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City attorney explains HB 24 changes that streamline notice for citywide zoning rewrites
Summary
Rowlett’s city attorney briefed council and commissioners on state changes that define “proposed comprehensive zoning change,” alter notice procedures and modify the effectiveness and protest thresholds for certain zoning changes.
Victoria Thomas, the City of Rowlett’s city attorney, summarized changes from recent state legislation and their local implications during the Sept. 30 meeting.
Thomas said the law now defines a “proposed comprehensive zoning change” broadly to include a city proposal that would adopt a new zoning code or map or change regulations citywide in a way that would allow more residential development. “It added a definition of a proposed comprehensive zoning change,” she said.
Under the statute Thomas described, notice for a proposed comprehensive zoning change is limited to publication in a newspaper and on…
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