The Santa Claus Parks and Recreation Board are in charge of Yellig
Park and the Santa Claus Community Center.
YELLIG PARK FEES:
1. Use of lights for use other than for organized sports authorized
to use Yellig Park by the Parks and Recreation Department (2 hours
limit), $25.00
2. User Fees for organized sports authorized to use Yellig Park by
the Parks and Recreation Board, $13.00 per player per sport per
year.
3. Tournament Fees for tournaments authorized to use Yellig
Park by the Parks and Recreation Board pursuant to a License
Agreement with the Board:
a. License Fee for Tournament Use for 1
weekend tournament:
Non-profit groups -
$1,500.00
For-profit groups -
$3,000.00, plus 20% of all entry fees for teams participating in the tournament.
b. Field dragging and/or field preparation
- $10.00 per hour, with a four hour minimum accrual.
c. Park cleanup - $20.00 per hour per
person.
d. Quick-dry, chalk, paint and other field
supplies - actual cost to Town.
e. Dumpster tipping fee - actual cost to
Town.
f. A security deposit in an amount as
established by the Parks and Recreation Board for use of Yellig
Park.
3. All fees and charges for concession sold on properties under the
governance of the Parks and Recreation Board may be established and
altered by the Parks and Recreation Board at their discretion.
YELLIG PARK RULES:
Ordinance 2009-12
AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PARKS
WHEREAS,
the Town of Santa Claus is the owner of Yellig Park and the Santa
Claus Community Center, which the Town’s Department of Parks and
Recreation operates and administers; and,
WHEREAS,
the Parks and Recreation Board has recommended to the Town Council
the enactment of certain rules and regulations to permit the
greatest use of the residents of the Town, protect the Town’s
property from damage and abuse, and protect the health and safety of
persons using the Town’s Parks; and,
WHEREAS,
the Town Council deems it advisable and expedient to establish such
rules and regulations as recommended by the Parks and Recreation
Board.
NOW,
THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Santa Claus, Indiana, that a new Chapter 3.20, “Rules and
Regulations for Parks” be added to the Municipal Code of the Town of Santa Claus, as follows:
“Chapter 3.20.
Rules and Regulations for Parks.
3.20.01
Definitions.
Where used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning as defined herein.
1.
“Department” shall mean the Town of Santa Claus,
Indiana’s Department of Parks and
Recreation.
2.
“Parks” shall include any and all lands, buildings,
structures, waters, trails, drives, parking areas, roadways and
other appurtenances forming a part of Yellig Park and/or the Santa
Claus Community Center properties, or any other lands in the Town of
Santa Claus, Indiana under the control and operated by the
Department.
3.20.02.
Park Hours.
Unless otherwise posted, the Parks shall be open to the public from
sunrise to sunset, or at the commencement and conclusion of
scheduled tournaments, club activities or other events approved by
the Department. No
person shall enter or remain in any Park after the Park is closed
under this section.
3.20.03.
Parking. Motor
vehicles must be properly parked in designated parking areas only.
Motor vehicles shall not be parked as to block vehicle,
pedestrian or emergency access to the park, parked in grassed areas,
in athletic area or other posted areas.
Unless otherwise authorized by the Department or in cases of
emergency, no person shall leave a vehicle with any Park after the
Park is closed, including recreational vehicles, campers,
maintenance equipment and any other vehicle.
3.20.04.
Pets. No person
shall bring into Yellig Park any pet unless the person shall
continuously maintain and supervise such pet, including preventing
such pet from harassing or interfering with others’ use of the Park,
preventing or promptly repairing any and all damage caused by the
pet, and immediately picking up and properly disposing of excrement
dropped by the pet in the Park.
No pets shall be permitted within the Community Center
without authorization of the Department.
3.20.05.
Camping, Fires and Fireworks Prohibited.
No person shall erect or maintain any tent or other shelter
in any Park, or without the express written permission of the
Department. Such
permission shall be posted and maintained conspicuously by the
person erecting or maintaining such tent or other shelter.
No person shall
light, build, maintain or use a fire within any Park unless the
person maintains and contains such fire, and the fire is
continuously monitored by an adult, competent person from the time
it is lit until it is properly extinguished.
No bonfires or other fires outside of a grill shall be lit in
any park without the express written permission of the Department.
Such permission shall be posted and maintained conspicuously
by the person lighting and maintaining the fire from the time it is
lit until it is properly extinguished.
No person shall
discharge any gun, fire cracker, roman candle or any other explosive
that makes a noise or possesses any fire that might in any manner
cause a fire to be started therefrom or any other explosive that
makes a noise on or in any Parks.
3.20.06.
Disposal of Refuse.
No person shall take into or put into any Park any trash,
rubbish, refuse, or other material except such trash resulting from
properly using the Park, which shall be properly disposed of in
receptacles provided for such purpose.
Where receptacles are not available or are at their capacity,
all such trash shall be carried away from the Park for disposal by
the person responsible for its presence in the Parks.
Teams authorized to use the fields for practice, play,
tournaments or other use shall remove all trash from the fields,
dugouts, bleachers and other areas adjacent to the field(s) used
after each use.
3.20.07.
Restrictions on Vehicles.
