DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. 2026-12
Amending Chapter 24 of the Edina City Code Regarding Additional Restrictions for Parks and Publicly Owned Properties
Section 1. Chapter 24 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, Article VIII. - PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, Section 24-255. - Additional restrictions for parks and publicly owned properties of the Edina City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, with the following original text, added text, and deleted text:
Sec. 24-255. — Additional restrictions for parks and publicly owned properties.
In addition to the requirements of section 24-254, no person shall, in any park or publicly owned property:
(1) Place or keep any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles without the written permission of the park director.
(2) Participate in or conduct any band procession, parade or military formation without the written permission of the park director.
(3) Promote or participate in an entertainment or exhibition without the written permission of the park director.
(4) Participate in any rally, convention, assembly or meeting without the written permission of the park director, which shall be withheld only when necessary to prevent conflict with regular park activities.
(5) Sell or offer for sale any article in any public park; provided that refreshments or other articles may be sold by the city or by persons authorized to do so by the park director.
(6) Be in or remain in any vehicle, or park or leave unattended any vehicle, between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except when the vehicle is moving upon a street or when permitted by the park director.
(7) Drive or park a motor vehicle on any area not designated for parking or travel.
(8) Take or allow any dog or other animal where forbidden by posted signs.
(9) Take or allow any horse or other livestock upon any park, publicly owned property or public waters without the written permission of the park director.
(10) On any public skating rink, no person shall race, play games which interfere with the general public use, use hockey sticks or pucks in areas not marked for hockey play, or loiter in public warming houses.
(11) Play or participate in baseball, diamond ball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, archery or any other game or sport, except in or upon appropriate areas established by the city for such game or sport.
(12) Play upon, use or enter any publicly owned property without having first paid an admission or entry fee when one is required.
(13) Bathe or swim in water adjoining a park, except at places and during hours shown by signs placed by the city.
(14) Be in or remain within the park before or after posted hours of operation without the written permission of the park director.
(15) Gather with a group of 25 people or more for any reason without obtaining and being in compliance with an advance reservation permit for use of a rentable park building, park shelter or athletic field from the city.
(16) Gatherings by a group at a rentable park building, park shelter or athletic field shall have no priority of use or right of use for that space. A person who is in possession of a valid advance reservation permit for a park building, park shelter or athletic field, or an area defined within the permit description has priority use of that defined space. Failure to leave the reserved area for a person with a valid permit would be a violation of this ordinance.
(17) Gather with a group of 10 or more people at Arneson Acres Park for picnics or events, amplifying or performing sound or music, or commercial use shall occur in the formal garden areas, gazebo picnic shelter or parking lots without an advance reservation permit. Advance permits at Arneson Acres Park include the Terrace Room and Gazebo only unless specifically defined by the permit.
Sec. 24-258. — Additional rules and regulations.
The park director may adopt additional rules and regulations not contrary to the provisions of this Code governing the use and enjoyment of parks, programmed parks, playgrounds, lakes, ponds, streams and other publicly owned properties which shall be prominently posted or publicly announced in the places where they are intended to apply. Any person who violates a rule or regulation so posted may be excluded from the use of the park, programmed park, lake, pond, stream or other publicly owned property and may, in addition, be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor.
- Applications for permits for group events of 25 or more persons, picnic shelters and athletic fields, and sound amplification must be submitted to the city a minimum of seven business days in advance in accordance with procedures and fees adopted annually by the City Council.
- The director may deny a permit application when the proposed activity may adversely affect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the condition of the park facility.
- The director may add conditions to any permit to mitigate potential adverse effects or to ensure the orderly use and enjoyment of the park facility.
- The person responsible for the gathering must remain within the area for which the permit was issued at all times, must have the permit in possession, and must display it upon the request of authorized city personnel.
- Any person aggrieved by action of the director may appeal to the city council by submitting a request in writing to the director within 10 days after notice of the action.
- The director or any city law enforcement officer may declare that any part or all of a park facility is closed to the public for any interval of time or for any particular use, as reasonably determined necessary in the public interest.
