City Councilmembers have unanimously approved an ordinance transitioning the municipal court to a court of record.
Assistant City Manager Jared Mayfield said at the Tuesday, Jan. 6, council meeting that the change would give the city more options against people who break local ordinances.
He said a court of record has powers similar to a district court or county court at law when it comes to enforcing health
and safety or nuisance abatement ordinances.
In other action, council rejected a site plan for 32 townhomes on the southeast corner of North Murphy Road and Betsy Lane. Mayor Scott Bradley said the Pecan Meadows development would be too densely populated. The application by Syed Hussain was rejected 6-1, requiring the project to go back before the Planning & Zoning Commission, which had approved it 7-0.
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