§ 13.44.060. Nonpublic areas - Posting required - Entering or damaging property prohibited.

A.

By posting appropriate notices, the director of the department of recreation, parks and community services may exclude the public from or limit use of any road, area, building, lands, trail, natural feature, water area or facility in a city park which is used for access, storage, parking, shop, office, residence or utility purposes, or other park or recreational use, or any combination thereof, whenever public access to the same will endanger the public health or safety, interfere with such use, or cause damage to such public property or natural resources. The director may also by appropriate means exclude the public from the place of any construction, repair or demolition activity. No person shall enter or remain or permit any person in their control to enter or remain in any such part of a city park when the same is closed to the public, unless authorized to do so by the director.

B.

No person shall unlock, open, remove, move or tamper with any gate, door, window, ventilator, skylight, screen grate, fence, lock or barrier, or any other thing maintained by the director to exclude the public from a city park or portion thereof, or tamper with, remove or deface any sign, legend or other notice designating the same as dangerous or prohibiting entry therein.

(Prior code § 4402.7; Ords. 18841, 23170.)