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City staff propose consolidated parks code and new permits for filming, docks and special events
Summary
Parks staff told the commission they plan to move park rules from the criminal-code chapter into a new Title 11 and add explicit permits for commercial filming, dock use and special events, and to clarify enforcement, hours and parking rules including a four-hour parking limit at some trailhead lots.
City parks staff presented proposed revisions May 7 to Gig Harbors parks code that would consolidate scattered rules into a new Title 11 and add explicit language for docks, marine piers, special-event permits and commercial activity in parks.
Parks Manager Jennifer Pero said the draft would move existing park rules out of chapter 9 and into a standalone chapter to reduce repetition and to give staff authority to post and change operational rules without a code amendment. "We don't actually have one for that," Pero said when describing…
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