City of Great Falls Park Rules & Regulations

9.3.10.010 Park rules and regulations

The following rules and regulations must be adhered to while within any City park:

A. Parks are closed to vehicles and people from dusk to daylight, except during a Park and Recreation approved special event.

B. Motorized vehicles may not be operated in excess of ten (10) mph and only upon designated road.

C. Parking in front of or within a designated entry or driveway which hinders the use of the park property is prohibited.

D. Destruction, defacement, or dismantling of any park equipment; park furnishings; trees, flowers, or other planting and facilities on park property is prohibited.

E. Active games around designated flower/shrub beds or young trees are prohibited.

F. Practicing or playing golf is prohibited except at designated golf courses.

G. Snowmobiling on or within park land is prohibited (See also 10.66.020).

H. Organized athletic activities, or group functions, are allowed upon written permission from the Park and Recreation Director.

I. Littering or dumping debris on or within park land is prohibited.

J. No erection, construction, or maintenance shall be made above or below ground, across or beneath park land, without written permission from the Park and Recreation Director.

K. Selling, advertising, or solicitation of products/services within park land is prohibited unless written permission is received from the Park and Recreation Director.

L. Metal detectors are authorized only through permits issued by the Park and Recreation Director.

M. All pets must be on a leash and shall be restricted to areas such as sidewalks, roads, trails, or such designated pet walking areas.

N. Large animals such as horses, cows, and mules, which may damage the turf, are prohibited except in designated riding areas.

O. Subject to the exceptions provided in 9.9.010(C), discharging, possession of or selling of fireworks is prohibited in all dedicated park areas, including golf courses.

P. Use of park land other than its intended use must be approved in writing by the Park and Recreation Director.

Q. Except as provided in 9.4.030, public drinking and public display and exhibition of beer, wine or liquor are prohibited. (See& ;9.4.020 and 9.4.030).

R. No person shall make use of any slingshot, crossbow or similar device, or discharge or propel any dart, pellet, BB, rock, bolt, arrow or any other projectile from any air rifle, air pistol, BB gun, pellet gun, slingshot, robber sling, crossbow or other instrument or device by means of which missiles of any kind or description are hurled, shot or projected.

1.  The prohibition set forth in 9.3.1.030(R) shall not apply to the following:
   1. The use of bows or crossbows at archery and crossbow ranges within the City. Bows and crossbows shall be used, with permission from the Park and Recreation Director, at ranges in a manner that will not endanger the public health, safety and general welfare.
   2. Ranges in compliance with 9.8.010(C).

(Ord. 3158, 2017; Ord. 2647 (part), 1994).