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Council adopts package of conservation and parks code updates, adds camping pilot language and expands Rorak Point acreage

3610699 · April 15, 2025
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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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