GILROY
– With hot weather upon us – but before the creeks dry up – the
city is quietly reminding its citizens that creekdipping is against
the law here.
GILROY – With hot weather upon us – but before the creeks dry up – the city is quietly reminding its citizens that creekdipping is against the law here.
Within the last two weeks, city staff replaced “No Swimming” signs that had been stolen from Silva’s Crossing, where Miller Avenue crosses Uvas Creek.
Swimming and wading has been prohibited in all city parks for years, but that hasn’t stopped people from taking dips now and then in Uvas Creek as it wends its way through Christmas Hill Park. When the sun is blazing, some folks find the water inviting – even in late summer when the creek becomes a trickle of stagnant muck.
The grassy picnic ground at Christmas Hill Park goes right down to Silva’s Crossing, the only spot on the creek where signs are posted. There are plenty of other places in Christmas Hill where one easily could swim with no such sign in sight.
It would still be illegal, however – a violation of a city law that says, “No person in a park shall … swim or wade, except in pools or areas designated for that purpose without prior permission of the director.”
