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Lee’s Summit City Park Rules & Ordinances

Special Considerations

Yield playing areas to all Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation sanctioned activities.
Garage sales are not permitted in the parks.
Petting Zoos, Horses, Carnivals, Personal Water Slide, Pools, and Music Concerts are NOT allowed.
Electrically amplified music is not allowed.
Motorized vehicles are allowed in designated parking areas only.

Alcohol in parks is allowed by permit only at Lowenstein Park, Legacy Park and Summit Park

City ordinance prohibits the sale of alcohol on park property. Consumption of alcohol is also prohibited without a special permit from the Parks and Recreation Department. Special permit is ONLY available for Lowenstein Park, Legacy Park and Summit Park. There is a $25 charge for the permit. Requests must be made in person and require a shelter reservation.

Smoking Policy.

Smoking is prohibited within 50’ of LSPR’s: Playgrounds; Youth Sports Venues; Designated Youth Practice Fields; Lea-McKeighan Skate Park; Lea-McKeighan Sand Volleyball Courts; Summit Waves; LPCC; HPCC; Gamber Center; Happy Tails Park; Tennis Courts; Howard Park Hockey rink & Skate Area; Lowenstein Park Children’s Memorial Butterfly Garden; Outdoor Basketball Courts; Legacy Park Amphitheater.

Bounce Houses are allowed BY PERMIT ONLY at Legacy, Lowenstein, Miller J Feilds, Osage Trails, and Summit Parks for $25.

Renter provides all necessary equipment.

The following are NOT allowed in the parks for your safety and to protect your parks.

DAMAGE of park property. City Ordinance Chp. 17-85
USE of parks from 11:00pm until 5:00am. City Ordinance Chp. 19 Art III
COURT PLAY over one hour when others are waiting.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. City Ordinance Chp. 19 Art III
Motorized VEHICLES on park grounds. City Ordinance Chp. 19 Art III
SKATES, BICYCLES or SKATEBOARDS on sidewalks, parking lots or court areas. City Ordinance Chp. 29-11
LITTERING. City Ordinance Chp. 17-89

Geocache General Information

Geocaching is a new, entertaining adventure game for Global Positioning System (GPS) users. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is to leave something to replace the item that they took.
We believe allowing geocaching in the park system will have mutual positive benefits to the user and the department, including the following:
Geocaching will attract visitors who otherwise may never visit Lee’s Summit parks;
Geocachers will receive the benefits of exercise while searching for the caches;
The placement of geocaches in the park system will provide new, wholesome recreational opportunities for individuals and families.
The Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation Department eagerly welcomes this activity to the park system.

ATTENTION PARK USERS: If you accidentally find one of these Geocaches in any of our parks, please do not disturb it.

Geocache Policy

Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation allows geocaching under the following guidelines: 1. Caches shall not be placed within 100 feet of playgrounds, ballfields, and shelters.
When placing caches in the park system, no digging or any other kind of disruption of the ground will be permitted.
Caches shall be clearly labeled as a geocache and include an explanation of what it is in the event it is found by non-geocachers. At the very least, contact information should be included on or inside the cache with the description of the cache as well as the name of the cache as listed on the www.geocaching.com Web site.
Please include a detailed description of the cache location in the encoded "hints" section that will guide a finder to the location without difficulty.
In order to see the geographical impact of geocaching, the Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation Department encourages the finder to submit his name, city and state on the official geocache web site once a cache is located in a city park.
Geocachers are allowed to place a cache on Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation property so long as they comply with the restrictions stated above. Caches found not to be in compliance with this policy may be removed at the discretion of department staff.
Please do not place food, sharp items, illegal items such as drugs, or materials restricted from minors, such as tobacco or alcohol, in the physical cache.

Dog Park Rules (Applicable only for Happy Tails Off Leash Dog Park)

The off-leash dog area is for dogs and their handlers. No other use is permitted.
All general Park Rules and City of Lee's Summit ordinances must be obeyed.
Dogs that exhibit aggressive behavior are not allowed in the park.
Dogs must be removed immediately from the off-leash dog area at the first sign of aggression.
Handlers are responsible for any injuries caused by dog(s) under their control.
Park users and dog owners assume all risk related to this use of the dog park. LSPR shall not be liable for any injury or damage caused by dogs or handlers in the off-leash area.
All animal to human bites must be reported to the City of Lee's Summit Animal Control Department immediately. City of Lee's Summit Ordinance # 5.53.
All dogs must be legally licensed in the City of Lee's Summit and vaccinated and shall wear a visible Lee's Summit dog license and vaccination tag on a collar or harness. City of Lee's Summit Ordinance # 5.82.
No dogs under 4 months of age are allowed.
Female dogs in heat and dogs with fresh wounds are not allowed in the Park.
Dogs must be under voice control of their handler and in view of their handler at all times.
Dogs must be on leash, a maximum length of 6 ft., when entering and exiting the off-leash dog area.
Spiked collars are not allowed.
Children under the age of 5 are not allowed in the off-leash area.
Children between ages 5-8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Handlers must be a minimum of 16 years old.
Handlers must have possession of the dog leash at all times.
Only two dogs are allowed per handler.
Handlers must “scoop the poop” and dispose of waste in designated park provided container.
Handlers must repair all holes and damage done by their dog under their control.
No animals other than dogs shall be permitted in the area.
Park Hours of Operation 6 AM to Sunset or 9 PM whichever occurs first.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL
Animal Control 969-7405
All other emergencies 969-7407
Parks and Recreation 969-1500

Legacy Park Disc Golf Rules

Object of the Game:

Disc golf is played like ball golf, except that a flying disc is used.
The object of the game is to land your disc into the metal “pole hole” baskets, using the fewest number of throws possible.

Rules of Play:

Each time a disc is thrown it counts as a stroke. The winner is the player with the fewest number of throws after 18 holes.
Tee throws must be made within the designated tee pad areas.
After teeing off, the player whose disc is farthest from the pole hole always throws first.
All throws after the tee throw must be made from the location the previous throw landed.
A run-up and follow-through is allowed for most throws, as long as you release the disc behind the spot in which the previous throw landed.
Never throw until the players in front of you are out of reach and the fairway is clear.
Local Rule: Roadways, fenced in areas, and playground/shelter areas are out-of- bounds and player shall incur a one-shot penalty.
Limit the size of your playing group to five people. Allow faster groups to play through.

General Park Rules:

Legacy Park Disc Golf Course is open for play from 5am to 11pm
Be conscious and respectful of trail users and park patrons at the playground and picnic shelters.
Please keep the park clean by placing trash in the containers.
Climbing the park maintenance fence for retrieval of discs is prohibited. (For disc retrieval contact LSPR’s main office at 816.969.1500.)
Use of alcohol in the park is prohibited by city ordinance.
Motorized vehicles are prohibited on the course and in all park areas by city ordinance.
Lost and Found Discs: Contact the owner if identified on the found discs.