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New parks bylaw has more clearlyts defined rules., Town The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - A3 By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF The Town is bninging its 32- year-old parks bylaw up t0 speed with otber area munici- palities. A draft of the updated docu- ment was presented to a small handful of residents ai an open house ai the Nassagaweya Commumty Centre in Brookville Wednesday nîghî. The purpose of ihe bylaw is to ensure Town parks are safe and enjoyable by providing for their maintenance, operation, management and regulation. "The whole intention, wiîh tbe growing communiîy and lown, is to update the bylaw 10 make it a bit more relevant," explained jeif Fraser, the Town's parks developmenî co-ordina- lor. ",We're nol doing anyîhing îotally different. lis really a mal- ter of îrying to put someîhtng in place that protects the safety and enjoymenl of thc public. Amongsî the changcs to the bylaw brought about by tbe update are tbe addition of a def- initions section and more clear- ly defined rudes regardîng ani- mals and commercial activities in parks. Town Deputy Clerk Karyn Bennett poinîed oui ibat a leasb- free dog park, once creaîed,' would be deali Mthb under a separate bylaw. As pari of tbe updaîe, Fraser said staff "looked ai munîcipali- îles in tbe area and tried lu gel a bandle on wbaî ibeir bylaws say He noîed ibat as other Town bylaws are updaîed, it makes sense to do the samne for tbe parks bylaw. Uwe Samstag-Scbnock of tbe Milton Soccer Academy - one of the citizens in attendance ai tbe open bouse - sbared bis two cents' wortb on tbe docu- ment. "A lot of ibis bylaw is good. lits common sense," b e remarked. Samsîag-Scbnock and îbe bandful of residents went oU lo ask staff various questions about specific clauses in tbe bylaw. Tbe current parks bylaw was creaîed in 1974 and amended by town council in 1995. A second open bouse on îbe updaîed bylaw will be beld îomorrow ai Hugbi Foster Hall, locaîed besîde Town Hall Victoria Park, from 6:30 bo 8:30 p.m. Town staff anticipates pre- senîîng tbe bylaw to tbe comn- munîty services commitîee next monîb and to counicil in July A draft copy of tbe bylaw and comment sbeeis are available ai wwwmilton.ca. For more information visit tbe aforementioned Web site, e- mail karyn.bennett@milton.ca or caîl (905) 878-7252, ext. 2102. Melanie Hennessey can be rcached ai mhenncssey@m'nilIton- canadianchampioi.com. Ha1oISarm q I9 *Smarttease are based on 48 mlhs and xnclude 100,000 km with $0.15 over and are plus t eight. Cash pricîs are plus treight, taxes ad t cexse tee Att rebates assgxed to deae See deaer tor cxm- pite deais. Same restrictions appy. Futt detais aait . bteor wait. We wilt rebats yxx 100 GST See deale oar dea1tis. -e,.i ~ l