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It shall be unlawful;

A. To operate motorbikes, motorcycles, or other motor vehicles on trails, or cross country, or on primitive unsurfaced roadways that have been posted, signed, or barriered to prohibit vehicle use.

B. To operate a motor vehicle except on roads and parking areas designated for such purposes; to operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than that posted or to fail to obey traffic signs. In all cases, motor vehicles shall be operated in compliance with Arizona Motor Vehicle Code as provided under Title 28, A.R.S., while within the boundaries of any Town Park.

C. To destroy, damage, deface, or remove any regulatory sign or property, or facility in any Town Park.

D. To use any Town Park for commercial purposes, public meetings or assemblies, erection of signs, fences, barriers or structures, to distribute advertising materials, or to sell any goods and/or services without first obtaining a written permit from the Town of Oro Valley.

E. To litter, deposit, or abandon in any Town Park any garbage, sewage, refuse, trash, waste, or other obnoxious materials except in receptacles or containers provided for such purposes. These receptacles are not to be used for residential trash disposal.

F. To enter upon or use for any purpose any Town Park when a fee, rental, admission, or other consideration has been established for such use unless the person entering or using such land, water, or facility has paid said fee, rental, admission or other consideration.

G. To enter, use or occupy any Town Park for any purpose when said park or areas are posted against such entrance, use or occupancy.

H. To discharge firearms or other weapons in any Town Park.

I. To bring saddle, pack, or draft animals into any Town Park except in areas approved for such use.

J. To allow grazing or forage consuming domestic livestock to graze or to roam-at-large within the fenced and/or posted boundaries of any Town Park.

K. To build fires, except in designated places, or in fireplaces, stoves or grills either provided or approved by the Town of Oro Valley.

L. To operate any aircraft, parachute, model, or hang glider in any Town Park except in an emergency; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the operation of electric-powered or non-powered model aircraft weighing not greater than twenty-five (25) pounds at altitudes below two hundred (200) feet above ground level within designated areas of the Naranja Town Site Park or future town parks as may be appropriate by Academy of Model Aeronautics-affiliated groups acting under a license agreement with the Town. Hours of operation shall be 6:00 a.m. to dusk. Special events outside these hours may be approved at the discretion of the Parks and Recreation Director.

M. To collect, remove, destroy, mutilate, damage, and/or deface any natural resource including but not limited to all live and dead vegetation and all parts thereof, wildlife, soil, rocks, and water, without obtaining prior written approval from the Town.

N. To undertake mechanical repair of maintenance of any vehicle, including but not limited to, automobile oil changes or engine tune-ups, except in the case of an emergency where the vehicle is not operable.

O. To use metal detectors without Town permit. These permits shall be obtained through the Town of Oro Valley Parks and Recreation Services. Any such use will have a mandatory requirement that upon completion of usage of the device in any Town Park, that there be no visible sign of soil disturbances or damage to the park vegetation and/or permanent fixtures.

P. To swim, bathe, or wade in any waters other than approved swimming pool at any park and at such places as are provided therefore, and in compliance with such regulations as are herein set forth or as may be hereafter adopted. Nor shall any person frequent any waters or places customarily designated for the purpose of swimming or bathing, or congregate thereafter when such activity is prohibited by the Town upon finding such use of the water would be dangerous.

Q. To use any portion of a park for golf purpose, or make use of any golf club or ball in any park, except in a municipal golf course or during golf activities sponsored by the Town.

R. For any children six (6) years of age and under, to be unaccompanied and unsupervised by an adult or responsible teenager at least fourteen (14) years of age when entering any park area except when the child is participating in an activity sponsored directly by the Town.

S. For any person to possess a glass beverage container in any park. No person shall throw, toss, or otherwise propel, or break any glass object in any park or any street or alley adjacent to any such park.

T. To operate or ride any skateboard, rollerskates, bicycle, or rollerblades in a Town park facility unless such usage is conducted in an area specifically set aside for those purposes.

U. No apparatus, furniture or equipment shall be moved into a recreation facility unless special permission is granted in advance and so stated in the permit. Such apparatus, furniture or equipment (provided by the holder of the permit) shall be removed promptly after use. Failure to comply shall prohibit such groups from using facilities at a later date.

V. No material, banner or sign of any kind shall be attached to any part of the facility or area without the permission from the Parks and Recreation Administrator. ((O)09-08, 05/20/2009; (O)08-13, 07/16/2008; (O)96-54, 12/18/1996)