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b. No person shall ride or operate a bicycle in violation of
<br />Chapter 169, Minnesota Statutes 1974, as amended. Persons
<br />riding a bicycle shall observe and obey all traffic and direc-
<br />tional signs.
<br />c. No person shall ride or operate a bicycle in any Open Space
<br />Site except in a prudent and careful manner, and unless
<br />such person shall be capable of effective control and opera-
<br />tion of said vehicle. Pedestrians and motorized vehicles shall
<br />have the right-of-way where a bikeway intersects pedestrian
<br />trails or roadways.
<br />d. No person shall ride or operate a bicycle in any Open Space
<br />Site faster than is reasonable and safe, with regard to the
<br />safety of the operator and other persons in the immediate
<br />area.
<br />e. No person shall ride or operate a bicycle in any Open Space
<br />Site 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise
<br />without appropriate front and rear lighting.
<br />1. All bicycle riders shall remain in single file and proceed in
<br />the extreme right hand lane of a drive or bikeway at all
<br />times except when passing another vehicle or bicyclist
<br />parked or traveling in the same direction.
<br />g. Wherever provided, bicycles shall be parked in locations set
<br />aside specifically for their storage.
<br />3.5 GoIF
<br />a. No person or group of persons or organization shall play golf
<br />or hold a tournament or use any golf course under the
<br />jurisdiction of the Board without having procured a permit or
<br />green fee receipt from the Director or his representative.
<br />b. No person shall drive, putt or in any other manner play or
<br />practice golf except in areas specifically designated for such
<br />use.
<br />c. Valid permits or green fee receipts issued by the Department
<br />shall be carried on the player, or group representative and
<br />shall be exhibited upon demand by the Director or his
<br />representative.
<br />d. Golfers shall be properly attired in accordance with socially
<br />acceptable standards.
<br />e. No person shall tamper with any irrigation system, tee
<br />marker, greens flag or maintenance equipment.
<br />f. No person shall sell any merchandise on any golf course ex-
<br />cept those contessioners authorized by the Board.
<br />g. Entrance to or exit from any golf course shall only be
<br />through designated access points.
<br />3.6 Boating
<br />a. No person shall operate any watercraft on any Open Space
<br />Waters contrary to or in violation of Chapter 361, Minnesota
<br />Statutes 1974, as amended.
<br />b. No person shall launch or land any boat, canoe, raft or other
<br />watercraft on or from any shoreline under the jurisdiction of
<br />the Board except at locations specifically designated for such
<br />purposes.
<br />c. No person shall operate, row or paddle a boat, canoe or
<br />other watercraft on any Open Space Waters unless able to
<br />handle the same with safety to himself, other occupants
<br />thereof, or in such manner as not to annoy or endanger the
<br />occupants of other boats.
<br />d. No person shall leave any watercraft unattended except in
<br />areas specifically designated for mooring, anchoring or
<br />beaching.
<br />e. No person shall operate any watercraft within an area which
<br />has been designated as a swimming ores.
<br />f. No person shall drop or throw from any watercraft garbage,
<br />litter or other debris.
<br />g. All watercraft launched from a System facility or operating
<br />on Open Space Waters shall have a Coast Guard approved
<br />life preserver for each occupant.
<br />h. No person shall stand up in, rock or operate any watercraft
<br />in a careless or reckless manner.
<br />3.7 Wintor Activitios
<br />No person shall snowmobile, skate, toboggan, sled, or ski in any
<br />Open Space Site except at such times and in such areas
<br />specifically designated for such use.
<br />3.8 Snowmoblling
<br />a. No person shall operate a snowmobile in any Open Space
<br />Site, on any public trail or lake surface under the jurisdiction
<br />of Ramsey County except in areas and on trails and lakes
<br />specifically designated for such use.
<br />b. No person shall operate a snowmobile in any Open Space
<br />Site, on any public trail or lake surface under the jurisdiction
<br />of the Board contrary fo or in violation of Section 64.81 to
<br />84.90, Minnesota Statutes 1974, as amended and the Regula-
<br />tions of the Commissioner of Natural Resources N.R. 51 to
<br />59, as amended.
<br />c. No person shall operate a snowmobile at a speed in excess
<br />of limits specifically posted for such use or at a speed in ex-
<br />cess of 15 miles per hour within 150 feet of any fisherman,
<br />fish house, pedestrian, skier, skating rink, sliding area, ski
<br />tow area or other area where such operation would conflict
<br />with or endanger other persons or property.
<br />d. No person shall operate a snowmobile within 150 feet of any
<br />residential shoreline on sanctioned lakes in Ramsey County
<br />except at a speed of 15 miles per hour or less for purpose of
<br />access to and egress from the lake, or for the purpose of
<br />parking such vehicles near the shoreline.
