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Shreveport council rejects rezoning after residents oppose proposed RV/trailer use near neighborhood park
Summary
The City Council voted to deny a rezoning request for property on Morton Avenue after multiple residents and neighborhood leaders said the change would permit trailers and harm a predominantly older, single-family neighborhood. The motion to approve the rezoning failed 6-0, leaving the existing R-1 zoning in place.
The Shreveport City Council on a 6-0 vote declined to approve a rezoning request affecting property on the north side of Morton Avenue, responding to public opposition from residents of the Union/Reeser area who said the change would allow trailers or RVs near a neighborhood park.
Residents and neighborhood leaders spoke during public comment, urging the council to preserve the area as single-family residential. Dr. Barbara Hunter Cooks, who gave an address in the Union Subdivision and said she had “at least 95% of the signatures of the residents in the area,” told the council: “We do not want it to…
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