Agarner14
Newbie
Hello Everyone,
A friend and I are in the early planning/proposal stage of a hopeful course, there are a couple obstacles that I'd appreciate some insight with:
The park is an underutilized, but well-groomed grassy field with trees combined with some more natural grassy areas and a forest section next to a river. It is more than large enough to accommodate 18 holes. The land is not technically owned by the city (It is owned by a non-profit land management group who is interested in the project), but the land is located within a designated city "water supply protection area", so my understanding is that it is managed by the public works department. Our concern at the moment is that this designation will prevent a course from being installed. A sign on the property specifically identifies "projectile producing activities" as prohibited, but the examples given are hunting, paintball, and ball golf all of which produce much smaller, higher velocity projectiles. The water facilities are not within 500 feet of where the course would be.
So my basic question is this, does anyone have any experience in explaining how disc golf would not endanger the water supply? And/or does anyone know of any other disc golf courses that are located in similar areas as an example of this being done without interfering in the water supply area?
I appreciate any thoughts or ideas that might be helpful in us pleading our case.
A friend and I are in the early planning/proposal stage of a hopeful course, there are a couple obstacles that I'd appreciate some insight with:
The park is an underutilized, but well-groomed grassy field with trees combined with some more natural grassy areas and a forest section next to a river. It is more than large enough to accommodate 18 holes. The land is not technically owned by the city (It is owned by a non-profit land management group who is interested in the project), but the land is located within a designated city "water supply protection area", so my understanding is that it is managed by the public works department. Our concern at the moment is that this designation will prevent a course from being installed. A sign on the property specifically identifies "projectile producing activities" as prohibited, but the examples given are hunting, paintball, and ball golf all of which produce much smaller, higher velocity projectiles. The water facilities are not within 500 feet of where the course would be.
So my basic question is this, does anyone have any experience in explaining how disc golf would not endanger the water supply? And/or does anyone know of any other disc golf courses that are located in similar areas as an example of this being done without interfering in the water supply area?
I appreciate any thoughts or ideas that might be helpful in us pleading our case.