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Abbeville council adopts ordinances on gravel sales, bias infraction and meeting schedule
Summary
The City of Abbeville approved several ordinances March 16, 2026, including expanding gravel sales to commercial businesses, creating a prejudice‑based criminal conduct infraction, and changing the monthly meeting date and time; two ordinances received no motion at first reading.
The City of Abbeville City Council approved a package of ordinances and advanced others during its March 16 meeting.
On second reading, Council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 6‑2026, amending the fiscal year 2025‑26 budget to expand gravel sales eligibility to commercial businesses and to revise purchase and delivery limits. Council also unanimously approved Ordinance No. 7‑2026, which adds a new City Code section making criminal conduct motivated by prejudice subject to a civil infraction fine. Ordinance No. 9‑2026, which moves the regular monthly council meeting to the second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m., passed on second reading without objection.
Ordinance No. 10‑2026 — approving inclusion of parcel 109‑09‑06‑013 in the city's historic district — was approved on first reading. Two proposed ordinances received no motion at their hearings: Ordinance No. 5‑2026 (an update to the local hospitality tax delinquent fee schedule) and Ordinance No. 8‑2026 (business hour parking regulations for the historic downtown square and nearby streets).
Where votes are recorded, the minutes show unanimous approval by the councilmembers present for the measures that moved forward; no dollar amounts or ordinance sponsors beyond council roll calls are listed in the minutes for the budget amendment beyond its description.
