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Council reviews draft parks rules; Parks Committee urges ordinance approach and detailed public permitting language
Summary
The city presented a draft parks rules and regulations document and a resolution; Parks Committee members and public commenters urged placing rules in the city code (ordinance), raised specific edits and recommended clearer permitting, hours and firearms language.
The Salisbury City Council discussed a draft parks rules and regulations document and a related resolution at the May 19 work session. City staff presented the draft as a starting point and said the administration plans to pursue an enabling ordinance to place core park authority in the city code and then adopt the rules by resolution for easier future updates.
Mike Paretsky, chair of the Parks Committee, and other public commenters said they prefer codifying park rules in Chapter 12 (public spaces) of the city code rather than issuing them only by resolution. Paretsky said the city currently lacks a comprehensive parks code; he and the Parks Committee previously drafted recommendations and urged the council to adopt park rules with clearer legal enforcement and…
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