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Council declines broad ban on parking on grass after survey of peer cities
Summary
Staff reported that only Sugar Land among surveyed cities has a grass-parking rule; councilmembers expressed concern that a citywide ban would be hard to enforce and unfair on older small-lot properties, and the council did not pursue a grass-parking ordinance.
El Campo staff told councilmembers on Oct. 27 that a review of nearby jurisdictions found parking-on-grass prohibitions are uncommon, with only Sugar Land adopting such a rule among the peer cities surveyed.
"Only Sugar Land has this rule," Speaker 3 said when summarizing the research into peer-city approaches. The packet listed…
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