Park Permits, Guiding Ordinances, & Other Park Rules
If you are interested in renting a City of Tulsa Park &
Recreation facility or using a park for a special event or other
activity, please review the following information. If you have any
questions please call our Customer Service office at 596-PARK
(596-7275).
Acts Requiring Permits
The following activities require a Park Department Permit.
- Give any theatrical entertainment, moving picture show, parade,
procession or public gathering, festival concert, recreational
program, event, or other outdoor presentation, whether or not an
admission fee is charged.
- Use a loud speaker, public address system, amplifier or any
other device to amplify and direct sound.
- Dig, bury, erect, build, uncover, place or remove any object or
store any materials or equipment of any kind.
- Sell, offer for sale or give away without charge any food,
drink, merchandise, service or any other article.
- Use any park area or facility for any commercial purpose
including the production of films, photographs or advertisements,
whether for sale to individuals or groups.
Excerpts from General Park Rules
- Motor vehicles permitted on roads and parking areas only;
commercial vehicles restricted to park needs only.
- Keep dogs on leash.
- Consumption of alcoholic beverages in parking areas and
roadways not permitted.
- Place litter in trash containers.
- Swimming, wading, boating or ice activities are not permitted
on ponds or lakes.
- Cutting, picking, damaging or disturbing any tree shrub or
flower is unlawful.
Excerpts from Title 26: Acts Prohibited
[All City ordinances must be observed at any park or Park
Department facility. The following are additional specific acts
prohibited under Title 26 of the Municipal Code.]
- No person shall make a fire in any park area or facility except
in places provided for such purposes.
- No person shall use any portion of any park or facility for
toilet purposes, except the public restrooms or comfort stations
provided.
- No person shall offer or expose for sale for a profit any
article without first having obtained a concessionaires
license.
- No person shall swim or wade in any lagoon, lake, fountain or
other waters in any park area or facility.
- No person shall interfere with, disobey or ignore any lawful
order of any employee while in the performance of his duties in any
park area or facility.
- No person shall fly a kite in any portion of the area
designated as Mohawk Park.
- No person shall enter into or remain upon nor shall any vehicle
be left unattended in any park area or facility between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless an earlier curfew is approved by
the Board or Director as posted at the park area or facility;
provided, however, that use of such park area or facility may be
allowed during these hours when a permit has been obtained in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
- No person shall bring into any park, have in his/her
possession, serve, sell or give to another, or use while in a park,
any glassware, including but not limited to bottles, jars,
containers, drinking vessels, and tableware; provided, this
prohibition shall not apply in park areas in the Tulsa Zoo and the
Garden Center, around the Gilcrease Museum, or on any park areas
which are commercially leased for food and beverage sales.
Excerpts from Park Board Rules and
Regulations:
Conduct at Parks
It is the policy of the Park and Recreation Board that violation
of posted park use rules, non-compliance with park or facility use
reservations as shown on City of Tulsa Park and Recreation
Department Use Permits, violation of Federal and state laws, City
of Tulsa ordinances and Park and Recreation Board policies, and
non-adherence to use and behavior rules as given by department
staff will not be tolerated in the public parks.
Exclusive Use of Land or Facilities
All exclusive use shall be authorized by issuance of an Exclusive
Use Permit. Written informational sheets may be attached to the
permit if necessary to communicate specific use arrangements or
requirements.
Unusable Facilities
It will be Board policy regarding user groups that any time fields
are unplayable or park areas become unusable, the activity will be
canceled. That decision will be made by the Director of the Park
and Recreation Department or his/her designated representative.
Using entities shall assume this responsibility and monitor
compliance within their program; however, the department may
override their decisions.
