Lake Metroparks Farmpark Farmers' Market

REVISED: May 2015LAKE METROPARKSLAKE COUNTY, OHIORESOLUTION NO. 2014-030 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF LAKE METROPARKS TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS. Section One. BE IT RESOLVED, by the BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS of LAKE METROPARKS, that in accordance with authority granted in §1545.09 of the Revised Code of Ohio, the use of the parks, reservations, parkways, boulevard, and other lands and areas owned or controlled by the Lake Metroparks shall be under and subject to the rules and regulations, as set forth and adopted herein: and any person violating any of such rules or regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) dollars. The following terms used in the rules and regulations herein shall mean: “Park” or “parks” means any and all land owned or controlled by the Board of Park Commissioners of Lake Metroparks. “Board” means the Board of Park Commissioners of Lake Metroparks, or its designated representative. “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of Lake Metroparks. “Ranger” means the Law Enforcement Officer of the Park District. “Person” includes any person, persons, members of partnerships and/or members or officers of corporations and/or their employees. Said rules and regulations are as follows: 1.0 DEFACEMENT, DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR DISTURBANCE OF PROPERTY, OR TRESPASS TO PARK EQUIPMENT OR NATURAL FEATURES. 1.1 Preservation of property and natural features. No person shall injure, deface, destroy, disturb, or remove any part of the Park or building, sign, equipment, or other property found therein, nor shall any tree, flower, shrub or other vegetation, or fruit or seed thereof, or rock, or mineral, or water be removed, injured, destroyed, or disturbed without specific written permission from the Executive Director. 1.2 Injuring vines, bushes, shrubs, saplings or trees. (Provision for treble damages) ORC §901.51 No person shall without lawful authority or privilege to do so recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing therein, or sever, injure or destroy a product standing or growing therein or other thing attached thereto within the Park lands. In addition to the penalty provided herein, whoever violates this section shall be liable in treble damages for the injury caused. (1) Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with the property of the Park or of another: (2) With the purpose to interfere with the use or enjoyment of property of another within the Park employ a tear gas device, stink bomb, smoke generator or other device releasing a substance which is harmful or offensive to persons exposed, or which tends to cause public alarm; (3) Without privilege to do so within the Park, knowingly move, deface damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with a bench mark triangulation station, boundary marker or other survey station, monument or marker. (4) Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with any safety device, the property of the Park or of another or the property of the offender when required or placed for the safety of others, so as to destroy or diminish its effectiveness or availability for its intended purpose. (b) As used in this section, “safety device” means any fire extinguisher, fire hose or fire axe, or any fire escape, emergency exit or emergency escape equipment, or any life line, life-saving ring, life preserver or life boat or raft, or any alarm, light, flare, signal, sign or notice intended to warn of danger or emergency, or intended for other safety purposes, or any guard railing or safety barricade, or any traffic sign or signal, or any railroad guard crossing sign, signal or gate, or any first aid or survival equipment, or any other device, apparat