Marshall Bans Objects, Not Just Vehicles, From Curbed City Parkways

Marshall Board of Education | August 13, 2026

Article Summary: The Marshall City Council on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, adopted Ordinance 2026-O-24, broadening the city’s parkway parking prohibition to cover any object, “wheeled or without wheels,” in addition to vehicles, on city-owned parkways where the adjacent road is bordered by a curb.

Parkway Parking Ordinance Key Points:

The amendment inserts “or object, wheeled or without wheels,” into Section 82-72.

The prohibition continues to apply only where the road or street adjacent to the parkway is bordered by a curb.

Logan Swalls moved adoption, seconded by Foster Propst; all council members voted in favor.

The ordinance takes effect 10 days after passage and approval.

MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, adopted Ordinance 2026-O-24, amending Chapter 82, Traffic and Vehicles, Article III, Parking, Standing and Stopping, Division 1, Generally, Section 82-72, Parking on City Parkway.

Swalls made the motion to adopt. Propst seconded. The minutes record that upon roll call all council members voted in favor and the motion carried.

The draft ordinance in the council’s agenda materials marks a single addition. As amended, Section 82-72 reads: “No vehicle or object, wheeled or without wheels, shall be parked on any city owned parkway where the road or street adjacent to the parkway is bordered by a curb.” The words “or object, wheeled or without wheels,” are underscored as an addition. No other change is marked, and no language is struck.

The section as printed carries a code history attributing it to Ordinance No. 22-7, Section 1, adopted April 11, 2022, and Ordinance No. 22-16, Section 1, adopted July 25, 2022 — indicating the parkway parking provision has been amended at least twice in the preceding four years.

The ordinance includes a severability clause. Under its Section 3, the ordinance “shall take effect ten (10) days after its passage and approval as provided by law.” Unlike the two other ordinances adopted at the same meeting, Section 3 of this ordinance does not condition the effective date on publication in pamphlet form, although the document’s cover page states it is published in pamphlet form by authority of the City of Marshall.

The minutes record no discussion of the ordinance and no public comment specifically addressing it. The materials contain no staff memo explaining what prompted the change, and the ordinance does not list examples of the objects it covers.

The council’s materials show one internal inconsistency in the document. The cover page, the ordinance title, and the article heading printed in the body of the ordinance all read “Article III. Parking, Standing and Stopping.” Section 1 of the same document, describing what is being amended, reads “Article II.”