Section 2. This ordinance is effective immediately on its passage and publication
DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. 2026-12
Amending Chapter 24 of the Edina City Code Regarding Additional Restrictions for Parks and Publicly Owned Properties
Section 1. Chapter 24 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, Article VIII. - PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, Section 24-255. - Additional restrictions for parks and publicly owned properties of the Edina City Code is hereby amended to read as follows, with the following original text, added text, and deleted text:
Sec. 24-255. — Additional restrictions for parks and publicly owned properties.
In addition to the requirements of section 24-254, no person shall, in any park or publicly owned property:
(1) Place or keep any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles without the written permission of the park director.
(2) Participate in or conduct any band procession, parade or military formation without the written permission of the park director.
(3) Promote or participate in an entertainment or exhibition without the written permission of the park director.
(4) Participate in any rally, convention, assembly or meeting without the written permission of the park director, which shall be withheld only when necessary to prevent conflict with regular park activities.
(5) Sell or offer for sale any article in any public park; provided that refreshments or other articles may be sold by the city or by persons authorized to do so by the park director.
(6) Be in or remain in any vehicle, or park or leave unattended any vehicle, between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., except when the vehicle is moving upon a street or when permitted by the park director.
(7) Drive or park a motor vehicle on any area not designated for parking or travel.
(8) Take or allow any dog or other animal where forbidden by posted signs.
(9) Take or allow any horse or other livestock upon any park, publicly owned property or public waters without the written permission of the park director.
(10) On any public skating rink, no person shall race, play games which interfere with the general public use, use hockey sticks or pucks in areas not marked for hockey play, or loiter in public warming houses.
(11) Play or participate in baseball, diamond ball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, archery or any other game or sport, except in or upon appropriate areas established by the city for such game or sport.
(12) Play upon, use or enter any publicly owned property without having first paid an admission or entry fee when one is required.
(13) Bathe or swim in water adjoining a park, except at places and during hours shown by signs placed by the city.
(14) Be in or remain within the park before or after posted hours of operation without the written permission of the park director.
(15) Gather with a group of 25 people or more for any reason without obtaining and being in compliance with an advance reservation permit for use of a rentable park building, park shelter or athletic field from the city.
(16) Gatherings by a group at a rentable park building, park shelter or athletic field shall have no priority of use or right of use for that space. A person who is in possession of a valid advance reservation permit for a park building, park shelter or athletic field, or an area defined within the permit description has priority use of that defined space. Failure to leave the reserved area for a person with a valid permit would be a violation of this ordinance.
(17) Gather with a group of 10 or more people at Arneson Acres Park for picnics or events, amplifying or performing sound or music, or commercial use shall occur in the formal garden areas, gazebo picnic shelter or parking lots without an advance reservation permit. Advance permits at Arneson Acres Park include the Terrace Room and Gazebo only unless specifically defined by the permit.
Sec. 24-258. — Additional rules and regulations.
The park director may adopt additional rules and regulations not contrary to the provisions of this Code governing the use and enjoyment of parks, programmed parks, playgrounds, lakes, ponds, streams and other publicly owned properties which shall be prominently posted or publicly announced in the places where they are intended to apply. Any person who violates a rule or regulation so posted may be excluded from the use of the park, programmed park, lake, pond, stream or other publicly owned property and may, in addition, be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor.
- Applications for permits for group events of 25 or more persons, picnic shelters and athletic fields, and sound amplification must be submitted to the city a minimum of seven business days in advance in accordance with procedures and fees adopted annually by the City Council.
- The director may deny a permit application when the proposed activity may adversely affect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the condition of the park facility.
- The director may add conditions to any permit to mitigate potential adverse effects or to ensure the orderly use and enjoyment of the park facility.
- The person responsible for the gathering must remain within the area for which the permit was issued at all times, must have the permit in possession, and must display it upon the request of authorized city personnel.
- Any person aggrieved by action of the director may appeal to the city council by submitting a request in writing to the director within 10 days after notice of the action.
- The director or any city law enforcement officer may declare that any part or all of a park facility is closed to the public for any interval of time or for any particular use, as reasonably determined necessary in the public interest.
Section 2. This ordinance is effective immediately on its passage and publication
