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CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, California ( KSBW ) -- The Carmel City Council voted to permanently ban pickleball at Forest Hill Park, the city's only public park with pickleball courts, after receiving noise complaints from neighbors.

"We've had laws against ice cream cones and high-heeled shoes, so this seems like another crazy one that you're going to outlaw pickleball," one attendee, Terry Moran, said.

A group of seniors who play pickleball weekly pushed back against the decision, feeling excluded from the decision-making process.

"We've been trying to participate as much as possible, but we feel like we've been left out of certain decisions," Cynthia Vanderburg, a pickleball advocate, said.

The ban follows weeks of debate and was driven by complaints fr

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