Bicycles are only allowed in designated areas in the Parks,
and shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
Motorized scooters and mopeds are only allowed on the parking
lots and driveways on Park property, and are specifically prohibited
on the trails, except if the person is a person with a disability,
as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, such person may
operate a device or conveyance necessary for their transportation.
Roller blades and skateboards are not allowed on or in any
Parks.
3.20.08.
Altering, removing or defacing signs, structures or
improvements. No person
shall alter, remove, deface or otherwise damage any sign, structure,
fixture, or other improvement in the Parks, including, but not
limited to, the buildings, drives, roadways, parking areas, walks,
paths, trails, bridges, monuments, signs, scoreboards, fences,
fields, playground equipment, recreational equipment, bleachers,
shelters, tables, gates, and other improvements.
3.20.09.
Alcoholic Beverages and controlled substances.
No person shall sell, barter, offer for sale, or exchange any
alcoholic beverages or controlled substances on or in the Parks,
unless such person has been given express written permission of the
Department, which permission shall be kept and maintained on the
person conducting such activities.
3.20.10.
Objectionable Behavior.
No person shall use obscene, profane, or abusive language or
engage in disruptive, destructive, hazardous, vulgar, obscene or
indecent conduct while on or in the Parks.
3.20.11.
Disturbing, injuring or Removing Wildlife and/or Vegetation
Prohibited. No person
shall trap, hunt, injure, harm, harass, remove or otherwise disturb
any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, or
other wild animal or any part, product, egg, offspring, or the dead
parts of any such creature, located on or in any Parks.
No person shall
cut, break, injure, remove or otherwise disturb any plant, flower,
tree or other vegetation growing in any Parks, except as authorized
by the Department.
3.20.12.
Prohibited Persons.
No person listed on the State of Indiana’s Sex Offender
Registry published and disseminated by the Indiana Criminal Justice
Institute, or the replacement, alteration or amendment of such
Indiana Sex Offender Registry, or who is at such time required to be
registered under I.C. §11-8-8-1 et seq., or any other federal or
State law requiring registration of sex offenders, shall enter any
Parks in the Town of Santa Claus.
3.20.13.
Solicitation and sales.
No person shall solicit, advertise, sell or promote for sale
any commercial product or event in any Park, or post or distribute
flyers, brochures or other written advertisements or material,
except authorized concessions or with the express written permission
of the Department, which permission shall be kept and maintained on
the person operating such activities while such activities are being
conducted.
3.20.14. Field rules. Teams shall play only on
fields designated for the team's use. fields prepared for play
are not to be entered or used for play by anyone except the
scheduled user. No adjustments to the field may be made unless
permission is given by the Department. Tossing the ball and
hitting the ball into the ball field fences is not allowed.
3.20.15.
Other Prohibited Activities.
1.
Swimming in
creek or wetlands;
2.
Entering areas
designated as closed to public;
3.
Washing
vehicles;
4.
Possession of
any glass bottles or other glass containers;
5.
Climbing
backstops or buildings;
6.
Disregarding or
disobeying any posted signs or oral direction of an employee of the
Town of Santa Claus concerning use of the Parks,
including any direction to leave the Parks.
3.20.16.
Penalties.
7.
Any person who violates Sections 2,3,4,6,7,13,14 or 15 of
this Ordinance shall be fined Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a
first offense, and Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent
offense thereafter.
8.
Any person who violates Sections 5,8,10 or 11 of this
Ordinance shall be fined One hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first
offense, and Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each subsequent
offense.
9.
Any person who violates Section 12 of this Ordinance shall be
fined One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the first offense, and
Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each subsequent offense.
10.
In addition to fines, persons damaging Town property shall be
required to and shall pay restitution to the Town for the cost of
repair of any and all damages caused by such person.
11.
In addition to fines, any and all vehicles parked or
otherwise situated shall be subject to immediate towing by the Town,
and the registered owner of such vehicle shall be responsible for
any and all costs of towing and storage of such vehicle.
3.20.17.
Enforcement.
Department employees, the Santa Claus Marshal and his deputies, the
Town Council and any other person authorized by the Town Council or
Department may issue citations or notices of violation of this
Ordinance to persons found to be in violation.
Any and all fines and penalties due and payable under this
Ordinance shall be due and payable to the Town Clerk-Treasurer
within thirty (30) days following issuance of the notice of such
violation. The Town
Attorney shall bring an action to enforce any and all such fines and
penalties after non-payment persisting for
thirty (30) days following such violation, and upon a finding
in favor of the Town in such action, the person violating this
Ordinance shall pay the Town’s attorneys’ fees and court costs
incurred in enforcing and adjudicating such violation.
3.20.18.
Savings. If any
section, provision, requirement, clause, part or word of this
Ordinance shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid, such adjudication shall alter this Ordinance only to the
limit required to make such provision constitutional or otherwise
valid, and any such adjudication in any event shall not affect or
otherwise limit the validity of any other part of this Ordinance
which is not held to be unconstitutional or invalid.
3.20.19.
Effective date.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
adoption by the Town Council and publication as provided by law.”
PASSED AND
ADOPTED
by the Town
Council of the Town of
Santa Claus, Indiana on the 11th
day of January, 2010.