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Neighbors press council to delay rezoning at Wildbriar Drive over floodplain questions; council postpones
Summary
Residents of Turtle Creek and Brook Hollow urged the council to postpone a proposed zoning change to office at 1313 Wildbriar Drive, citing the property's location in a floodplain and past FEMA buyouts; council voted to postpone to obtain a site plan and floodplain engineering information.
Lufkin City Council paused consideration of a zone-change request for 1313 Wildbriar Drive after multiple residents raised floodplain and drainage concerns during the public hearing.
Melody Rose, who lives on Turtle Creek Drive adjacent to the property, told council the area is "a major flood zone" and described repeated driveway and neighborhood flooding. Tom Dornstutter,…
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