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Council presses for tougher enforcement of unpaved industrial parking lots; staff to return with plan

3843015 · June 16, 2025
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Summary

After staff outlined the city’s paving ordinance and enforcement history, council asked the new code‑enforcement division to assume oversight and for staff to return with a stronger enforcement plan, including changes to grace periods and possible fines or engineering options.

City planning and code officials on Monday reviewed Laredo ordinances that require paving of industrial parking lots and described a multi‑step enforcement process; council responded by asking staff to return with firmer enforcement options and to consider additional technical alternatives.

Staff summary: City staff walked through the land development code sections that require industrial and certain commercial parking lots to be paved in concrete, asphalt, caliche with primer, millings with primer, or an engineered design. Staff said the city has identified about…

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