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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE BY ADDING SECTION 35-9.5 REGARDING CITY PARK AND GREEN SPACE MEMORIAL PROGRAM.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Chapter 35, Section 9.5 of the Duluth City Code is hereby created as following:
35-9.5 Memorial Program.
(a) The Parks and Recreation Department may establish, maintain, and enforce a memorial program applicable to City-owned parks and green spaces. Such memorial elements may include, but not be limited to, benches, bricks, picnic tables, and trees placed within parks and green spaces.
(b) The Parks and Recreation Manager will authorize the final selection, design, location, installation, and maintenance of memorial elements.
(c) Fees associated with memorial elements shall be established in accordance with Section 31-8. Fees are intended to cover costs to be incurred by the City in purchasing, installing, and maintaining the memorial elements during their useful life. Fees are not intended to and do not cover replacement costs for memorial elements.
(d) All memorial elements become City property. Memorial elements will be reasonably maintained for their useful life.
(e) The City is not responsible for damage or theft. The City may not repair or replace damaged or stolen memorial elements.
(f) The City may temporarily or permanently remove or relocate memorial elements when it determines they interfere with site safety, maintenance standards, parks planning, master planning, or construction activities.
(g) Parks and green spaces are not collectively memorial parks. Floral tributes or any other memorabilia are not permitted within a park or green space and/or on or near a memorial element without prior approval from the Parks and Recreation Manager. The City may, at its own discretion, remove and discard any such items.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage and publication.
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