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Lubbock planning panel rejects heavy-commercial rezoning for Oak Ridge neighborhood after extended public comment
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission denied a developer’s request to rezone an 80-acre swath near Oak Ridge from single-family to heavy commercial, voting 1–6 after more than an hour of public testimony from neighbors and property owners.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 1–6 on Sept. 4 to deny a rezoning request that would have changed a cluster of parcels along Oak Ridge from low-density single-family (SF-2) to heavy commercial.
Jamie McGar of the Planning Department told the commission that zone case 3534, filed by AMD Engineering LLC for Oak Ridge Development LLC, would allow heavy-commercial uses on land largely surrounded by single-family homes. McGar said staff considered the property unsuitable for heavy commercial and recommended denial.
Corey Doolin of AMD Engineering, speaking for the applicant, said the owner wants to ‘‘clean up’’ the site and envisioned some form of warehouse or storage use. Doolin said some neighbors had contacted him with positive input but acknowledged newly filed opposition letters.
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