Prohibiting certain Acts and Activities Regulating Uses in the Parks

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(b) No person shall operate or drive in any park a vehicle containing any person or object projecting or hanging outside or on the top thereof; except that outdoor sports and recreation equipment such as fishing rods, skis and boats, beach chairs, beach umbrellas, tent poles, and sleds may be carried on the rear of such vehicles or on a rack designed for the purpose and attached to the top thereof; PROVIDED, that in all cases fastenings shall be secure and substantial, and, PROVIDED, that such equipment so carried shall in no case project more than 12 inches above the top, or either side, or the front, of such vehicle, and if same projects to the rear of such vehicle, same shall not obscure the tail or stop lights or directional signals thereon, and a plainly visible red cloth shall be securely fastened to the rear extremity of such projecting objects. Sec. 4 -77. Driving Off Pavement. No vehicle shall be operated or driven off the improved or paved roadways of any park. Disabled vehicles may be driven off the roadway so as to prevent obstruction of traffic, but no disabled vehicle shall be permitted to remain in a park for a longer period than two hours. Sec. 4 -78. Working on Vehicles. No person shall in any park, clean, polish, grease, lubricate, or make repairs to any vehicle except those of a minor nature and then only in cases of emergency. Sec. 4-79. Equipment of Vehicles. No person shall drive or operate a vehicle in any park not equipped as provided by law or which may not lawfully be operated within the state; use of any ;1cut- out"9 fitting, apparatus or device which allows its exhaust gases to escape there- from without first passing through a muffler or silencer, or driving a vehicle emitting offensive quantities or smoke, oil, gas or disagreeable odors; or use any gong, siren, or whistle on any vehicle not operated by a public authority, is pro- hibited. Sec. 4_80. Parkways. (a) No peddler, vendor, hawker or huckster shall stop or remain on any part of the right -of -way or service roads or entrances. (b) Turning. U Turns are prohibited except when specifically allowed by an officer or by a traffic direction sign. (c) Rate of Speed: No person operating, driving or propelling any vehicle shall proceed at a greater than maximum speed indicated by signs; but in no case shall such maximum speed exceed twenty miles per hour. Sec. 4_81. Curfew. It shall be unlawful for any person to remain in any park, golf course, playground, Picnic, swimming area or pavilion either on foot or in vehicles of any type later than 12:00 p.m. local time on weekdays or 1:00 a.m. local time on weekends except by permit. Sec. 4_82. Penalties. Any violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punishable by not more than thirty days imprisonment, or by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars, or by both. Sec. 4_83. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. All ordinances, or parts thereof, heretofore adopted affecting the parks, park - streets and public places of the City of South Bend, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Park Commissioners, inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, insofar as same are inconsistent with or in conflict with this Ordinance, are repealed, but insofar as practicable and possible, the provisions hereof shall be deemed supplemental to existing ordinances not in conflict herewith. 10.