Board assigns members to review park rules on ebikes, drones, smoking and inflatables

Parks department staff presented the city’s municipal code chapter on park rules and said they want to update signage and policy language to address contemporary issues such as ebikes and scooters, drones near Wright-Patterson AFB, smoking/vaping, photography and temporary inflatables. Staff said they used an AI assistant to gather example rules from other communities and asked commissioners to volunteer for 'deep dive' homework to recommend specific wording.

Commissioners volunteered: one to focus on smoking/vaping rules (to pursue an ordinance to council), another on ebikes and scooters, another on drones, and others on trail etiquette and temporary structures. Staff asked each volunteer to return with a proposed rule and the reasoning to support it at the next meeting so the board can create recommendations for council and signage.