League City live-aboards, or people who live on their boats, now face easier permit requirements but stricter rules against dumping after the city recently amended its 2025 ordinance requiring permits and inspections for live-aboards.
The full story
League City City Council voted 7-1 at its May 12 meeting to amend the ordinance to:
Increase the cap from 10 to 15 days out of the month someone can live on their boat without needing a permitLive-aboards can reapply for a permit sooner after a denied applicationStrengthen anti-dumping rules and guidelinesRequire marina operators to maintain working pump-out stationsCouncil member Tom Crews voted against amending the ordinance.
Mayor Nick Long said the request to have working pump-out stations came directly from live-aboards themselves.
“If you don’t have a working pump-out station, you shouldn’t have live-aboards,” Long said. “Because that leaves the only other avenue is dumping directly into the lake.”
The backstory
City Council voted 7-1 to approve the ordinance creating regulations for live-aboard vessels, abandoned and derelict vessels, and sanitation within city waterways in December, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.