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A. Persons using public parks and other City property shall obey the following rules and regulations:

1. No unauthorized person shall cut, remove or damage vegetation except property owners may engage in normal landscaping activities in adjacent rights-of-way.

2. No person shall build a fire. Portable propane camp stoves and propane barbecues may be used in the parks only if in safe operating condition and only if operated in a safe manner and in such a way as to avoid damage to park property.

3. Repealed by Ord. NS-2458.

4. No person shall damage or injure a building, installation, equipment or other property in public parks.

5. No person shall sell merchandise or services, or operate a concession in public parks without permission of the Bend Metropolitan Park and Recreation District and shall possess, on their person, evidence of the permission.

6. No person shall litter in the parks or City-owned property. Garbage and refuse shall be deposited in proper receptacles provided for this purpose or carried off for disposal. Garbage and refuse shall not be brought to parks or City-owned property.

7. No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle except on roads or designated parking areas unless a special permit has been issued by the Park District.

8. Except as authorized by the Park District, no person shall ride or lead a horse in a public park except on a designated bridle path, except with a special permit. Horses or other animals shall not be tied to a tree or shrub in such a manner as to cause damage to the tree or shrub.

9. No person shall project items into the air that may harm parks or people, such as golf equipment, archery equipment, discus, javelin, or shot put in parks except as permitted by the Park District.

10. Except as authorized by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife or the Bend Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, no person shall feed, hunt, pursue, trap, kill, injure or disturb the habitat of a bird or animal.

11. Except as authorized by State or Federal law, no person shall possess a loaded firearm in a park.

12. No person shall dig up, deface or remove dirt, stones, rock or other substances nor make any excavation.

13. No person shall erect signs, markers or instructions without City or District permission.

14. No person shall wash clothing or materials or clean fish in streams or pools.

15. No one may use any rolling device such as a bicycle, skateboard, scooter, inline skates, etc., in a manner that is likely to cause potential harm to other people, pets, wildlife or District property; or on sports fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, off-leash areas or in areas reserved for special events. This does not prohibit the use of rolling devices in designated areas.

16. All public parks and adjacent parking lots, with the exception of Brandis Square, shall be open from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and closed from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. unless otherwise authorized. Transitory use shall be exempt.

17. Alcohol use in parks is prohibited except when allowed by a permit issued by the Park District and/or the Bend Police Department. The fee for an alcohol consumption permit when issued by the Bend Police Department shall be set by Council resolution. The permit must be available for inspection during the term of use.

B. A violation of this section is a Class B civil infraction. [Ord. NS-2458, 2022; Ord. NS-2142, 2010]