§ 16-7. Prohibited activities.

The following activities are prohibited on park property unless authorized by the director or designee:

(1)

Scuba diving.

(2)

Hunting.

(3)

Gambling, including raffles, bingo games, card games for money.

(4)

Alcoholic Beverages.

a.

It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, sell or offer for sale, have in his possession or consume any alcoholic beverages in or on any public playground, public recreation area or public park unless such sale, possession or consumption takes place at and during an event authorized by s. 3-7 of the Lake County Code. All persons entering upon park property shall consent to a search of the contents of any container which may contain an alcoholic beverage. Container shall mean any cooler, portable icebox, carrier, luggage, can, bottle, bag or box which may reasonably be used to contain alcoholic beverages. Purses, handbags and wallets are specifically exempted from the foregoing definition of "container." This section shall not apply to possession of unopened containers of alcoholic beverages located inside vehicles or vessels at any County boat ramp, or unopened containers of alcoholic beverages located inside vehicles at any County Owned parking lot or parking facility. However, this subsection does not authorize the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at such County boat ramp or other facility and such sale or consumption is strictly prohibited.

b.

Should a law enforcement officer or other person with authority to enforce this section observe a container over which no person apparently has possession, custody or control, then such officer may take such container into his possession and deliver it to park staff in charge, or his designee, to hold until claimed and properly identified, at which time such container shall be subject to an alcoholic beverage inspection and the claimant of the container may be cited for a violation of this section if the container is found to contain an alcoholic beverage.

c.

Any person refusing to consent to such inspection of a container in his possession, custody or control shall be denied admittance to a county park. If such person is present in a county park at the time a demand for such inspection is made and refuses to consent to such inspection, such person shall be ordered to leave the county park forthwith. Should such person refuse to leave forthwith, such person shall be deemed in violation of this section.

d.

In no event shall division staff attempt to search a container when the owner of such container has refused such inspection. Division staff shall have authority, however, to ask such person to immediately leave park property and upon refusal to leave park property, division staff shall contact a law enforcement officer to trespass the person from park property.

(5)

Bicycles, tricycles, skateboards, rollerblades or similar equipment are prohibited on boardwalks, nature trails and sidewalks, unless so designated as an approved trail or trail connector.

(6)

Hitchhiking.

(7)

Camping.

(8)

No person shall utilize park property to engage in any private commercial activity, including the use of any vehicle carrying materials or merchandise for sale.

(9)

Non-recreation areas. No person or persons shall engage in rough or potentially dangerous games or practice for same, such as football, baseball, softball, horseshoes, quoits, tennis volleyball, badminton or any other games, practice or exercise involving thrown or otherwise propelled objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins, shuttlecocks, Frisbees, model aircraft, roller skates or skateboards in those areas posted as non-recreation areas, or in those areas specifically restricted.

Any person violating this section may be ordered by a law enforcement officer or any other person having authority to enforce this section to leave the premises of the public playground, public recreation area or public park in which the violation occurs. Failure to comply with such order shall constitute a separate violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 2001-138, § 2, 11-6-01; Ord. No. 2014-27, § 3, 6-24-14)