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Council tightens parks rules on amplified sound, projectiles and enforcement but keeps park hours at 11 p.m.
Summary
The council adopted changes to the parks code defining amplified sound, extending enforcement tools to police and restricting projectile devices; after debate it rejected staff’s proposed reduction of park hours from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m., leaving closing time unchanged.
The Midlothian City Council voted April 14 to amend the city’s parks ordinance to define and regulate amplified sound, broaden enforcement authority and add limits on devices designed to launch projectiles, while declining a proposed reduction of park hours from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Parks staff presented language that defines amplified sound as “music, or speech projected or transmitted by artificial means, including but not limited to amplifiers, loudspeakers, automobile or portable speakers, or any similar device.” The amendments also add a provision allowing police officers to order removal from parks for disruptive…
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