HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2015.02.18 - 21707MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #15023 February 18, 2015
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE — PHILIP J. WEIPERT, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION —2015 RULES AND REGULATIONS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission was established by the
Oakland County Board of Supervisors in 1966 under P.A. 261; and
WHEREAS, P. A. 261 includes a provision to allow county parks commissions to make rules for
the protection, regulation and control of all its facilities and areas with the approval of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission has established rules and
regulations for this protection, regulation and control; and
WHEREAS, revisions for clarification purposes are requested, which have been reviewed and
approved by the Oakland County Corporation Counsel; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission approved the revisions to
the General Information and Rules and Regulations as reviewed by Oakland County Corporation
Counsel at their meeting of December 10, 2014; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
approves the 2015 revisions to the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Department Rules and
Regulations, as attached.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Section 13. PERSONAL CONDUCT
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to be under the influence of intoxicants, narcotics,
or other mind-affecting drugs, or to engage in any violent, abusive, loud, boisterous,
vulgar, lewd, wanton, obscene or otherwise disorderly conduct tending to create a
breach of the peace or to disturb or annoy others, while in or on any Commission
property.
2. It shall be unlawful to conduct or to participate in any form of gambling, lottery or
game of chance upon Commission property except as permitted by state law and
approved by the Commission.
3. Smoking or the use of any vapor-producing product, such as an e-cigarette or similar
device, shall be strictly prohibited in all buildings and facilities located on
Commission property. This prohibition shall extend a reasonable distance from said
buildings and facilities.
4. Any park patron who violates any Park Rule may be ejected from Commission
property, without a refund or rain check, by Park personnel.
Section 31. REMOTE CONTROL AIRCRAFTS, HOT AIR BALLOONS, AIRPLANES
AND PARACHUTES
1. No person shall make any ascent in any, hot air balloon, airplane or ultra-light, or
any descent in or from any hot air balloon, airplane or parachute on any
Commission property unless authorized in writing by the Commission.
2. Except in areas designated by the Commission, no person shall launch, land, or
operate an unmanned, remote control aircraft unless authorized in writing by the
Commission.
3. Any person operating an unmanned, remote control aircraft shall do so in
accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, ordinances, and
guidelines.
Resolution #15023 February 18, 2015
Moved by Gosselin supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hoffman, Jackson, KowaII, Long, Matis,
McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bowman,
Crawford. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
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HEREBYAPPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on February 18,
2015, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 18 1h day of February 2015.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County