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Live Oak officials propose removing 200-foot notice for zoning text changes, add site-plan review for commercial and multifamily projects
Summary
At a special joint public hearing April 22, Live Oak city staff proposed amending Chapter 24, Article 12 of the city code to remove a 200-foot property-owner notice requirement for zoning text amendments and to add a two-step site-plan review for new commercial and multifamily developments; no vote was taken and no public comments were received.
LIVE OAK, Texas — City of Live Oak officials on April 22 reviewed proposed revisions to Chapter 24, Article 12 of the city code that would (1) remove a requirement to notify property owners within 200 feet of a zoning text amendment and (2) add a site-plan review process for new commercial and multifamily developments.
City planning staff presented the two proposals during a special joint public hearing of the City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission. Planning staff member Mr. Riffon said the first change is largely “house cleaning,” explaining the city’s current ordinance requires notifying property owners within 200 feet for text amendments even though text amendments change the code citywide. “We’re proposing to remove the requirement for property owner notification for any text amendment to the zoning ordinance,” Riffon said, and to rely on newspaper notification for text amendments while retaining property-owner notification for rezoning requests tied to a…
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