictions.

For the conduct of persons using or frequenting the public parks of Lynnwood, Washington, the following rules and regulations to be observed and enforced within the public parks are hereby established:

A. All city ordinances shall apply to and be in full force and effect within the public parks of the city.

B. No person shall cut, remove, or damage any flowers, trees, or shrubs without prior obtained permission from the park and recreation director.

C. No person shall build any fire within a public park except in a stove or fireplace provided therefor.

D. No person shall permit a dog to run at large within any public park, and all dogs within the public parks shall be kept on leash and under control at all times, except as may be permitted for special occasions under the order of the park and recreation department.

E. No person shall ride or drive any horse or animal or permit any horse or animal to go upon any portion of any public park except on the roads, regularly provided parking areas, and horse trails where designated.

F. No motor vehicle shall be operated, stopped, parked or left standing any place in a public park except on roads and parking areas provided therefor.

G. Parking or loitering in public parks between dusk and dawn is prohibited except for the lighted tennis courts at Lynndale Park, which shall close at 11:00 p.m. It is unlawful for any person to loiter on, remain in, or otherwise be on said premises during this time except as may be permitted for special occasions with written permission from the city parks and recreation director.

H. No person shall mutilate, deface, injure or damage any building, installation, personal property, or piece of equipment in any public park.

I. No person shall engage in sale of any merchandise or services or operate any concession within any public park without permit from the park and recreation director previously obtained. Such permit shall include the posting of a $100.00 bond to guarantee the cleanup of the area.

J. No person shall dump or dispose of any garbage in any public park except in receptacles which are provided therefor. Also, no person shall scatter or dispose of any bottles, broken glass, waste, or discarded paper of litter or waste material of any kind in or around any part of any public park except in receptacles which are provided therefor.

K. No alcoholic beverages shall be allowed in any public park; provided, the city council may permit the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within a confined licensed area for a permanent license or a temporary permit (not to exceed three consecutive days) issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. Any application to the city council for such a permit shall include a plot plan identifying the specific area to be licensed. In granting such permit the council may apply restrictions reasonably calculated to comply with the purposes of the P-1 zone as set forth in LMC 21.44.050. (Ord. 1670 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1056 § 1, 1979; Ord. 521 § 2, 1969)

10.16.030 Penalty for violation.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of LMC 10.16.020 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 2164 § 11, 1997; Ord. 521 § 3, 1969)

10.16.035 City parks – Off-limits areas.

A. It is unlawful for any person to leave the defined and developed paths within a city park or to walk, stand, sit on or use, damage, destroy or remove the natural vegetation in any park, except as specifically set forth in subsection (D) of this section.

B. It is unlawful for any person to enter or go upon any area in a park which has been designated and posted by the parks director or his or her designee as a “restricted area,” or “no admittance,” or “no trespassing” area, or during any time the park is posted as being closed to the public.

C. For purposes of this section, “defined and developed paths”:

1. Are those paths which have been deliberately improved by the city, and which are clearly delineated by one of the following methods:

a. By being paved with asphalt or concrete;

b. By being covered in bark, wood chips, or other material that clearly defines the area to be used for walking, and which edges are bordered on one or both sides by shaped timbers, tree trunks or limbs, or by other deliberate placement of material designed to act as border;

c. By being constructed as a bridge, floating walkway, or planked walkway;

2. Do not include service roads or access roads within the park.

D. This section does not apply to any of the following:

1. An authorized city employee in the performance of his/her duties, or other duly authorized persons pursuant to law;

2. Use of picnic table areas, ball fields, and other developed areas of a park;

3. Use of an area planted with grass;

4. Any area designated by signs advising that use of the area is not restricted.

E. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 2164 § 12, 1997; Ord. 2088 § 1, 1996)