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Planning commission backs rezoning for East Travis lot to allow commercial parking despite staff opposition
Summary
The City of Laredo Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 1002 East Travis Street from R-3 to B-3 to allow a commercial parking lot serving a transmission repair business, overriding staff’s recommendation and despite pending code-enforcement citations.
The City of Laredo Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 1002 East Travis Street from R-3 (multi‑family residential) to B-3 (general commercial) to allow a commercial parking lot, overriding planning staff’s recommendation against the change.
The lot is owned by Theodore Valdivas; Dorian Ranjell is listed as the applicant and representative. At the hearing, a speaker identifying herself as Doreen Raquel, speaking for the applicant, told the commission the lot would serve as “an alleviation for parking for customers” of a transmission repair business on Saunders Avenue. Planning staff recommended denial and said the applicant was already the subject of zoning enforcement citations dated March 24, 2025 for “operating a business without a certificate of…
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