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Council approves four zoning cases in consolidated hearing; one car-wash rezoning drew neighbor opposition
Summary
In a consolidated public hearing the council approved four rezoning requests (items 6.3–6.6). Most were approved with staff recommendation; one rezoning for a car wash generated 11 letters of opposition from nearby property owners.
The Lubbock City Council conducted a consolidated public hearing on Feb. 25 and approved four zoning cases (agenda items 6.3–6.6) in a single vote.
Planning Director Kristin Sager summarized each request and said staff had no objection to any of the four, and each request had a recommendation for approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The four cases included:
- Zone Case 437-C (item 6.3): Specific use permit for a manufactured-home subdivision for property zoned SF-2 along East Broadway west of Guava Avenue. Staff reported one in favor among 39 property notifications; Planning and Zoning recommended unanimous approval.
- Zone Case 3516 (item 6.4): Rezone from SF-2 to Heavy Commercial (HC) at the southeast corner of 100th and 14th Street & University Avenue; staff reported one opposition among 44 notices. The applicant (Hugo Reed and Associates) told council staff had been available to meet with the single opposing property owner; the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended unanimous approval.
- Zone Case 1794-KS (item 6.5): Rezone from High Density Residential (HDR) to Auto-Urban Commercial (AUC) north of 90 Eighth Street west of Indiana Avenue. Staff said it received 11 letters of opposition (10 within the 400-foot notification area) citing noise and property-value concerns. The applicant presented a site plan showing a 15-foot landscape buffer and 7-foot privacy fencing along the north side; Planning and Zoning recommended approval 7–1.
- Zone Case 2916-F (item 6.6): Rezone from Industrial Park to Neighborhood Commercial south of 80 Second west of Upland Avenue; staff reported one in favor among 28 notices and recommended approval; Planning and Zoning recommended unanimous approval.
The council opened the consolidated public hearing, heard brief remarks from applicants and a handful of residents and applicants representing the projects, and then closed the hearing. A motion to approve agenda items 6.3–6.6 passed on the council floor; a council member noted the motion carried 6–1.
The council approved the four rezonings together; staff reports and the planning commission recommendations were part of the packet materials for each case.
