The following allowed and prohibited development activities are define by Chapter X – Park Development Limitation for designated Nature Preserves:
Allowed Activities
- All development consistent with preserving a Nature Preserve as a natural area
For public access & use, the City MAY provide:
- Benches
- Boardwalks
- Interpretive displays
- Picnic facilities
- Sanitary facilities
- Trails for hiking, jogging, horseback, and bicycle riding
- Trails using ADA-compliant natural materials
Improvements & Maintenance:
- Accessible and Safe to Public
- Ecological Restoration
- Stewardship & Education
- Healthy Habitat for Wildlife
- Eliminate Invasive Species
- Restore Native Species
- Selective Tree Thinning
- Hazardous Tree Removal
- Mitigates Fire Hazards
- Maintain (includes maintenance, restoration, renovation & replacement) existing structures, facilities, or parking lots, roads or trails that doesn’t further impairment to natural conditions.
Master & Management Planning:
- Implementation of pre-existing park-specific master plans adopted prior to November 3, 2021 that may specify development that would otherwise be restricted by Chapter X.
- New master & maintenance plans adhering to Chapter X development limitations
Prohibited Activities
The City SHALL NOT construct:
- Athletic facilities
- Telecommunications facilities (public & private)
- Parking lots
- Roads or trails for motorized vehicles
- Asphalt & Concrete Hard-Surface Trails
- Facilities or structures that would impair or be inconsistent with natural conditions
The City SHALL NOT:
- Remove any tree for the purposes of commercial logging
- Remove any tree for the development of any Athletic facility, Telecommunications facility, parking lot, road or trail for motorized travel
- Chapter X restrictions can be applied to any park property acquired by bond and designated by voters as subject to these restrictions or if designated as a “Nature Preserve” by the conveying property owners, the City, or voters.