Sec. 614.133. - Prohibited activities in City parks.

(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in any of the following activities in a City park or designated portion thereof: (1) Possess or utilize any glass container in any City park which has been designated and posted by the Director of Recreation and Parks as a City park where such possession and utilization of a glass container is prohibited. (2) Ride or bring a horse into any City park which has been designated by the Director of Recreation and Parks as a City park where horses are prohibited. This subsection shall not apply to horses of the Sheriff's Mounted Patrol or to horses involved in a special event that has been approved by the Director or to situations where prior arrangements and permission have been coordinated with the Director. The Director may prescribe rules and regulations to be followed to implement utilization of the park or part thereof for this usage. (3) Smoking tobacco products or use of vapor-generating devices. As used in this subsection, "smoking" shall mean inhaling, exhaling, burning, or otherwise using any tobacco product, or the use of an electronic smoking device or vapor-generating device. "Tobacco product" is defined to include cigarettes, pipe tobacco, filtered cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, or other plant product (including marijuana, hemp or other plant-based products) intended for inhalation, and any other lighted tobacco product, whether natural or synthetic, except unfiltered cigars (the regulation of which is pre-empted by F.S. § 386.209. The Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services shall update applicable parks policies and signage, as deemed appropriate by the Director, to notify the public of this prohibition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the presence or absence of signs shall not be a defense to a charge of smoking in violation of this Ordinance. (b) Violation of this Section shall constitute a class A offense. (Ord. 87-846-522, § 1; Ord. 2005-1283-E, § 7; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2023-567-E , § 1) Editor's note— The editors changed the number of § 614.130 referred to in § 1 of Ord. 87-846-522 to § 614.105 pursuant to § 1.204. Editor's note— Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization.