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Commission tables rezoning request for Honor Lane community center amid veterans’ concerns
Summary
After extended public comment from veterans, nonprofit leaders and residents, the Planning and Zoning Commission on April 21 tabled an Office 1 rezoning request for a 0.16-acre parcel at 1252 Honor Lane that had housed a community center tied to a veterans-focused subdivision; the item will return to the commission at a later date.
The Temple Planning and Zoning Commission on April 21 voted unanimously to table a rezoning request for 0.16 acres at 1252 Honor Lane that would change the property from Planned Development Single Family Attached 3 to Office 1.
Senior planner Shelby Smith told the commission the application seeks Office 1 to allow an office use on a corner parcel that had been associated with an earlier ordinance (Ordinance No. 2018-4888) and the Crossley Addition subdivision. Smith said the property had been intended as a community center for a veterans-focused development but noted the broader subdivision has been sold to separate owners and the community center has been vacant for more than a year. "The proposed zoning district of Office 1 is in compliance with the urban residential future development plan," Smith said.
Why it mattered: Residents, multiple veterans’ groups and nonprofit leaders urged commissioners to preserve the center’s community purpose and to resolve disputes over how the property changed hands after Habitat for Humanity’s involvement. Commissioners tabled the…
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