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Stupid City Codes...

ISU Boomer

ISU Boomer

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I found a park in a nearby town that looks very promising. I always check the city codes just to cover my butt. This is the first time I have ever found anything written into a city's code about metal detecting. I was surprised because I have not seen anything in any of the other small towns around here regarding metal detection. Here is the law directly from their code of ordinances:

47.07 PUBLIC PROPERTY. No person shall in any manner deface, injure or remove any
tree, shrub or plant standing or growing in a City or public park or pick or destroy flowers or
seeds growing therein. No person shall cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or
gravel from any City or public park without permission of the Park Commission. No metal
detectors shall be allowed in any City or public park.

What a bunch of BS. I was really looking forward to giving this park a try and now I am just ticked off. :mad: Sorry, had to vent.
 
It says "without permission of the Park Commission."

So, get busy securing permission :)
 
OZARKS said:
It says "without permission of the Park Commission."

So, get busy securing permission :)
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That's not how I read it. The last sentence says No metal detectors allowed period. It doesn't mention anything about getting permission. You can get permission to remove a rock but not metal detect. At least that is how I read it. I will give it a shot and talk to someone at city hall. You never know I guess.
 
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ISU Boomer said:
I found a park in a nearby town that looks very promising. I always check the city codes just to cover my butt. This is the first time I have ever found anything written into a city's code about metal detecting. I was surprised because I have not seen anything in any of the other small towns around here regarding metal detection. Here is the law directly from their code of ordinances:

47.07 PUBLIC PROPERTY. No person shall in any manner deface, injure or remove any
tree, shrub or plant standing or growing in a City or public park or pick or destroy flowers or
seeds growing therein. No person shall cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or
gravel from any City or public park without permission of the Park Commission. No metal
detectors shall be allowed in any City or public park.

What a bunch of BS. I was really looking forward to giving this park a try and now I am just ticked off. :mad: Sorry, had to vent.
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Sometimes laws are not enforced. Google "silly laws."

Georgia has a law prohibiting people from saying "Oh boy" in public.

It's against the law to walk down the street while reading in New York City.

New York
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
In Carmel, A man cannot be seen in public while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
In Greene, During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
In Ocean City, It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.
In Ocean City, It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town.
In Staten Island, You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
In Staten Island, It is illegal for a father to call his son a "!!!!!!" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
 
I read it as "NO METAL DETECTORS ALLOWED IN CITY PARK" So I would expect as with National parks, the mere POSSESSION of a detector while in the park would be an infraction. You could try contacting the city council and requesting an audience. If you can't get an audience with them, make a video or Powerpoint presentation of detecting and plug cutting (YOU doing it) and show that you don't tear up the ground or just "coin-popping" and send it to the on disc or via email AND as a printed document, let them know that you'll use headphones so as to NOT bother other park users. Offer to assist any city historians with FREE detecting services maybe. You'll have to sell yourself to them but you may have a chance. You will probably have to give up any artifacts that you find. Let us know if you go this route and how it works out for you.
 
Do you know any other MDers in your town?
I would start with asking permission via email. If that doesn't work I would show up to the city council meeting and make my case. After that it would be good to have the backing of others with the same interests. They won't change it unless they believe that keeping the law will raise hackles with citizens.
 
Milhaus said:
Do you know any other MDers in your town?
I would start with asking permission via email. If that doesn't work I would show up to the city council meeting and make my case. After that it would be good to have the backing of others with the same interests. They won't change it unless they believe that keeping the law will raise hackles with citizens.
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The town where metal detecting is not allowed is about 20 miles away from my town. My town has no such ordinance. I'm always looking for other places to hunt and found this nice park in the nerarby town. It is just very frustrating to know that they do not allow metal detectors in city parks there. I probably won't make a fuss about it since there are so many other places I can go but I was really looking forward to hitting that park.

I have never seen anyone else around here with a metal detector. I'm sure there are a few folks but I haven't ran into them yet. Last year I was at a local park that is very heavily used and had the park manager come up to me. He asked me if I found anything and mentioned that he had never seen anyone else metal detecting there. That suprised me becasue this is a very popular park. If the manager hasn't seen anyone that probably means there are not a lot of metal detectorists around here.
 
Many small municipalities outsource their municipal code writing and language to firms that do this as their business along with having attorneys involved. In many cases these ordinances are just copied and pasted from one town to the next and the local mayor or alderman do not even know what is all in them. If there are really some good sites you would like to check out, I would seek getting permission. The worst they can say is no and you just move on.
 
A neighboring town of mine also has a strict, written enforcement on their webpage citing no metal detecting in city parks... I just stay out of them since ALL the other surrounding areas do allow it :yes:

However, there are district parks in the town that are outside of city funding, and I have written permission to hunt those :)
 
I live near Greenville SC. You can metal detect. But you can't dig or disturb any plant or anything else. So MDing would be useless. :mad: I feel your pain.
 
If you disturb the ground or not, in the authorities eyes, your disturbing the ground. NO matter how good you are at recovering targets. It is their way of placing control on what you can and cannot do.
 
Same ordinance here in my town.. Some of the parks have signs stating the rules.. I hit the parks that don't have signs.. and the schools are fair game on the weekends. I haven't been confronted by any authoritys. I was even detecting at a park while the police were 50 yards away training their dogs. At a different park, I had an officer drive by and ask if I found anything good. I showed him what I had.. he thought it was neat, wished me luck and went on his way.
 
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