Dove Hunting season as started. This time of year, our Police Department usually gets swamped with calls about gunshots in the city. That is when the dispatcher will tell our citizens that dove hunting is allowed. At about that time, the Mayor and Council will receive an e-mail or call about how we should do something about it. My answer is that we already have. Let me explain:
The City of Frisco has an ordinance on the books that does not allow fire-arm discharge in the City Limits. However, the State Legislature passed a bill that allows hunting on private land. We are a home-rule city and we can pass ordinances as long as the State does not over-ride them with state statute. In this case, the city ordinance is over-ridden by the state law.
The land must be a minimum of 10 acres for shotgun, pellet guns or archery and 50 acres for pistol and rifle. The land must not have annexed in 1981, which is all of Frisco. If this is a concern for you, I encourage you to contact your State Representatives and Senators to let them know how you feel.
Now, on to new roads. It is official, the 121 Tollway is now open. Notice I did not call it "S.H. 121". With the opening, the road is now a tollway. For those of you that got used to taking the Preston Road and DNT bypasses, unless you want to pay toll, you will now have to stay on the service road.
Other roads that were recently opened include the Independence expansion from Rolater to Main, Cotton Gin Road west of the Dallas North Tollway and Rolater between Coit and Independence. With your support, we will keep expanding our road system.
I hope everyone is having a safe Labor Day with their families!
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