Prohibiting certain Acts and Activities Regulating Uses in the Parks

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(h) "PERSON ": PERSON shall mean and include any natural person, corporation, society, organization of persons, company, association, joint stock association, firm or copartnership. (i) "OWNER ": OWNER shall mean and include any person owning, operating or having the use or control of a vehicle, animal, thing, or other property under a lease or otherwise. (j) "POLICE OFFICER ": POLICE OFFICER shall mean and include any member of the Police Department of the City of South Bend, or Police Officer assigned to the Board, or appointed by the Board, as a Park Policeman, or any other city employee sworn in as a peace officer by the said City of said Board, pursuant to law. (k) 'BRIDLE PATH ": BRIDLE PATH shall mean and include any path or road main- tained for persons riding on horseback. (1) "FOOT PATH" or "TRAIL ": FOOT PATH or TRAIL shall mean and include any path or trail maintained for pedestrians. (m) 'BICYCLE PATH ": BICYCLE PATH shall mean and include any path, road, or trail maintained for persons riding bicycles. (n) 'BATHING AREA ": BATHING AREA shall mean and include any area maintained for the use of bathers, including, but not limited to water area and land under water adjacent to the bathing beaches on Pinhook Park Lake, Saint Joseph River, swimming pools, or any other area maintained or used for bathing areas, under the juris- diction of the Board. (o) "PLAYGROUND AREA ": PLAYGROUND AREA shall mean and include any area maintained or designated as a playground and including all territory under the jurisdiction .of the Board. (p) "SAFETY ZONE ": SAFETY ZONE shall mean and include any space within any park or park- street so designated by appropriate signs as a safety zone. (q) "UNNECESSARY STOPPING ": UNNECESSARY STOPPING shall mean bringing a vehicle to a complete stop on a road in a park other than at a parking place, or other than in conformity with traffic regulations or other than because of an emergency. (r) "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS" or "PARK DEPARTMENT": DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS or PARK DEPARTMENT shall mean and include the Department of Public Parks of the City of South Bend, Indiana, or such department of said city as may now, or hereafter be under the jurisdiction of said Board. Sec. 4-43. Construction and Scope of Ordinance. (a) Construction: In the interpretation of this Ordinance affecting parks, its provisions shall be construed as follows: (1) Any term in the singular shall include the plural; (2) Any term in the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter; (3) Any requirement or provisions of this Ordinance relating to any act shall respectively extend to and include the causing, procuring, aiding or abetting, directly or indirectly, of such act; or the permitting or the allowing of any minor in the custody of any persons, doing any act proj,ribited by any provision hereof; (4) No provision hereof shall make unlawful ariy act necessarily performed by any officers or employee of the Department of Public Parks in line of duty or work as such, or by any person, his agents or employees, in the proper and necessary ex- ecution of the terms of any agreement with the Board; (5) Any act otherwise pro- hibited by this Ordinance, provided it is not otherwise prohibited by this Ordinance, provided it is not otherwise prohibited by law or local ordinance, shall be lawful if performed under, by virtue of, and strictly in compliance with, the provisions of a permit and to the extent authorized thereby; (6) This ordinance is in addi- tion to and supplemental to all municipal state and federal laws and ordinances. (b) Territorial Scope: This Ordinance shall be effective within and upon all areas under the jurisdiction of the Board, and shall regulate the use thereof by all persons. 2.