QUESTION
Is it constitutional to ban or charge out-of-towners to use a public park?
Asked on Oct 23rd, 2017 on Civil Rights - New Jersey
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Orangetown, NY has started charging people from other towns $250/yr to use its public parks, or else they ask you to leave. The park is funded by Orangetown taxpapers, but I remember reading somewhere that parks funded by any tax money must be open to everyone equally. Mahwah, NJ tried to do this but was ordered to stop because it was unconstitutional.
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Edward J. Dimon
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A very interesting question. The beach towns charge daily beach rates to use the beach, for example, $10, while the season pass for the town residents is $100 for the year. I would think that there would have to be a relationship between the costs to the town and the cost to the users. This relationship would vary based upon the flow of monies from outside the town. Ed Dimon, Esq.
Answered on Oct 24th, 2017 at 2:45 PM