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Fredericksburg council updates ordinances on carriages, solicitors and animal control
Summary
The Fredericksburg City Council approved a package of local ordinance changes including repeal of an outdated horse-drawn carriage rule, tightened solicitor ID and background-check rules, and modest animal-adoption fee increases. Council said updates clarify enforcement and public-safety responsibilities.
Fredericksburg City Council on Jan. 27 approved multiple ordinance updates intended to modernize local rules for downtown activity and public safety.
City staff brought forward ordinance 2601 to repeal an obsolete horse-drawn carriage rule (ordinance 5018). Staff explained the practical difficulty of running carriage operations on Main Street because TxDOT, not the city, controls that roadway. Council adopted the repeal by…
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