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Commission grants variances for North Houston plats amid neighbor concerns about access and right-of-way
Summary
The commission approved plats and variances in north Houston and Tidwell/Nieman areas that ease street-extension requirements and allow smaller right-of-way dedications where physical constraints and existing development make full connections impractical.
The Houston Planning Commission approved multiple variances and plats for properties in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction north of Hardy Toll Road and in the Tidwell/Nieman area after staff recommended granting exceptions for street-extension and public-street-spacing requirements.
One application in the north Houston ETJ sought relief from the requirement to provide north–south and east–west public streets and to extend cul-de-sacs through the site for an industrial warehouse development. Staff and Harris County engineering staff supported the request, citing constraints created by Hardy Toll Road and adjacent developments; the commission granted the variance and approved the plat.
Separately, commissioners considered an Eli Townhomes North proposal…
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