Uses and Prohibitions

Park Conductors. These are volunteers authorized by the committee to administer the standards and regulations. They carry identification cards and periodically can be found working on the V&E Greenline.

The V&E Greenline may be used for the following purposes:

• Pedestrian traffic (e.g., walking, running, and pet walking)

• Socializing among neighbors

• Gardening (where appropriate and with permission)

• Casual recreation, leisurely enjoyment, and education activities (e.g., flora/fauna habitat study)

• Bicycle riding

• Orderly public gatherings and special events that have prior approval of the Greenline Committee or a Park Conductor

• Use of light motorized devices by disabled individuals

• Access by police/fire/utility emergency vehicles and V&E Greenline maintenance equipment.

• The Memphis Police are authorized to enter the V&E Greenline and eject or arrest persons violating the prohibitions.

• All motorized vehicles not specifically mentioned above, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, ATVs, go-karts, and Segways

• Parking any vehicle or trailer on the Greenline or placing any other obstacle at the entrance off a public street so it blocks free access to the Greenline.

• Playing loud music

• Sleeping or camping

• Loitering or staking out an adjacent property

• Use of alcoholic beverages or illicit drugs

• Use of fireworks or firearms

• Loud and boisterous behavior

• Unsanctioned public gatherings

• Littering or using the garbage cans for disposal of large items or limbs

• Placing anything in the roadbed that impedes the access of users, including dumping anything (e.g., garbage, yard waste, scrap building materials)

• Placing items in drainage areas that impede the flow of water

• Encroaching on Greenline property with fences, gates, plantings or other obstructions—except as allowed by the V&E Greenline Committee

• Using the V&E Greenline property to enter private property except to the extent allowed by a Park Conductor

• Removing any vegetation or other items or cutting trees, except as authorized V&E Greenline maintenance

• Vandalism and defacing property

• Posting notices and other items on the bollards or signs

• Placing items such as ropes, swings, benches, and tree houses in Greenline vegetation, unless authorized by the V&E Greenline Committee

• All photographs taken on the property of the V&E Greenline are considered to be in the public realm, can be used without permission, and cannot be limited by copyright.