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Council tables rezoning request for East End property after planning commission opposition
Summary
Council voted 4–1 to table a rezoning application from developer Clinton Wong that would convert a large parcel from residential to industrial use. Planning & Zoning had unanimously recommended denial; council asked legal staff and the developer to meet to resolve outstanding acreage, parkland and contract questions.
Freeport City Council on Oct. 1 voted 4–1 to table a rezoning application submitted by developer Clinton Wong that seeks to rezone roughly 300 acres in the East End from residential to industrial use.
Background and planning commission action: Planning & Zoning had reviewed the application at its August meeting and voted unanimously to recommend denial. Planning commissioners and several public speakers said the parcel is one of the last large residentially zoned tracts in the city and that portions had been designated for…
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