Another example of local politicians overreaching.
It sounds to me (story could be reported wrong) like the concern was brought up by local council members, not a resident. The article cites a possible altercation if someone looks suspicious.
However, no actual incident to that effect is mentioned in the article.
So my guess is that there’s a council member who heard about this, and didn’t like something about it which prompted them to want to regulate it.
My advice to the community is, find out who this council member(s) is (are) and get them off the council as fast as you can.
“Geocaching” sounds to me more like Al Qaeda planting IED’s. Don’t give them (Al Qaeda) any ideas.