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Advisory board backs rewritten park rules banning fireworks and clarifying lighting controls
Summary
The St. Mary's County Recreation and Parks advisory board recommended that the county adopt revised park policies that clarify automatic lighting controls and make fireworks and explosives unlawful in county parks.
The St. Mary’s County Department of Recreation and Parks advisory board reviewed proposed revisions to the park policy on Feb. 5 and recommended the changes to county decision-makers, including a new explicit prohibition on fireworks in county parks and clarified language about automatic field lighting.
Why it matters: the changes give park staff a written policy to reference when addressing unsafe or unauthorized uses of park property and clarify existing lighting controls so users and enforcers…
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