Vicki Hentz sued the City of Chickamauga for personal injuries, pain and suffering, lost wages, and medical expenses after she fell while walking on a City-owned “recreational walkway surrounding Gordon Lee Memorial High School . . . used by members of the Chickamauga community for exercising, walking and jogging.” The City moved for judgment on the pleadings, arguing that Hentz’s claims were barred by the Recreational Property Act “RPA”.1 Hentz filed a response to the City’s motion and, five months later, amended her complaint to strike the original paragraphs that described the walkway as being for “recreational purposes” and to insert paragraphs describing the walkway as merely a sidewalk used for pedestrian travel. Subsequently, the trial court denied the City’s motion, but certified the order for immediate review. We granted the City’s application for interlocutory review to determine whether the RPA shields it from liability. Because we find that the RPA applies in this case and that the trial court, therefore, erred in denying the City’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, we reverse. We first address Hentz’ argument that the City waived its right to complain of the judgment by not renewing its motion for judgment on the pleadings after Hentz filed her amended complaint. Although the complaint was amended after the City filed its motion for judgment on the pleadings, the amendment did not materially change Hentz’ cause of action. It is thus immaterial that there was no renewal of the motion after the amendment.2
The purpose of the RPA is to encourage landowners to make their land available for public recreational use by limiting landowners’ liability toward persons entering the land for recreational purposes.3 To that end, the RPA provides that owners of land used for recreational purposes generally owe no duty to the public to keep the premises safe or to warn of dangerous conditions: An owner of land owes no duty of care to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for recreational purposes or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on the premises to persons entering for recreational purposes.4 Moreover, OCGA § 51-3-23 specifically provides:
