Park rules
The following are excerpts from the City of Anaheim Municipal Code Book which apply to activity
in Parks.
Chapter 13.08 PUBLIC PARKS
Sections:
13.08.010 Applicability of chapter-\"Public parks\" defined.
13.08.020 Prohibited conduct generally.
13.08.030 Prohibited conduct in or adjacent to auditoriums or open-air theaters.
13.08.040 Gatherings of more than twenty-five persons.
13.08.045 Recreational facilities, permits required.
13.08.050 Use by males of women's water closets.
13.08.060 Assemblies in pathways.
13.08.070 Sale of goods near public parks.
13.08.080 Vehicles for hire near public parks.
13.08.090 Use of plunge.
13.08.110 Designation of public parks as drug-free zones.
13.08.010 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER — \"PUBLIC PARKS\" DEFINED.
The rules and regulations hereinafter prescribed shall govern the public parks of the City
of Anaheim. \"Public parks\" for the purpose of this chapter shall include all dedicated
parks and all planted parkways, triangles and traffic circles maintained by the City of
Anaheim, except the parkway strips between curb and sidewalk along the several streets
and highways of said City. (Ord. 569 § 1; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.020 PROHIBITED CONDUCT GENERALLY.
Within the limits of any of said parks, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to do
any of the acts hereinafter specified, to-wit:
.010 To hitch, fasten, lead, drive or let loose any animal or fowl of any kind, provided
that this shall not apply to dogs when led by a cord or chain, not more than six feet long;
.020 To ride or drive any horse or other animal, or to propel any vehicle, cycle or
automobile;
.030 To carry or discharge any firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes or any other
fireworks, or air gun or slingshot;
.040 To cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage,
pen, monument, fence, bench or other structure, apparatus or property; or to pluck, pull
up, cut, take or remove any shrub, bush, plant or flower; or to mark or write upon, paint or
deface in any manner, any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure;
.050 To cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, gravel or fertilizer;
.060 To swim, fish in, to bathe, wade in or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake
or stream;
.070 To make or kindle a fire except in picnic stoves, braziers or fire pits provided for
that purpose;
.080 To camp or lodge therein;
.090 To cook, prepare, serve or eat any lunch, barbecue or picnic except at the places
provided therefore;
.100 To wash dishes or to empty salt water or other waste liquids elsewhere than in
the sinks provided for such purposes;
.110 To leave garbage, cans, bottles, papers or other refuse elsewhere than in the
receptacles provided therefore;
.120 To play, or engage in any game, excepting at such place as shall be especially
set apart for that purpose;
.130 To play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or
carried on with cards, dice or other device, for money, chips, shells, credit or any other
representative of value, or to maintain or exhibit any gambling table or other instrument of
gambling or gaming;
.140 To indulge in riotous, boisterous, threatening or indecent conduct, or abusive,
threatening, profane or indecent language;
.150 To disturb in any manner any picnic, meeting, service, concert, exercise or
exhibition;
.160 To distribute any handbills or circulars, or to post, place or erect any bills, notice,
paper or advertising device or matter of any kind;
.170 To sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing, whatsoever, without first
obtaining permission from the City Council so to do;
.180 To practice, carry on, conduct or solicit for any trade, occupation, business or
profession or to circulate any petition of whatsoever kind or character without permission
of the City Council;
.190 To remain, stay or loiter in any public park between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and
5:00 a.m. of the following day;
.200 To consume any alcoholic beverage in any public park without first obtaining the
permission of the City Council or a permit from the Parks, Recreation and Community
Services Department. \"Alcoholic beverage\" is defined as any beverage defined as an
\"alcoholic beverage\" by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the State of California. Any
person violating any of the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a
criminal infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine as set forth
in Section 36900 of the Government Code, or any successor provision thereto;
.210 To play or engage in the game of golf, or to hit any golf ball with a golf club. (Ord.
569 § 2; Ord. 1413; November 10, 1959; Ord. 5504 § 2 (part); June 27, 1995.)
13.08.030 PROHIBITED CONDUCT IN OR ADJACENT TO AUDITORIUMS OR OPEN-AIR
THEATERS.
