Sacramento City Code § 12.72.060 Park use regulations.
12.72.060 Park use regulations.
No person shall:
A. Conduct or carry on an assembly of more than fifty (50) people in a park, which assembly is intended or can reasonably be expected to last more than thirty (30) minutes, unless a park use permit has been first issued therefor, or pursuant to a special event permit or waiver issued under Chapter 12.48. If the assembly is expected to be more than two hundred (200) persons, a special event permit is required pursuant to Chapter 12.48 in lieu of a park use permit under this chapter;
B. Conduct or carry on any organized activity that includes carnival rides or animal rides unless a special event permit under Chapter 12.48 has been first issued therefor;
C. Use any amplified sound in a park except as provided in Section 12.72.110;
D. Engage in any commercial activity in a park, unless a park use permit under chapter 12.72 or special event permit under chapter 12.48 has been first issued therefor, a lease or concession contract was issued under chapter 3.68 or 3.72, the commercial activity is permitted under section 12.72.070, or the commercial activity is inextricably intertwined with the expression of free speech rights;
E. Sell, possess, or drink alcoholic beverages in a park, unless a special event permit under Chapter 12.48 has been first issued therefor;
F. Erect temporary fencing or temporary structures, use specialized recreational equipment as part of group event, or use any portion of a park for a purpose for which it was not designed or intended, unless a park use permit has been first issued therefor, or pursuant to a special event permit issued under Chapter 12.48;
G. Interfere with the use of any park or portion thereof which at the time is reserved by permit for the use of any other person or group;
H. Ride bicycles, smoke, or drink alcoholic beverages in children's playground areas;
I. Enter or remain in a children's playground area if such person is eighteen (18) years of age or older unless actually engaged in the care, custody or supervision of a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age who is using the facilities in the area;
J. Bring any wild or domesticated animal or pet into or upon grounds of the zoo, Fairytale Town, any swimming pool, any golf course, commercial amusement area or children's playground area except as provided in Section 9.44.300(B);
K. Bring any domesticated animal or pets into park areas other than those designated in subsection J of this section unless they are leashed except as provided in Section 9.44.300(B), or pursuant to a special event permit issued under Chapter 12.48;
L. Possess, discharge, or shoot:
1. Any bow and arrow in any park, except in areas designated for such use,
2. Any firearm in any park, except in areas designated for such use and except by a peace officer or by a security guard acting under the authority of a special access permit issued pursuant to Article VI of this chapter,
3. Any slingshots, airguns, and other devices potentially harmful to park visitors, which devices are prohibited in all parks, or
4. Any pyrotechnics in any park unless pursuant to a special event permit issued under Chapter 12.48;
M. Play or practice golf in any area not designated for such use;
N. Swim or wade except in supervised swimming or wading pools;
O. Engage in horseback riding in any park, except for the following activities:
1. Horseback riding on designated bridle paths, or
2. Horseback riding by any peace officer while the peace officer is engaged in the performance of his or her duties;
P. Kill, chase, wound, or capture any wild or domestic bird, or animal in a park. This subsection shall not apply to the chasing or capturing of one's own animal;
Q. Intentionally remove, break, injure, deface, or disturb any plant material, structure, or improvement;
R. Contaminate in any way any water, fountains, pools, lakes, rivers, other water supply, or wash any clothing or cooking utensils in any such waters;
S. Dispose of trash or garbage not accumulated within park areas or dispose of trash or garbage accumulated within park areas other than in receptacles provided for this purpose;
T. Start or maintain fires in parks other than in "on-site" barbecue pits or personal portable barbecues within designated picnic areas. No person shall fail to extinguish live coals or fires before leaving the picnic area;
U. Open, expose, or interfere with any water system or utility, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to the use of any drinking fountain for its intended purpose;
V. Use or operate any vehicle or other motorized objects in the following ways:
1. Operating gasoline or other fuel-powered vehicles (except golf carts where authorized) in any park, except upon streets, parking lots or other areas designated for such use, unless expressly permitted in writing by the director. This subsection shall not apply to city employees on official business, or
2. Operating or parking any vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code within a park, except upon areas designated for such use, unless expressly permitted in writing by the director. This subsection shall not apply to city employees on official business;
W. Camp in any park without a park use permit or pursuant to a special event permit issued under Chapter 12.48;
X. If the person is fifteen (15) years of age or older, play softball or baseball on any softball or baseball field where signs are posted that prohibit such play by such person;
Y. Do any of the following acts in Garcia Bend Park, Miller Park, or the Sacramento Boat Harbor:
1. Park outside the areas designated for parking or double-park at any time,
2. Park any vehicle or trailer in a boat launch area other than while putting a boat in or taking a boat out of the water, or
3. Park any trailer in any section posted "NO TRAILER PARKING"; or
Z. Moor a vessel at any city-owned or city-managed dock for more than 36 consecutive hours or for the purpose of living on board the vessel for more than one night while moored at the dock. Any person on board the vessel at any time between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. is conclusively presumed to be living on board for the night. A vessel that departs a dock after being moored for 24 hours or more, or that departs a dock after having been moored for the purpose of living on board for one night, shall not return to the same dock for at least 24 hours. The term "dock" includes the courtesy docks in Miller Park, Garcia Bend, and Old Sacramento, and any other dock operated primarily for temporary vessel mooring purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city may establish special rules relating to use of the docks in Old Sacramento, which rules may permit shorter or longer periods of mooring, impose fees for overnight mooring privileges, and permit other special uses of those docks;
AA. Enter the designated natural habitat areas within Del Paso Regional Park, except for the following activities:
1. Horseback riding on the designated trails;
2. Walking or using a non-motorized bicycle on the designated trails; and
3. Using the areas for scientific, environmental, educational, or maintenance purposes, if granted permission to do so by the city manager. (Ord. 2022-0012 § 1; Ord. 2020-0001 § 5; Ord. 2017-0004 § 1; Ord. 2012-042 § 5)