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Waco council denies rezoning for Robinson Drive parcel after neighbors raise safety and notice concerns
Summary
The City Council on Oct. 7 denied a revised request to change land use and rezone property at 2400–2416 Robinson Drive after nearby residents and the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association raised concerns about traffic, public-safety impacts, property-notification procedures and neighborhood engagement.
Waco City Council voted on Oct. 7 to deny a rezoning and land-use change request for property at 2400 and 2416 Robinson Drive after neighbors raised traffic, safety and notice concerns and after councilmembers expressed a desire for greater neighborhood engagement.
The item was brought forward as a continuance: the applicant sought a change in land use from medium-density residential/office flex to office/industrial flex and a rezone from R-1B and C-3 to C-2. Staff presented a revised request that reduced the portion of R-1B included in the C-2 change to 25 feet (leaving 75 feet as residential). Planning director Clint Peters said staff recommended approval of the revised request based on planning-commission findings.
The applicant’s representative, Mary Villareal of Interfield Group, told council the developer had made…
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