"children build up immunity to disease when allowed to play around animals & in natural conditions" [View all]
Del Mar changes teen curfew, bans pets from tot lot
Pets will be banned from the tot lot and south lawn at Powerhouse Park, the city’s teen curfew will be moved up an hour to 10 p.m. and beach and park visitors will no longer be allowed to use charcoal grills under three ordinances approved by the Del Mar City Council on Monday, May 20.
The council approved all three ordinances on its first reading. The new laws will come back for final adoption June 3, and they will take effect 30 days later if approved.
The council directed staff to draft the Powerhouse Park ordinance last month, after resident Rich Ehrenfeld brought the suggestion to the city’s Parks and Recreation Committee. Ehrenfeld said the tot lot and nearby lawn should be made “barefoot friendly” by restricting dogs from those areas.
Council members agreed that allowing small children to play in areas where dogs have relieved themselves poses a potential health hazard.
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Lynn Gaylord presented council members with an article published in the New York Times Magazine, which argues that children build up immunity to disease when they are allowed to play around animals and in natural conditions.
http://www.delmartimes.net/2013/05/22/del-mar-changes-teen-curfew-bans-pets-from-tot-lot/
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