<br />e. No person shall operate a snowmobile so as to tow any per-
<br />son, sled or other conveyance except by the use of a rigid
<br />tow bar attached to the rear of such snowmobile. Disabled
<br />snowmobiles shall be exempt.
<br />f. No person shall operate a snowmobile unless such vehicle is
<br />equipped with a head light and tail light that are illuminated
<br />at all times during such operation. Snowmobiles equipped
<br />with an engine of five (5) horsepower or less shall be ex-
<br />empt.
<br />g. No person shall operate a snowmobile unless such vehicle is
<br />equipped with a red or blaze orange pennant flag of at least
<br />forty (40) square inches in area and displayed at a height of
<br />not less than five (5) feet above the Treadway.
<br />3.9 Motorized Recreation Vehicle
<br />No person shall operate a motorized off-road or all-terrain
<br />recreation vehicle within any Open Space Site except in such
<br />areas or on paved surfaces specifically designated for such use.
<br />No person shall operate anon-licensed vehicle on any parkway
<br />or other roadway within an Open Space Site.
<br />3.10 Equestrian
<br />a. No person shall ride or drive a horse in any Open Space Site
<br />except in areas, and on bridle paths, trails and roadways
<br />specifically designated for such use.
<br />b. No person shall ride or drive a horse in any Open Space Site
<br />between the times of 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes
<br />before sunrise, unless horse drawn vehicles are adequately
<br />lighted.
<br />c. No person shall ride or drive any horse which cannot be held
<br />under such control that it may be easily turned or stopped.
<br />No person who is a beginner shall ride or drive a horse in
<br />any Open Space Site unless accompanied by capable supervi-
<br />sion.
<br />d. No person shall ride or drive a horse in a reckless or
<br />careless manner so as to create a nuisance or to endanger
<br />the safety or property of said rider or other riders,
<br />pedestrians, or vehicles.
<br />e. No person shall mistreat, over-ride, cruelly beat, mutilate or
<br />torture any horse.
<br />f. No person shall permit any horse to stray unattended or
<br />graze in any Open Space Site. All unbridled, unmounted, or
<br />unattended horses shall be securely hitched or corralled at
<br />locations specifically designated and provided for such pur-
<br />poses.
<br />g. No person shall ride or drive a horse so as to obstruct in any
<br />way the use o4 riding trails or bridle paths by other riders.
<br />Pedestrians and vehicles shall have the right-of-way where
<br />an equestrian trail intersects other established trails or road-
<br />ways.
<br />h. No person shall ride or drive a horse at a pace faster than a
<br />walk or slow trot when passing a pedestrian.
<br />i. No person shall ride or drive a horse at a pace faster than a
<br />trot when passing another rider going in the opposite direc-
<br />tion.
<br />j. No person shall ride or drive a horse at a pace faster than a
<br />slow gait when passing another rider going in the same
<br />direction.
<br />3.11 Camping
<br />a. No person shall establish or maintain any camp or other
<br />temporary lodging or sleeping place in any Open Space Site
<br />except by permit and then only in areas specifically
<br />designated for such use.
<br />b. No person shall camp for a period longer than that author-
<br />ized by the permit.
<br />c. All garbage or refuse of any kind shall be placed in recep-
<br />tacles provided for that purpose.
<br />d. No person shall install permanent camp facilities or physical-
<br />ly alter the camp site.
<br />e. No person shall wash cooking and eating utensils, or clean
<br />fish except at locations designated for such use.
<br />f. No person shall cut or gather wood on any Open Space Site
<br />for fuel other than that provided by the Department and
<br />stored for such use.
<br />g. No person shall desert a camp site until the site is complete-
<br />ly razed and is thoroughly cleaned.
<br />h. No person or group of persons shall use a park lodge unless
<br />a specific permit has been granted by the Director for such
<br />use.
<br />i. Permits for lodges shall be issued to adults only, and said
<br />adult shall be on the premises at all times during the dura-
<br />tion of the permit.
<br />3.12 Alrborno Activities
<br />No person shall make an ascent from any Open Space Site in any
<br />balloon, airplane, glider, hang glider or other airborne con•
<br />voyante, nor any descent to any Open Space Site in or from any
<br />balloon, alrplano, glider, hang glidar,,parochute or other air-
<br />borne conveyance except in areas specifically designated for such
<br />use or with written permission of the County Board.
<br />4.0 SECTION IV • GENERAL CONDUCT
<br />4.1 Defacement, Destruction of Property and Resources
<br />a. No person shall tamper with, climb on, injure, deface,
<br />destroy, disturb, damage or remove any port of any System
<br />building, structure, sign, light pole, drinking fountain,
<br />hydrant, table, grill, equipment, statue or other property
<br />found therein.
<br />b. No person shall deface, disturb or remove in any manner
<br />any soil, artifact, fossil, rock or other mineral resource.
<br />c. No person shall excavate any ditch, trench, tunnel, or hole
<br />in any Open Space Site.
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