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BY RACHEL LELAND & ROO MOODY
League City loosens live-aboard ordinance League City live-aboards, or people who live on their boats, now face easier permit require- ments but stricter rules against dumping after the city amended its 2025 ordinance requiring permits and inspections for live-aboards. The full story
League City OKs $911K for new tra c light League City City Council voted unani- mously at its April 28 meeting to award two contracts totaling $911,000 for tra c signal installation and replacements at Maple Leaf Drive and League City Parkway. Why it matters The city is installing the intersection due to anticipated growth as the city extends League City Parkway into Friendswood, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.
“If you don’t have a working pump- out station, you shouldn’t have live-aboards, because that leaves the only other avenue is dumping directly into the lake.” NICK LONG, LEAGUE CITY MAYOR
League City City Council voted 7-1 at its May 12 meeting, with council member Tom Crews voting against the ordinance amendment. The amended ordinance will: • Increase the cap from 10 to 15 days out of the month someone can live on their boat without needing a permit • Allow live-aboards to reapply for a permit sooner after a denied application • Strengthen anti-dumping rules and guidelines • Require marina operators to maintain working pump-out stations
The backstory City Council voted 7-1 to approve the ordi- nance creating regulations for live-aboard vessels, abandoned and derelict vessels, and sanitation within city waterways in December, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.
Tra c signal system funding
10.7%
Tra c signal system installation at Maple Leaf Drive and League City Parkway: $814,000 89.3%
Tra c signal replacement at Marina Bay Drive and Wildcat Way: $97,500
SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY IMPACT
Seabrook celebrates new milestone in strengthening re ghter readiness The city of Seabrook held a May 18 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a new re training tower. What you need to know More than 20 years ago, the manufacturer The new tower is part of an e ort to enhance emergency responses and support regional trainings. The initiative is expected to promote long-term public safety in the area and help advance the city’s Fire training tower
Insurance Services O ce, or ISO, rating, which measures a community’s re protection capability, according to a note on the city’s website.
American Acryl L.P. donated roughly 13 acres on Red Blu Road to the city to support public safety and training facilities.
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