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Harlingen commissioners table vote on Horseshoe Point subdivision access variance after residents raise safety, notice concerns
Summary
The City Commission moved to executive session and ultimately tabled a requested variance that would allow one instead of two required entrances for the proposed Horseshoe Point subdivision after residents raised concerns about notice, drainage, and emergency access.
Harlingen City Commissioners on Oct. 6 tabled consideration of a variance request that would have allowed the proposed Horseshoe Point subdivision in the city's 3.5-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction to use a single access point rather than the two entrances required by the subdivision ordinance.
The proposal, presented after an executive-session pause, would have allowed two proposed entrances along Morris Road spaced about 160 feet apart instead of the roughly 1,500 feet the ordinance calls for. Planning and Development Director Anna Hernandez told the commission the site constraints and surrounding properties limit access options and that staff was recommending approval of the variance.
The discussion focused on public-safety…
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