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State law change raises threshold for protests to block denser residential rezoning; DeSoto to add online notices
Summary
City Attorney Caleb Smith briefed the commission on House Bill 24, which raises the practical protest threshold for rezoning that would allow more residential units and requires cities to post mailed notices online and offer an opt-in electronic notice portal.
The DeSoto Planning and Zoning Commission heard a legislative update on changes to the state protest law that will make it harder for opponents to block rezoning that allows more residential units, and on new electronic-notice rules for municipalities.
City Attorney Caleb Smith summarized the changes to protest thresholds enacted in House Bill 24. Under the revised law, the familiar 20% written-protest threshold remains relevant, but a new provision requires a higher protest test in some cases: if a…
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