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Council refers six municipal-code updates to committees and advances park-shelter ordinance on first reading

Dallas City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Council referred six proposed municipal code updates — including electric-assisted bicycles, open burning and drug-paraphernalia revisions — to standing committees for review, and passed Ordinance 1918 on first reading to add the John C. Barnard Park shelter to reservable park amenities.

The Dallas City Council voted to send a package of municipal-code updates to standing committees and passed one ordinance on first reading Tuesday.

Staff presented six topics for committee review: non-motorized vehicles (scooters and bicycles) in downtown (section 6.700 series referenced in the packet), waiver of development fees (section 9.85),…

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