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DeSoto council pauses vote on reduced Hampton Road character-code rezoning after mixed public response
Summary
City staff presented a reduced Hampton Road character-code zoning map; planners and the public offered both support and opposition. Council withdrew its motion and continued the item to March 4 so staff can verify protest thresholds and supply missing PD details.
The DeSoto City Council on Feb. 18 heard staff presentations and public comment on a reduced, reenvisioned Hampton Road character-code zoning map but did not act, instead continuing the matter to the council meeting on March 4 for additional information.
City Development Director Charles Brewer presented the history and scope of the charter-code effort and described a smaller boundary that focuses redevelopment on Hampton Road and immediate adjacent commercial corridors rather than the larger residential areas included in an earlier draft. Brewer said the reduced boundary was developed after public outreach and joint meetings with the Planning and Zoning Commission and the DeSoto Development Corporation.
The map presented would create five new HRCC districts—Urban Center, Urban General, Neighborhood Services, Urban Neighborhood and Neighborhood Transition—intended to concentrate mixed uses…
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