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Tuesday June 3, 2014
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by Kevin Diakiw EXPECT A $200 fine if you’re found
by police in a city park after sunset, as Mounties ramp up patrols of Surrey parks. In the past nine years, the number of people cited for infractions in Surrey parks has tripled, and those busted for being in a park after dark has skyrocketed by 2,200 per cent. If you are surprised you can’t be in a park after dusk or before dawn, you may be equally shocked to learn you can’t fish or angle in any lake or stream (except in designated areas), according to Surrey Bylaw no. 13480. If you want to play tennis, lawn bowling, shuffleboard or any other game on a court, proper footwear must be worn. There is no golf allowed in Surrey parks and no use of remote-controlled aircraft or cars within Surrey parks. No beer or any other alcohol is permitted in Surrey parks “at any time.” Selling any refreshments within a city park is verboten, and you can’t feed the birds. If you have a dog with Coun. Barinder you, it cannot splash around Rasode in any body of water in Surrey parks, including at beaches, except in an area designated for such activity. And if you want to hold a meeting or a ceremony in a park on a lovely sunny afternoon, don’t even try it without the proper permission. In all, the number of fines handed out in Surrey parks since 2005 has tripled. Nine years ago, 257 tickets were issued. That has grown steadily to 791 citations last year.
“I think maybe it’s time we re-evaluate some of the bylaws we have on the books...”
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City of citations The number of fines handed out for infractions in Surrey parks has tripled over the last nine years
Above left: If the sun is going down on your workout, you best get ready to cool down and leave, because being in a park after dark is in violation of Surrey Bylaw no. 13480. And dogs aren’t allowed in water in undesignated areas (above).
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There’s no feeding birds in Surrey parks, and don’t even think about playing with remote-controlled airplanes or cars.
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