PICNIC SHELTERS The City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department has several reservable picnic shelters within the following parks: Delco Park, Indian Riffle Park, Ernst Park and Irelan Park. Non-reservable shelters (first-come, first-served basis) are located in: J.F. Kennedy Park, Oak Park, State Farm Park, Tait Park, Van Buren Park and Wenzler Park. Kettering residents may reserve the shelters beginning the first work day in January. Non-residents may reserve beginning the first work day in March. Shelters may be reserved between April 1 and October 31. There is no rental or reservation fee to use a picnic shelter. Shelters are reserved in one time slot only—from dawn to dusk. Shelters may be used on a first-come, first-served basis when they are not reserved. How to Reserve a Shelter: • Go to playkettering.org to the Parks tab • Go to Park Shelter Reservations and scroll down to choose Delco Park, Ernst Park, Indian Riffle Park or Irelan Park from the Shelter Reservations box to check for shelter availability and to reserve a shelter. • You will need your User Name and Password to reserve a shelter online. If this is the first time you have logged in, your User Name is your “Household I.D.” number and your Password is your home phone number, minus dashes and spaces. • If you have an account with us, but you have forgotten your password, you may click the Forgot Password button. • If you are a brand new patron with us, you may click the Create an Account button to register for a new account. For help, please contact Rebecca Rine at 937-296-2486 or stop by the Parks office at 3170 Valleywood Drive. Park information can be found at: playkettering.org/parks TREE & BRUSH CHIPPING PROGRAM The Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department’s chipping program is a service provided to residential property dwellers with the purpose of maintaining the aesthetic beauty and property values in Kettering. Stop in the Parks Maintenance Center at 3170 Valleywood Drive and pick up a chipping program fact sheet or call and we will mail or fax it to you. The fact sheet may also be downloaded from the Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department website, playkettering.org. Following the guidelines as described in the fact sheet will ensure that your brush meets our requirements and keeps your workload to a minimum. When your trimming is complete and the brush properly stacked, measure the brush pile. Bring the measurements to the Parks Maintenance Center and pay the scheduled fee by Friday at 4 p.m. Chipping will begin the following week. LEAF COMPOST AND WOOD MULCH Leaf compost and wood mulch are made available to Kettering residents for FREE every April until our supply runs out. The compost and wood mulch can be used for mulching around trees and shrubbery, foot paths, play areas and to help prevent soil erosion. Each fall, the Street Department picks up the leaves residents rake curbside and take them to the “leaf farm” where the material is processed and made into leaf compost. The wood mulch is made from various tree-trimming projects and from the material collected at the City’s Yard Debris Center. 74 You may pick up compost and wood mulch in your truck, trailer or other container at Indian Riffle Park, 2801 E. Stroop Road (behind Tannenberg Kennels). The site is open daylight hours, seven days a week. Volunteers are on site to ensure the mulch goes only to Kettering residents. playkettering.org PARK ORDINANCES HOURS • Except for Civic Commons, parks are open only from sunrise to dusk unless posted. • Civic Commons closes at midnight, unless extended for a Fraze performance. RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES • Wading, swimming, ice skating, boating and golf are not permitted. • Drugs are not permitted in the parks. • Intoxicating beverages and beer are prohibited unless sold by permit. • Any use of league athletic fields must be scheduled through the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department offices. • No admittance to Fraze Pavilion except during events. • No in-line skating or in-line skates are allowed in Civic Commons. • No skateboarding or skateboards allowed in Civic Commons. • Bicycles must be walked within Civic Commons. DOGS • Dogs must be on a leash no more than 10 feet long and must be kept under control. • Persons must clean up after their dog(s) and must carry a device for this purpose. REMOVAL AND DAMAGE OF PROPERTY • Removal, damage or defacing of buildings, structures, natural features, plants, flowers and lawn areas is prohibited. DEPOSITING OF MATERIALS • Discarding materials in parks or park dumpsters is prohibited. • Trash must be deposited in containers provided. • No glass containers are allowed in parks. FIRES • Fires must be built in grills only and must be attended at all times. CAMPING • No person may camp in the parks without written permission from the City. WEAPONS • No person may possess BB guns, archery equipment, fireworks, explosives, model rockets or sling shots. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES • No person may conduct commercial activities, sales, charge admission, solicit funds or operate games of chance or erect signs in a park. TRAFFIC • Motor vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds are not permitted off of designated roads and parking areas. • No vehicle is to be left in the parks overnight. • Horses, minibikes, dirt bikes and ATVs are not permitted in the parks. PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE • No person may hunt, trap, feed or endanger animals or birds in any way. CONDUCT • Persons may not act in a dangerous, disruptive, offensive or noisy manner affecting the safety, peace and good order of the parks and park visitors. • No loitering in cars, parking lots or any other areas. • Respect park shelter and tennis court reservations. PESTICIDES • Lawn pesticides may be applied periodically. PENALTY • Any person who violates these rules can be charged with a criminal offense and may be ordered from the park by police or park officials, denied future access and be prosecuted accordingly. • All park, city, state and federal ordinances apply. Registration starts now! See page 81. PARKS PROGRAMS
