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Lake City council adopts ordinance setting park hours for Camel Park at Lake Montgomery
Summary
The Lake City Council on June 2 adopted ordinance 2025-2322 establishing opening and closing times for Camel Park at Lake Montgomery after a public comment urging expanded daylight-hours access.
The Lake City Council on June 2 adopted city council ordinance 2025-2322 establishing designated opening and closing hours for Camel Park at Lake Montgomery.
Supporters told the council that set hours are needed because the park uses timed gates and has no lighting. In public comment, George Hudson thanked the council for moving the item up the agenda and asked the council to “add 3 more months to the current ordinance so that visitors will be able to enjoy the fishing pier and the lake during the longer daylight hours during daylight savings time.”
The ordinance was read by City Attorney Martin at the meeting. Councilmembers voted by roll call to adopt the ordinance; Miss Sykes recorded affirmative votes from Councilmember Carter, Councilmember Young, Councilmember Jernigan, Councilmember Harris and Mayor Walker. The motion passed and the ordinance will take effect as provided in the text.
Councilmember Jernigan thanked Hudson for his involvement and said the hours were developed with the police chief: “nobody is gonna agree with them. They may not agree or disagree or whatever, but, at least we have some type of, we can move forward with some type of time there.”
The council opened, took public comment from a single speaker, and then moved directly to a motion and roll-call vote. No amendments or conditions to the ordinance were recorded in the hearing.
The council did not take additional public testimony on timing specifics beyond Hudson’s request for expanded daylight-savings months. The ordinance text, as read into the record, provides definitions, severability and an effective date and amends chapter 86, article 1, section 86-2 of the Lake City code of ordinances concerning park hours.
Details on the exact clock-hour schedule set by the ordinance and any enforcement procedures were included in the ordinance language read into the record; the council did not change those hours during the meeting. The city clerk recorded the vote for adoption.
