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CITIZENS of the suburbs will be able to play paintball at their own home in the coming months.
A new citywide ordinance signed into law by Gov.
Bruce Rauner in December allows paintball in the city and the suburbs, but only at designated outdoor spaces.
The legislation also exempts certain indoor sporting venues and indoor sporting fields, but will require that the locations be located outside of designated indoor and outdoor areas.
Paintball players are allowed to play at indoor arenas, but have to be at least 12 years old and have a valid state ID.
The city has also made it a misdemeanor to play with more than three people, and will now have to prove that a player was injured or lost in the process.PURCHASING PEPPER PINS AND OTHER SHARP DUTY STUFF IN THE CITY: It seems that anyone who has ever been hit with a paintball can find something to get off their chest.
The city and state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation are in the midst of a major effort to get the city’s neighborhoods and urban parks in better shape.
The parks department is proposing a series of measures to better manage the growth of the city.
The first is to start making sure the parklets and other areas in which residents congregate are not being inundated with paintball equipment.
The second is to work with the city to make sure the neighborhoods where the paintball areas are located have adequate lighting.
The third is to create a centralized paintball enforcement office that will have the authority to issue tickets and arrest players for the offenses that get players kicked off the team.
The paintball community in the suburbs is a small one, but the city of Chicago is one of the most densely populated cities in the country, and that is why a number of the areas are looking to do a better job of protecting its residents from paintball players.
Rauner, who also serves as Chicago’s state director for the League of American Paintballers, has taken the lead on the effort to address the growing issue of paintball-related injuries and deaths.
In addition to issuing tickets, he has called for a more aggressive enforcement of the ordinance, as well as a stronger focus on the health and safety of the community.
In an interview with ABC News, Rauners chief of staff Brian O’Keefe said that the city is looking at several strategies, including a “citywide plan to address this issue, as the city has been in discussions with the paintballs association about that.
The Chicago police department, which oversees paintball events, has also been actively involved in the issue.
The department has been looking at ways to reduce injuries, O’Reilly said.”
The city will be working with Chicago Parks and Recreation to identify additional spaces in which paintball tournaments can be held, and is also considering putting up additional signage along the streets.”
We’re working with the Chicago Police Department and the state of Illinois and our other partners in this process.”
The city will be working with Chicago Parks and Recreation to identify additional spaces in which paintball tournaments can be held, and is also considering putting up additional signage along the streets.
The mayor said that he is also “looking at other options” that the paint ball industry is looking into to better address the issue of injuries.
“I don’t want to be too quick to make sweeping statements, but this is a concern that we’re trying to address,” Rauns chief of office said.
The Illinois State Police are also looking into the issue, and are also encouraging the city “to take this issue seriously.”
“I’m confident that the state will work with us to get this issue addressed,” Rawns chief said.
The city’s parks department has already announced a $1.9 million initiative to expand outdoor areas to better accommodate paintball.
“This is a very serious issue,” said Chris Cate, executive director of the Illinois Sport and Paddling Coalition.
“The state is already working on the issue and we’re optimistic that we’ll be able get the law changed.
The next step is to see if the state can help us get this done.”