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Land-use advocates warn proposed changes to protest petition rules would curtail neighbor protections
Summary
HB 6,996 would raise the threshold for protest petitions against zoning changes from 20% to 50% of property within 500 feet and reduce voting thresholds, a combination critics said would weaken long-standing local protections for neighbors and undermine precedent on proximity-based rights.
Several municipal planners, attorneys and local residents urged the Planning and Development Committee to reject or substantially amend HB 6,996, which would alter the protest-petition rules for zoning changes.
Kathy Braun and other testifiers argued the statute recognizes that owners within close proximity to a proposed zoning action have a special interest in land-use changes. Braun cited Supreme Court precedent and the state…
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