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Council approves first readings to ban bikes/e-bikes on fields and raise unsupervised pool minimum to 14 to match state code
Summary
Council approved first readings of ordinance changes that would add bicycles and e-bikes to park motor-vehicle restrictions for turf/field areas and update municipal pool age rules to align with Texas public pool code (minimum age 14 to be at a city pool without an adult). Council voted to advance both items to a subsequent reading.
A city parks staff member told the council the proposed ordinance amendment would expand the city’s prohibition on motorized vehicles in park turf and field areas to explicitly include "e-bike and bicycle" damage, citing recurring incidents of damaged sod and irrigation. "We are recommending, or motion to approve…
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