Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | June 2025

Government

BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH & CODY THORN

Colleyville places age limits, other rules on e-bikes Colleyville City Council nailed down the city’s e-bike and scooter regulations during a special

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meeting May 13. What happened?

Grapevine OKs no- parking zone on Kubota Drive Parking on Kubota Drive is now banned for safety reasons. The gist A memo to Grapevine City Council May 6 stated the city is dealing with visibility issues from parking on the street. The city ordinance states those who park on Kubota Drive will be ned up to $200.

City Council went line by line through the regu- lations to decide what changes members wanted to make to the ordinance. The changes made since the rst reading included: • Restricting riders younger than 15 from riding a Class 3 e-bike on sidewalks and roads in the city to align with state law • Requiring helmets for riders under 16 • The speed is limited to 10 mph on sidewalks and trails and 20 mph on Cotton Belt Trail • No longer required for riders to carry an ID Before City Council adjusted the ordinances listed during the May 6 meeting, citizens spoke on the item with mixed feedback. Some residents thought the laws were

Colleyville City Council made some changes to the e-bike ordinance before approving it May 13.

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unnecessary due to many of the rules already being required by state law, while others approved the ordinance, citing times that kids they knew were in e-bike accidents around the city. “We’ve had a lot of emails supporting this and a lot against it,” Colleyville Mayor Bobby Lindamood said. “We want you to explore the city ... but we can’t aord somebody to get hurt.”

Southlake denies proposed 27-lot development A proposed housing development between Shady Oaks Drive and SH 114 was denied 4-3 during the Southlake City Council meeting June 3. The details

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houses and was tabled at the May 6 meeting. The four council members against the devel- opment said they did not like how the presented plan’s setback and buer yards were only 50 feet away from the SH 114 frontage road. Human, the former Southlake mayor from 2015-24, said at the May 6 meeting if the residen- tial development does not work, the owner would look at a commercial plan.

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The Human Group, which was represented by John Human, and the Sage Group, Inc. presented a plan that included 27 houses on lots more than 20,000 square feet. The plan originally had 29

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