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Weatherford parks board approves ordinance consolidating park rules, adds no-smoking ban
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Board approved Ordinance 02025-28 to move several city ordinances into the parks code for clearer enforcement and to add a new no-smoking rule in city parks.
The City of Weatherford Parks and Recreation Board voted July 24 to recommend adoption of Ordinance 02025-28, amending Title 9, Chapter 11 (park general regulations) to consolidate existing city ordinances under the parks code and add a new no-smoking provision for city parks. Chair moved to approve the recommendation and the motion carried.
Staff explained the change was primarily organizational—moving items numbered 15 through 22 from the police department section into the parks ordinance so park signage and enforcement would be clearer. "We added...no smoking in the parks. That was, that was not...an ordinance, but now it is," the staff member said, describing the newly codified restriction. The staff member also said noise-amplification and loitering rules already exist but will now be easier to find under park regulations.
Board members asked whether the park rules applied to lakefront properties that abut city-owned land; staff clarified the ordinance applies to any city property and park spaces but not to private property. The recommendation was approved; the transcript records "Motion carries" but does not include a roll-call tally in the record provided.
