Malta City Council passes yard ordinance

The Malta City Council unanimously passed an ordinance at their last meeting which will, they hope, make the City more pleasant to look at.

Ordinance 448 prohibits non-street legal vehicles and non-street legal recreational vehicles intended for recreational use from being parked or stored on any portion of a front yard or corner lot side yard within the City limits. Tuesday night marked the second reading of Ordinance 448 and the measure was discussed by the public, the council members and Malta Mayor Shyla Jones for nearly 20 minutes before going on the books.

Malta resident Jan Abrahamson a...