In and adjacent to any auditorium or open-air theater within any public park, it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to do any of the acts hereinafter specified to-wit:
.010 To hold any meeting, service, concert, exercise or exhibition without first
obtaining permission from the City Council so to do;
.020 To charge any admission fee or to take up any collection at any such meeting,
service, concert, exercise or exhibition without first obtaining permission from the City
Council so to do;
.030 To loiter in the approaches or walks adjacent to any such auditorium or open-air
theater during the progress of any meeting, service, concert, exercise or exhibition, or to
disturb in any manner whatsoever any such program while the same is in progress. The
audience must remain in their seats until the conclusion of the program. (Ord. 569 § 3;
August 9, 1932.)
13.08.040 GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS.
No company, society or organization of more than twenty-five persons shall hold or
conduct any picnic, celebration, parade, service or exercise in any public park, without
first obtaining permission from the City Council, and it shall be unlawful for any person to
take part in any picnic, celebration, parade, service or exercise held or conducted
contrary to the provisions hereof. (Ord. 569 § 4; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.045 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, PERMITS REQUIRED.
Any person not having a permit for the use of a recreational facility, using any
recreational facility of any park and school district property where so designated for
scheduling by the Parks, Recreation and the Arts Department in the City of Anaheim,
shall surrender or turn over possession of said recreational facility to any person having
possession of a permit for the use of said facility from the Parks, Recreation and the Arts
Department of the City of Anaheim.
It shall be unlawful for any person not having a permit from the Parks, Recreation and the
Arts Department to refuse or fail to surrender the use of any recreational facility to any
person who has a permit for the use of said facility from the Parks, Recreation and the
Arts Department of the City of Anaheim. (Ord. 3472 § 1; October 14, 1975.)
13.08.050 USE BY MALES OF WOMEN'S WATER CLOSETS.
No male person, who is over eight years of age, shall enter or use any water closet,
restroom, dressing room or other facility for exclusive use by women in a public park.
(Ord. 569 § 5 as amended by Ord. 1413; November 10, 1959.)
13.08.060 ASSEMBLIES IN PATHWAYS.
It shall be unlawful for any persons to assemble, collect or gather together in any walk,
passageway or pathway in any park or in any other place set apart for the travel of
persons in or through any park or to occupy the same so that the free passage or use
thereof by persons passing along the same shall be obstructed in any manner. (Ord. 569
§ 6; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.070 SALE OF GOODS NEAR PUBLIC PARKS.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, expose for sale or offer to sell in or
along any public street, lane or thoroughfare adjoining or approaching any public park in
the City of Anaheim within two hundred feet of said park, any goods, wares or
merchandise of any kind whatsoever. (Ord. 569 § 7; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.080 VEHICLES FOR HIRE NEAR PUBLIC PARKS.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to stand, keep or expose for hire any
wagon, carriage, automobile or other vehicle, in or along any public street, lane or
thoroughfare, adjoining or approaching any public park in said City, within two hundred
feet of any entrance to such park. (Ord. 569 § 8; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.090 USE OF PLUNGE.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the plunge maintained in the City Park of the
City of Anaheim without first having a shower bath and complying with all the safety rules
and regulations established by the Board of Health of the State of California and the
County of Orange, and it shall be unlawful for any person after being in the plunge to
leave the same and re-enter without first taking a shower bath; it shall be unlawful for any
person to wear a private bathing suit unless the same shall have been properly
laundered; it shall be unlawful for any person having a communicable disease of any kind
to enter into the said plunge; it shall be unlawful for any person afflicted with an infectious
disease or suffering from cough, cold, fever, sores or wearing bands or bandages to
enter into the said plunge. (Ord. 569 § 10; August 9, 1932.)
13.08.110 DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC PARKS AS DRUG-FREE ZONES.
.010 All public parks within and under the jurisdiction of the City of Anaheim, including
adjacent public parking lots and sidewalks, are designated \"drug-free zones\" within the
meaning of California Health and Safety Code Section 11380.5. (Ord. 5591 § 2; March
11, 1997.)
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