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Residents ask Fairview council to explain zoning protest tally after April CUP approval
Summary
Multiple residents at the May 6 Fairview Town Council meeting asked the council to explain whether protest letters met the 20% threshold under Texas law after a conditional use permit (CUP2025-06) for a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints site was approved April 29.
Several Fairview residents used the council’s May 6 public‑comment period to request the town publish the calculations and notice records behind the April 29 approval of zoning case CUP2025‑06 for property north of Stacy Road and west of Meandering Way. They said protest letters from owners within 200 feet may have met the 20% area threshold that would require a three‑fourths vote under state law.
The requests came as residents read letters and raised questions about which parcels the town included in the 200‑foot buffer and whether properties in the city of Allen or applicant‑owned land were excluded from the protest area calculation. “We respectfully require an answer to these critical questions,” resident Marlo Ballard said, asking the town to…
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