Traverse City commissioners approved the measure on a 4-3 vote, after passionate public comment across two meetings. The ordinance follows growing complaints about safety in a park along Boardman Lake.
An eastern massasauga rattlesnake crawls over moss. (Courtesy of Nathan Rathbun/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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