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Killeen council tells staff to update zoning code after Texas rules change; alley-loading proposed for small lots
Summary
Council directed city staff to return with Chapter 31 amendments to implement Senate Bill 840, Senate Bill 15 and House Bill 24, including allowing mixed-use/multifamily in commercial zones and proposing alley-loading for narrow single-family lots under SB15.
The Killeen City Council directed staff 6-0 on July 15 to draft code amendments to implement recent Texas legislative changes affecting zoning and land use.
City planning staff reviewed three bills that take effect Sept. 1: SB 840 (mixed-use and multifamily by right in commercial districts), SB 15 (limits on local regulation of small-lot single-family development on unplatted tracts of five acres or more), and HB 24 (changes to protest rules and signage for rezonings). “Senate Bill 840 establishes chapter 218 of the local government code, which states that a city must allow mixed use residential and multifamily uses in any zoning district…
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