An Adelaide council's proposed plans for the upgrade of a skate park has generated curiosity on social media, with an artist impression seemingly resembling part of the male anatomy.

Key points: Tea Tree Gully Council has released two new designs for its Bentley Reserve skate park

Tea Tree Gully Council has released two new designs for its Bentley Reserve skate park An image of one design has generated a lot of comments on social media

An image of one design has generated a lot of comments on social media A councillor says the council "has had a bit of fun with it" and it was helping to generate interest

The City of Tea Tree Gully, in Adelaide's north-east, has called out for community consultation in deciding on a redesign of its Bentley Reserve skate park and posted two options online for residents to vote on.

The first concept design was shared by the council on social media yesterday and included an aerial view of the design, with many social media users questioning its shape.

"I'm having a hard time believing this will go ahead," one user wrote.

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"Surely the architect was having a good old laugh with this," another user wrote.

The council responded with a comment after choosing to remove the post and replacing it with a different picture of the design.

It said the new image would more accurately reflect what people might expect to see.

"Awkward. We're feeling a little red-faced here after posting our skate park design," the post said.

"We've changed the photo to one that more accurately reflects what people might expect to see from ground level, as we would hate to set up false expectations.

"Thanks to all the clever people in our community for your 'helpful suggestions'."

'We've got to have a laugh about it'

Tea Tree Gully councillor Olivia Savvas this morning responded to the social media reaction and said she was surprised it had generated so much interest.

Cr Olivia Savvas said the post had generated a lot of engagement. ( Facebook: Cr Olivia Savvas - City of Tea Tree Gully )

"I was quite surprised by the reaction, I have seen designs of the park before but perhaps not from that angle," she told ABC Radio Adelaide.

"The skate park itself has actually been there for a very long time in a very similar design, so it's certainly not a new thing."

She said council was previously given a description of the design which at the time "didn't raise any eyebrows".

"We were told it was a shallow bowl with a snake-run shape, 90-metres long and 4-metres wide," she said.

"Now that I read the description I think 'yeah, OK, we could have kind of come to some conclusions from that as well'."

The second concept design which has been put forward by the council for community consultation. ( Tea Tree Gully Council )

She said once the image was brought to her attention online, she emailed council staff who had already been inundated.

"I think they've had a bit of fun with it though … it's not often that Holden Hill is on the map, so I think we've got to have a laugh about it," she said.

"At least people are engaging in our community consultation about the design."

Ms Savvas said the consultation process would be held for about a week before council would meet to discuss the design and it would most likely be approved later in the year.