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PARKS 



rob the nest of any bird therein, or in any manner tor- 

 ment, annoy or cruelly treat any bird or animal therein. 



Section 10. No person shall open a trench for any 

 purpose, or dig into, or take up any part of any park 

 or park approach, without the written permission of 

 the Commissioner of Parks and Public Buildings. The 

 person to whom such permit is granted shall complete 

 the work within the time specified in said permit, and 

 shall do said work and refill and replace or remove in 

 a substantial and workmanlike manner all material 

 disturbed by him, and leave the place where said work 

 was done in as good condition as before said work was 

 begun. 



Every person who shall receive a permit to open a 

 trench as above stated shall at all times after such 

 work has been commenced, and until the same has 

 been completed and until all accumulations of materials 

 resulting from such work have been removed, so guard 

 and protect the same that perse is driving or passing 

 along the roadway or sidewalk or in the vicinity of the 

 place where the work is being done, shall not be liable 

 to meet with any accident therefrom; and shall also 

 during the time, from sunset to sunrise of each night, 

 while said work is in progress, cause the same to be 

 securely fenced and guarded by a red light placed in a 

 conspicuous position and so secured that the same shall 

 not be extinguished. 



Section n. The location, width, grade and con- 

 struction of all paths, driveways and roadways across 

 any sidewalk border along any park approach shall be 

 subject to the approval of, and constructed only after 

 written permission therefor is obtained from the Com- 

 missioner of Parks and Public Buildings. 



Section 12. The location of all sewers and receivers, 

 gas pipes, water pipes, stopcock boxes, hydrants, lamp 

 posts, telegraph, telephone and electric power posts and 

 lines, manholes, conduits and pumps shall be subject 

 to the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioner of 

 Parks and Public Buildings, and their construction, 

 erection, repair or relocation shall be undertaken only 

 after written permission is received from said c.om- 

 missioner. 



Section 13. The owner or occupant of any premises 

 abutting on a park approach shall cause the sidewalk 

 in front of or adjacent thereto to be kept clear and all 

 snow, ice and dirt to be removed therefrom before 

 9.00 A.M. each day. 



Section 14. No person shall deposit, dump, throw 

 or place any earth, rubbish, dust, manure, paper, gar- 

 bage, slops or other refuse matter, or any sand, stone, 

 lumber or building material, or any substance of any 

 kind, in or upon any part of the waters or grounds of 

 any park or park approach, except ashes and garbage 

 in suitable boxes or barrels on such days as are desig- 

 nated by the street department for collection, and 

 subject to its regulations, without a permit from the 

 Commissioner of Parks and Public Buildings, and all 



such permits, if given for building purposes, shall be 

 granted only to the owners or occupants of the property 

 to be built on or to their authorized agents. 



Such permits shall be conditioned that said material 

 be properly guarded and a red light conspicuously dis- 

 played thereon between sunset and sunrise. No perma- 

 nent damage shall be done to any improvement on said 

 park approach, and all temporary damage or obstruc- 

 tions of any kind shall be made good or removed before 

 the expiration of the time stated in said permit. 



Section 15. No sign, awning, frame, steps, raised 

 platform, door, porch, bay window, cornice, roof, vault, 

 cellar wall, cellar way, area way, fence or any part of 

 any structure erected on property adjacent to a park 

 or park approach shall be permitted to project over or 

 under the boundary lines of said park or park approach. 



Section 16. No person shall sleep in any park, or 

 park approach. No person shall swing, occupy or use 

 any hammock therein, except such portions thereof as 

 may be designated by the rules of the department for 

 such purposes. 



Section 17. No quadruped or other animals, except 

 those placed in the parks by the authority of the De- 

 partment of Parks and Public Buildings, excepting 

 horses and other animals used for riding and driving, 

 shall be conducted into or driven in the parks or park- 

 ways, or be allowed to remain therein. Dogs found 

 running at large within any park may be shot by a 

 policeman or other officer on duty connected with the 

 parks. 



Section 18. No animal used for riding or driving, 

 nor vehicle of any description will be allowed upon 

 any part of the parks, except upon the rides, drives, 

 concourses and other places set apart for horses and 

 vehicles. Nor will any vehicle be allowed upon any 

 footwalk, ride or bridle path. 



Section 19. No person, except those in the employ 

 of the Department of Parks and Public Buildings, shall, 

 without written permission from the Commissioner of 

 Parks and Public Buildings, place upon the lake or any 

 of the waters of the parks any float, boat or other 

 watercraft, or land or go upon either of the islands of 

 the lakes, or land or touch with a boat upon any part 

 of the shores of the lakes not designated as a landing 

 place. Nor shall any person walk upon or in any 

 manner use or occupy the slopes between the water 

 line of the lakes and footpaths. 



All trees on park approaches in front of any property 

 upon which building operations are under way shall 

 be properly boxed to protect the same during the prog- 

 ress of such work. No trench for any purpose shall be 

 dug within five feet of any such tree, and sidewalks 

 and driveways shall be kept three feet distant from 

 any such tree, except as otherwise permitted by said 

 commissioner in writing. 



Section 20. No person shall, without the written 

 permit of the Commissioner of Parks and Public Build- 



