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Advisory board backs draft ordinance to designate exclusive children’s play areas; staff to circulate to HOAs

2860926 · April 3, 2025
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The board voted to forward a revised draft ordinance — renaming the concept "exclusive children’s play areas" and defining children as age 12 and younger — to the city commission after staff circulates language to homeowners associations for comment.

City attorneys and parks staff presented a revised draft ordinance that would allow the city to designate certain playgrounds and splash pads as “exclusive children’s play areas,” restrict adult presence in those zones unless accompanied by a child, and require signage so the public is on notice.

Patricia St. Bill Joseph, assistant city attorney, told the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board the ordinance text has been revised from an earlier…

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