PARK POLICING 



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EXAMPLES OF RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY SOME PARK AND 



RECREATION GOVERNING AUTHORITIES FOR THE GOVERNANCE 



OF THE USE OF PROPERTIES 



RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING 



THE USE OF PARKS UNDER THE CONTROL 



OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION, 



PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA* 



Riding and Driving 



1. No person shall drive or ride a horse in the parks 

 at a rate exceeding seven miles an hour. 



2. No person shall ride or drive therein upon any 

 other part of the parks than the avenues and roads. 



3. No vehicle of burden or traffic or one displaying 

 a commercial advertisement shall pass through the 

 parks, except as hereinafter designated. 



4. No dangerous horse or animal shall be allowed to 

 enter or be within the limits of the parks. 



5. No person shall lead a horse within the limits of 

 the parks that is not harnessed and attached to a 

 vehicle or mounted by an equestrian, unless bridled 

 and saddled and in charge of a mounted groom. 



6. No person shall ride or drive an animal not well 

 broken and under proper control of the rider or driver, 

 and, if such animal shall enter the parks it shall be 

 removed promptly by the guard. 



7. No person shall drive, ride, lead or bring into the 

 parks any horse without a bridle or remove the same 

 from the animal's head whilst in the parks. 



8. No person shall bring into the parks a horse or 

 other animal with a card or sign on which are the 

 words "For Sale" attached to the harness or elsewhere. 



9. No person shall graze a horse or any other animal 

 within the limits of the parks. 



10. All horse-drawn vehicles in the parks shall carry, 

 between sunset and sunrise, a light on each side in a 

 conspicuous position, so as to be readily seen, showing 

 white in front, and red in the rear, at a distance of at 

 least two hundred feet. 



11. No vehicle shall stand in any part of the parks 

 for the purpose of hire. 



12. No driver or operator of any vehicle shall solicit 

 passengers in the parks. 



13. No wagon or vehicle of an undertaker having his 

 name or business thereon shall pass through parks. 



14. No vehicle shall stand upon a drive or any part 

 thereof, if by so doing it congests traffic or obstructs 

 the road. 



15. No vehicle shall remain on a drive without a 

 driver or attendant in charge of it. 



16. No horse or other animal, or a second horse and 

 vehicle, shall be led on the roadways. 



17. No vehicle shall stand on a drive at or near 

 Belmont or Strawberry Mansions during the progress 

 of the concerts. 



18. No vehicle within the parks shall display any 

 flag, banner or other device, that in any way may 

 frighten horses. 



19. No person shall turn cattle, goats, swine, dogs, 

 horses or other animals loose in the parks. 



20. No person shall tie or hitch a horse or other 

 animal in the parks, except at places designated and 

 set apart for such purpose. 



21. Belmont Avenue within the park limits may be 

 used by vehicles of burden and funerals, as well as for 

 general park riding and driving. 



22. Until three o'clock P.M. funerals may pass over 

 Thirty-fourth Street, drive northwardly to Girard 

 Avenue and thence eastwardly, but not westwardly. 



23. Every rider, driver or operator of a vehicle shall 

 come to a full stop at the signal of a guard. 



Motor Vehicles 



1. Motor busses and motor omnibuses for the con~ 

 veyance of passengers over regular routes for hire may 

 use only such roads and drives or parts thereof as may 

 be designated from time to time by resolution of the 

 commissioners. 



2. Other motor vehicles for the conveyance of pas- 

 sengers may use all the drives in the parks, except 

 Wissahickon Drive north of its intersection with Lin- 

 coln Drive. 



3. Operators in charge of motor vehicles must be 

 skilled in the management of such vehicles, and learners 

 will not be permitted to operate on the park drives. 



4. Operators of motor vehicles must conform to the 

 rules governing other vehicles in the parks, as well as 

 all laws relating to motor vehicles. 



Bicycles 



Riders of bicycles shall comply with all the rules of 

 the road and in addition thereto shall be subject to 

 the following regulations: 



1. Every machine must be provided with a bell, so 

 arranged that it shall be under the complete control 

 of the person riding the wheel, and shall be distinctly 

 heard at a distance of thirty yards, sleigh bells, large 

 gong bells and continuously ringing bells being pro- 

 hibited. 



2. Every machine, while in motion after dark, must 

 have a lighted lamp attached to the axle of the front 



Consisting of Fairmount Park, Hunting Park, Burholme Park, Clifford Park, Cobb's Creek Park, Fisher Park, 

 Penny-pack Park, Wister's Woods, Morris Park, Fernhill Park, Cleverly, Pastorius Park, Wakefield Park, Kemble 

 Park, Logan Square, Rittenhouse Square, Washington Square, Franklin Square, The Parkway, Palmer Park, 

 Tacony Creek Park, Roosevelt Boulevard, Oregon Plaza, Southern Boulevard, League Island Park and Woodward 

 Pines. 



