Council repeals outdated service station code with Ordinance 12-2025

Nov 19, 2025

Council passed Ordinance 12-2025 to repeal the city code chapter on service stations, removing an antiquated sentence that required council permission to place a gasoline filling station in the street or on a sidewalk.

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Council introduced and approved Ordinance 12-2025, which repeals the city code chapter concerning service stations and rescinds Ordinance 8-82. A council member noted the language "no gasoline filling station or service station shall be placed in the street curb or on the sidewalks ..." was outdated and unnecessary; the attorney prepared the repeal and the council passed it on a single reading after a roll call vote.

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