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Hondo council keeps contested neighborhood zoned R-2 after public comment and abstentions
Summary
The Hondo City Council voted to accept the Planning & Zoning recommendation and keep a central neighborhood zoned R-2 rather than rezoning to R-3. One public commenter raised concerns about bilingual notice and gentrification; two council members abstained from the vote citing potential conflicts.
Hondo, Texas — The City Council voted Jan. 27 to keep a block of land between Avenue P and Avenue U and between 14th and 18th streets zoned residential R-2, declining a staff-initiated rezoning to R-3.
The rezoning request (No. 002-24) was introduced by the council for land inside the city’s corporate limits. City staff said Plan & Zoning recommended against approving the change from R-2 (single-family dwellings on 6,000-square-foot lots) to R-3 (medium-density residential allowing duplexes, townhomes, triplexes and manufactured…
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