Should Calgarians be allowed to fly drones, ride horses or toboggan in any park? The city wants your input

Should Calgarians be allowed to ride horses in city parks? What about picking berries? Or riding a Segway?

Under the current rules, those activities aren't allowedbut that could change this fall.

For the first time in 15 years, the city is looking to update the bylaws governing parks and pathways, and officials are asking for feedback from Calgarians.

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"As technologies change, there's always new things people want to do, and the rules around some of those things are not even clear," parks managerNicoBernard told theCalgary Eyeopeneron Monday.

"Segwaysare an example. There are drones people want to use. There are all kinds of things people think they should be able to use but there are bylaws against them. So this is just a way for us to gather some input from the citizens and see what are the things they want to do or maybe do more of or maybe there are things that bother them and they don't want to see in parks."

One question asked on the survey is whetherCalgariansshould be allowed to toboggan down any hill they want. Under the current rules, sledding and tobogganing ispermitted only at22 approved hills and parks.

"That's one of those examples where we want to poll people and see what's their interest and is it something they want us to control or something they want to do at their own risk," said Bernard.

Input can begiven on the city's websiteuntil Feb. 28.

The information will be gathered this spring and evaluated over the summer, then the proposed changes will be brought before council in the fall.

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With files from the Calgary Eyeopener