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Friendswood council postpones rezoning and future land use amendment for 4700 block of FM 2351 after residents raise traffic, noise and drainage concerns
Summary
After lengthy public comment from property owners and residents, the council voted to postpone a combined future land use map amendment and rezoning to a planned unit development for roughly 29.37 acres at the 4700 block of FM 2351 to allow staff and the developer to address traffic, drainage, buffering and phasing questions.
The Friendswood City Council postponed consideration of a combined future land use map amendment and rezoning for about 29.37 acres in the 4700 block of FM 2351 after residents and nearby property owners urged the council to pause for more analysis of traffic, noise and drainage impacts.
Residents and business owners living next to the proposed site said the change would upend a long-established industrial corridor. Nicholas Deutsch, who identified himself as a developer and representative of nearby property owners, told the council the area was annexed and zoned industrial decades ago and warned the proposal would allow a high-density residential project adjacent to existing industrial uses. "We're we're proposing 391 apartment units," Deutsch said when describing the scale…
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