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Residents and HOA urge council to reject high-density rezoning near Merriweather schools; ordinance fails on first reading
Summary
After multiple homeowners and HOA representatives warned of traffic, sewer capacity limits, flooding and easement concerns, the council voted 0–12 to reject Ordinance 31, which sought rezoning to R-5 on Merriweather Road.
The City Council on first reading rejected Ordinance 31 (0–12), a request to change a parcel fronting Merriweather Road from Agriculture to R-5 residential district. Residents from Merriweather Farms and representatives of the homeowners association spoke at the public hearing, expressing unified opposition.
William Drexel, representing neighbors, said the area's three nearby schools make Merriweather Road…
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