Chapter 9.13
PARK REGULATIONS

Sections:

9.13.010    Purpose.

9.13.020    Designated parks.

9.13.030    Park hours.

9.13.040    Park hour applicability.

9.13.050    Unlawful activities designated.

9.13.060    Standards for naming public park and recreation facilities.

9.13.010 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to aid in the operation, programming, use and maintenance of each city park.  (Ord. 12-94 §1(part), 1994).

9.13.020 Designated parks.

For the purpose of this chapter, “parks” includes the following parks located in Half Moon Bay:

A.    Kehoe Park located on the corner of Loryn and St. Joseph;

B.    Ocean View Park located at 627 Alsace Lorraine;

C.    Frenchmans Creek Park located at Ruisseau Francais;

D.    Pilarcitos Creek Park located at Stone Pine;

E.    MacDutra Park located at 504 Main Street;

F.    Kitty Fernandez Park located on Main Street, between Filbert and Spruce.  (Ord. 12-94 §1(part), 1994).

9.13.030 Park hours.

All parks and parking lot facilities shall be closed to the public between the hours of nine p.m. and sunrise unless preapproved with a permit from the department of parks and recreation.  This section shall not apply to buildings located in parks where the hours of use shall be regulated by the director of parks and recreation.  (Ord. 12-94 §1(part), 1994).

9.13.040 Park hour applicability.

No persons shall enter, use, cross, remain, reside, camp, dwell or loiter in a park and recreation facility or area, or the parking lot adjacent thereto, except during the hours that such park and recreation areas and facilities and parking lots shall be open to the public as provided in this chapter.  Where an activity concludes at or near nine p.m., participants and/or spectators shall be allowed up to one-half hour to depart from the facilities.  (Ord. 12-94 §1(part), 1994).

9.13.050 Unlawful activities designated.

A.    No person, group or organization using or present upon or within any park or area, or parking lot, including the immediately adjacent sidewalks and streets, and which bound such public park or parking lot, shall:

1.    Ride a bicycle, skateboard or skates on pedestrian pathways or sidewalks, or upon turf areas, athletic fields, courts or planted areas, or within buildings, unless the use is specifically designated for such facility;

2.    Wilfully mark, cut, deface, write upon, disfigure, injure, open, expose, interfere or tamper with, or displace or remove any turf, soil, sand, grass, rock, tree, shrub, wood, water pipe, gas pipe, hydrant, stopcock, sewer, basin, bench, table, furniture, utensil, monument, fence, equipment, paving, heavy materials, utility lines, signs, notices or placards, apparatus, or any portion of any structure or equipment of any facility, building or other city property whatsoever;

3.    Enter any area which is posted as being closed to the public to protect growth or establish plants, or which is used as a service facility, or which is under repair; and

4.    With the exception of police officers, no person in or upon any park and recreation facility or area shall take or cause to be taken into that facility or area, exhibit, or use any firearm, airgun, slingshot, fireworks of any kind, or weapon of any sort, including the use of any dangerous instrumentality in any manner which approximates a weapon.  (Ord. 12-94 §1(part), 1994).

9.13.060 Standards for naming public park and recreation facilities.

Requests for the naming of city owned or controlled parks, open space, recreational facilities or contained features, except proposals initiated by the city council, shall be submitted in writing to the director of parks and recreation.  When considering the naming or renaming of a recreational facility, it shall be the general policy of the city that the following criteria apply:

A.    Procedure.  The parks and recreation director shall review such proposals to insure consistency with the criteria outlined below and shall make a determination as to whether the proposed name/or a similar name is already in use, and shall forward such proposal to the parks and recreation commission.  The commission shall notify the public of hearing(s) on the naming proposals and will forward any recommendations to the city council for formal action.

B.    Naming Policy.  In naming any new city park, open space area, recreational facility or feature, the city council shall initially consider its service function and/or geographic location and shall determine the process of securing public input in the naming of new facilities.  The city discourages name change proposals of established facilities/areas after a person, event, or any other factor.  However, the city will consider requests that meet the following criteria:

1.    A proposal that details a significant geological, geographical, cultural, historical, botanical, horticultural, scientific, or other factors or events that are associated with the area or population served by the facility, park or open space area;

2.    Proposals that illustrate the appropriateness of honoring or showing gratitude to a person or family deserving of recognition within the local community served by the public facility, park or open space area.  Such contributors should reflect a significant contribution to the acquisition, development, design and/or securing community consensus that insured the park or recreational facility development.  Such individuals may include past mayors, council members, committee members, commissioners, officers or employees of the city who have left city service for five or more years, or are deceased.

C.    Subdivision Dedications.  Park land dedications or park improvements dedicated to the city by a developer may be recognized by its subdivision name by formal request from the developer as a condition of dedication.  Without such a request, the city may select a name appropriate to the service function, geographic location or by any mechanism selected by city ordinance.

D.    Donations.  Upon receipt of full value of a parks construction or construction of a park component, open space donation/purchase, recreational facility development and with the prior approval of the city council, a corporation, company, community organization or association, or individuals, may name the park or recreational facility or component as the donating party designates with city council approval.

E.    Gifts and Memorials.  Individuals, groups, companies or corporations may purchase or provide funds for city-prescribed apparatus, equipment, trees and landscaping or other components that the city identifies for existing park and recreation facilities.  Such gifts or memorial purchases must be preapproved by the parks and recreation commission.  Any signage or identifying plaques are subject to regulations and restrictions set forth by the city.

F.    Prohibitions and Limitations.  Names related to religious denominations, historical religious events or religious leaders shall be prohibited.  Naming of any facility after any individual currently holding public office or serving as an employee for a local government jurisdiction may not be considered until such individual has left public service for a period of five years or is deceased.

Facilities or features should not be given names that could cause confusion with other park and recreation amenities or public buildings within the system.

Circumstances of overriding consideration may be presented should a proposal vary from these regulations.  (Ord. 2-00, 2000).