I would like to address and opposed the 2 provisions below:

6. No persons shall climb on the statue itself. This provision also applies to the steps of the statue.

Understand that we don't want people climbing on the statue, but including the steps seems ridiculous.  The steps were designed so that people would use the statute as a place to sit and relax.  Neighborhood children, including mine, love going up and down those steps.  Students and others enjoy reading and relaxing there.  Open space in urban areas is limited and to say that people can't sit on the steps doesn't make much sense.  Post signs that prohibit climbing above the steps / platform, but don't prohibit sitting on the steps. 

3. Animals, except service animals that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.    Perhaps this means only that dogs aren't to be on the statue -- but to me this implies that the public would not be able to walk their dogs in the grass around the statue.  Again, limited open space for people and their pets.  As long as the dogs are properly leashed and are picking up after their animals, why would this need to be prohibited?

Sledding & Skateboarding?  If you're including a list of things that should be prohibited, I'd say that sledding / sliding down the steps during snow events and skateboarding should probably be included.  Both of these activities could result in injuries and/or damage to the monument steps, etc.