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Commission denies request to extend park hours for graduation at Orbality Center
Summary
The Parks Commission denied a request to extend closing hours to midnight on Aug. 23, 2025, citing neighborhood expectations and the existing ordinance that sets park hours to 10 p.m.
The Kenosha Parks Commission denied a request from Antonia Jaimez to extend park closing hours to midnight on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at the Orbality Center for a graduation event.
Commissioners opened the item for public hearing; no members of the public spoke. During discussion, a commissioner said they had spoken with a resident in the district who opposed extending hours and indicated the resident preferred the existing ordinance closing hours of 10 p.m. Another commissioner moved to deny the extension, the motion was seconded and approved with the chair voting aye.
Commissioners who spoke cited concern about setting a precedent for late-night private events in parks and referenced the ordinance that currently establishes park hours. The record shows the motion to deny passed; no counterproposal or conditional approval was recorded on the item.
