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Farmers Branch council debates tighter rules on RVs, boats and work trailers; staff to return with more data
Summary
Councilmembers reviewed proposed changes to the city code that would ban many oversized vehicles from front yards unless screened, add definitions and a 12-month grace period, and allow a weekend exception; members asked staff for property counts, task-force findings and options for residents who rely on work vehicles.
Council members discussed proposed amendments to Farmers Branch’s code of ordinances aimed at reducing the visibility of oversized vehicles in residential neighborhoods, and asked staff for more data before taking action.
Staff presented definitions and proposed rules that would prohibit parking recreational vehicles, boats, box trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, certain trailers and vehicles over specified dimensions in front yards unless screened by a six-foot fence. The draft includes a 12-month grace period…
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