§ 4153 — Functions

The Parks and Recreation Commission shall perform the following functions:

(1) Plan, supervise and conduct a comprehensive and coordinated program of cultural and physical recreation for the County;

(2) Plan, supervise and conduct a program of parks and park related activities for all of the parks of the County including any suburban parks which may hereafter be established pursuant to Chapter 6 of this title;

(3) Promote, and, to the extent feasible, execute a cooperative recreational program with the public schools, other public agencies, private agencies, and local citizen recreation councils;

(4) Develop plans for parks, recreation areas, and for the preservation of open space within the County and recommend to the county government appropriate courses of action in regard thereto;

(5) Employ by and with the consent of the county government trained personnel in recreational programs and staff, including a Director of Parks and Recreation;

(6) Make and enforce rules and regulations relating to the protection, care, and use of the areas it administers. No rules and regulations shall become effective until such rules and regulations have been adopted by the county government after a public hearing thereon, the time and place of which at least 30 days’ notice shall have been given by 1 publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. Such notice should state the place at which copies of the rules and regulations may be obtained;

(7) Recommend to the county government such fees as it deems reasonable for the use of such facilities as may be provided in the areas it administers, and the county government may establish and collect such fees from the users of the said areas.

Legislative History

9 Del. C. 1953, § 4153; 57 Del. Laws, c. 748.