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Commission tables variance request for Horseshoe Point subdivision after residents raise safety, notice concerns
Summary
The Harlingen City Commission tabled a request for a variance that would let the Horseshoe Point subdivision use a single closely spaced pair of entrances on Morris Road, citing public-safety and notice concerns and asking staff to seek further outreach and a fire-department memorandum.
The Harlingen City Commission on Oct. 6 voted to table a developer’s request for a variance that would allow the proposed Horseshoe Point subdivision in the city’s three-and-a-half-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction to use one pair of access points spaced about 160 feet apart on Morris Road instead of the two widely spaced entrances the subdivision ordinance requires.
City planning and development director Anna Hernandez told the commission the variance request concerned “section 100 and nine-one 24 c 9,” which she said “requires at least 2 entrances,” and that the developer argued site constraints left the project with access points about 160 feet apart rather than the roughly 1,500 feet the ordinance anticipates.
The request drew sustained public comment from nearby residents and a property owner who said they had not been notified and raised safety and equity concerns. Resident Diana Garcia…
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