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Socorro City Council adopts rezoning to permit duplex at 624 Hesse Drive after limited public opposition
Summary
City council voted to amend the master plan and rezone Lot 28, North Loop Acres Subdivision (624 Hesse Drive) from R1 to R2 to allow a single duplex, following a unanimous planning commission recommendation and one written objection from a nearby resident.
The Socorro City Council voted on Oct. 2, 2025, to adopt an ordinance amending the city master plan and rezoning Lot 28, North Loop Acres Subdivision (624 Hesse Drive) from R1 single-family residential to R2 medium-density residential to allow construction of a duplex.
Lorraine Quimito, the city planner, presented the rezoning request and said the property at 624 Hesse Drive is 13,460 square feet (about 0.309 acres), currently vacant and owned by Black Diamond Developments LLC. "The request is for approval of a rezoning of a property from R1 to R2 to allow for a duplex," Quimito said. She told council the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval at its September meeting with the…
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