Keller staff seeks council guidance on zoning‑case protest procedures as Texas bills could change rules

City staff presented a work‑session briefing on how Keller handles written protests to zoning cases and asked council whether to revise local procedures while a pair of state bills remain pending in Austin.

Staff said the city follows Texas Local Government Code procedures (as implemented in Keller’s Unified Development Code) for noticing and counting written protests to rezonings and special‑use requests. Under Keller’s current practice the cutoff to submit written protest that will count toward the super‑majority threshold is noon on the day of the city‑council public hearing; the code is silent on a process for withdrawing previously submitted protests. Staff described how it verifies signers and property ownership for petition letters within the…