Help- My city is trying to pass a policy banning hammocks from city parks

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Originally Posted by FLTurtle

Orange County parks have a restriction on attaching anything to trees. However the state parks explicitly allow hammocks:

Hammock use and any other associated lines may be attached to trees that are minimum of 12 inches in diameter measured at chest height and using a minimum of 1 inch wide flat web straps. Some parks may provide hammock posts instead of trees.

The problem with this are your tarp guy lines. I haven't had any issues, but this rule is pretty clear about the requirements.

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I just learned before going out there last month that the State Parks have bumped that to over an 1" (if I remember correctly). I bought some 2" wide Pythons just because I knew we were going to be in some of the SPs on our kayaking trip.