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Rowlett City staff proposes concrete front yards, limited rear-yard alternatives for residential parking
Summary
City staff recommended keeping front-yard drives and parking concrete while allowing rear-yard alternatives (asphalt, concrete pavers, polymer-stabilized decomposed granite) with manufacturer specifications; council asked staff to clarify lot-coverage, inspection standards and exclusions and to return with revised ordinance language.
City staff presented a draft ordinance change allowing limited alternatives to concrete for residential parking surfaces, recommending that front-yard driving and parking remain concrete while screened rear-yard drives could use asphalt, concrete pavers or decomposed granite with a polymer binder.
The staff presenter (Speaker 6) said the proposal came from a subcommittee review and that the group ‘‘kind of settled on a recommendation that would require ... parking surfaces in the front yard to maintain the requirement that that be concrete,’’ while rear-yard alternatives could be permitted and detailed installation specifications…
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