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Ojai council halves planned Libby Park pickleball tournament, directs staff to move first two days
Summary
After hours of testimony from neighbors, tennis-club leaders and tournament organizers about noise and policy, the Ojai City Council approved a compromise: the tournament may use Lower Libby courts for one day only while staff works to place the first two days at alternate venues.
The Ojai City Council on April 28 approved a compromise on an appeal of a facility-use permit for a pickleball tournament at Libby Park, directing staff to identify alternate locations for the first two days and allowing a single day of tournament play at the Lower Libby tennis courts.
Neighbors and members of the Ojai Valley Tennis Club urged the council to rescind the permit, citing a 2023 acoustic study and the Parks & Recreation Commission’s recommendation against locating pickleball at Libby. Alex Mooney, speaking for neighbors, argued the permit “disregards both, a, the established no-pickleball at Libby Park policy, and b, the 150-person event limitation,” and asked the council to “rescind this permit, refund fees paid, and formally adopt a resolution that pickleball is not permitted on Libby Park tennis courts for…
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