Residents tell commission repeal would 'unlock a development domino effect'; many call for amendment instead
More than a dozen residents testified during citizens' participation that repealing the VPCO would harm property values and neighborhood character; speakers urged amending the ordinance to clarify scope and enforceability rather than eliminating it outright.
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Dozens of Lakeway residents crowded the hearing room on Feb. 4 to urge the Zoning and Planning Commission to preserve some form of view protection. The public-comment period was lengthy and emphatic: homeowners across Old Lakeway described purchasing decisions made with an expectation of view protections and warned that repeal could cause a cascade of larger, value-reducing development.
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