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Council delays change to urban-transition zoning after staff outlines text-amendment approach
Summary
Council postponed action and asked staff and Planning & Zoning to draft a zoning text amendment that would allow additional residential uses in the Urban Transition (UT) zoning district via conditional or limited approvals rather than piecemeal rezoning.
The Dickinson City Council on Oct. 16 discussed a staff proposal to address multiple pending rezoning requests in areas zoned Urban Transition (UT) and directed staff to work with the Planning & Zoning Commission before adopting changes.
Staff explained that many property owners seek single-family development on parcels currently zoned UT, which allows residential use only at higher density levels and forces property owners to seek separate rezonings. To avoid scattered “holes” and repeated spot-zoning,…
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