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Willowwood residents press council to block heavy-industrial zoning during large-area rezoning discussion
Summary
Residents from Willowwood Estates and adjacent neighborhoods urged the City Council to approve a large-area rezoning to remove heavy industrial allowances and protect residential areas near the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum; councilmembers pledged to prioritize residents' concerns in subsequent planning.
Residents from Willowwood Estates, Meadowview North and Meadowview Park told San Antonio City Council on Feb. 27 that heavy-industrial zoning in their neighborhoods has reduced quality of life and created health and safety concerns, and they urged approval of a large-area rezoning to protect homes.
Why it matters: The rezoning concerns land near the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum. Residents and homeowners associations described decades of industrial encroachment — trash and odor, truck traffic, fuel tanks, and unbuffered industrial uses adjacent to residences — and urged the council to prevent further heavy industrial approvals and to restore protections for long-standing homeowners.
Residents who spoke included Cliff Sodeno of the United Homeowners Improvement…
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