Section 20 – (a) All Town parks shall be open from sunrise to sunset, except those parks that have sports
lighting, which may be open from sunrise to 11:00 pm. Veteran’s Park parking is available from 3:00 am until
11:00 pm only. Exceptions will be made for storm emergencies.
(b) All open space areas shall be open from sunrise to one hour after sunset, except by authority of the
Conservation Department.
(c) The operation of a motorized vehicle is prohibited on any Town park or open space, except in those areas
designated by the Parks & Recreation or Conservation Commission, and except for official vehicles involved in
maintenance or emergency operations.
Section 21 – The display of banners at Sherman Green is permitted only with the express permission of the
Office of the Board of Selectmen and the Parks & Recreation Commission, and will be suspended only in that
area designated by the Commission.
Section 22 – No camping is allowed in any park or open space area, except by permit issued by the Parks &
Recreation Commission or Conservation Department as appropriate.
Section 23 – (a) No person shall pick any flowers, foliage or fruit, or shall cut, break, dig up, or in any way
mutilate or injure any tree, shrub, plant, grass, turf, railing, seat, fence, structure, or anything in any park, play lot,
open space, and beach, or cut, carve, paint, mark, or paste on any tree, stone, fence, wall building, monument, or
other object therein, any bill, advertisement, or inscription whatsoever unless approved in writing by the
Conservation Department or the Parks & Recreation Commission, as appropriate.
(b) No person shall swim in the pond or Ash Creek from the Metro Center conservation easement area.
(c) No person shall climb on the protective fences around the railroad or United Illuminating catenary towers
within the Metro Center conservation easement area.
Section 24 – (a) No stone or other projectiles shall be thrown or rolled from, into, within, or upon any park or open
space area. This section does not prohibit the use of a ball in designated playing area.
(b) Hunting, trapping, and discharging of firearms on or into any park or open space area is prohibited. Hunters
crossing open space to gain access to State property may proceed through that open space only with an
unloaded firearm.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, hunting and discharging of firearms on any
open space area are permitted pursuant to a permit issued by the Fairfield Conservation Commission.
Section 25 – Threatening, abusive, boisterous, insulting, or indecent language or gesture in any beach, marina,
park, or open space area is prohibited.
Section 26 – (a) No person shall expose any article or thing for sale in any Town beach, marina, park, or open
space area unless a permit is issued by the Parks & Recreation Commission or Conservation Commission.
(b) No person shall destroy, injure, or disturb any form of wildlife or its habitat on any Town Beach, marina, park
or open space excluding fishing, shell fishing and related activities.
(c) The use of Town Facilities for private enterprise is prohibited without express consent from the Parks &
Recreation Commission or their designee; all approved requests are subject to permit fees, indemnification and
insurance requirements.
Section 27 – No person shall discharge or set off firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets, or any other fireworks within
any Town beach, park, or open space area, except under special permit issued by the Parks & Recreation
Commission or Conservation Commission, as appropriate.
Section 28 – No person shall dig up or remove any dirt, sand, stones, rock, or the like, make any excavation,
quarry any stone, or lay or set off any blast, or cause or assist in doing any such things, within any Town park,
beach, or open space area, except under special permit issued by the Parks & Recreation Commission,
Conservation Commission, or other duly authorized agency of the Town of Fairfield.
Section 29 – (a) No bottles, broken glass, waste paper, or other rubbish shall be left in any
Town beach, park, marina, or open space area, except in containers designated for that purpose.