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Neighbors oppose Alta Landing rezoning; developer and staff back Planned Development as remedy to nonconformities
Summary
A Nov. 19 public hearing drew neighbors who said the Alta Landing apartment complex contains multiple Unified Development Code violations and urged denial of a rezoning to Planned Development; the developer and staff argued the PD requires a specific set of improvements (fence, landscape, dumpster relocation, guardrail, tree-replacement fund) with deadlines and inspections and warned that leaving the property nonconforming would risk loss of taxable value. Council voted 4–1 to move into executive session to consult the attorney before taking action.
Dozens of residents and Wood Partners representatives spent more than an hour debating a proposed rezoning for Alta Landing (3100 Joplin Road) at the Kennedale City Council meeting on Nov. 19.
Neighbors told council the apartment complex was built nonconforming to the city’s Unified Development Code and that multiple promised improvements (privacy fencing, parking corrections, retaining-wall compliance and other items) remain undone. “We are asking our city council to be the sheriffs that Kennedale also badly needs and to clean up the city staff and start holding them accountable,” one…
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