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Council adopts package of conservation and parks code updates, adds camping pilot language and expands Rorak Point acreage
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved amendments to multiple city code sections covering penalties, boats, firearms, ice access, and parks; the council also amended a parks ordinance to increase acreage recorded for Rorak Point and added rules enabling a future, council-approved camping pilot at a single site under Recreation oversight.
The Haverhill City Council voted to adopt a set of ordinance amendments covering conservation enforcement penalties, boating rules, firearms discharge areas, ice-access rules, and park/conservation area regulations.
The package: Mayor Melinda E. Barrett and city staff presented ordinances to update penalty provisions, allow kayaks and certain lightweight fishing windbreaks on Crystal Lake, clarify permitted hunting/discharge areas (including recognized use near Brandybrow Road), and consolidate multiple park and conservation-area rules…
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