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Waco council approves municipal-setting designation, fire-code electronic filing and land-use changes; residents press 911 delays and data center concerns
Summary
The Waco City Council on Feb. 3 approved multiple ordinances including a municipal-setting designation application for the former Hillcrest property and a requirement that commercial fire-system documentation be submitted electronically; public commenters urged faster 911 response and warned of potential water and infrastructure impacts from a proposed data center in the ETJ.
WACO — The Waco City Council on Feb. 3 approved a package of land-use and administrative ordinances and heard public comments urging fixes to the city’s 911 response process and regional coordination on a proposed data center.
Council voted to advance and approve several items, including ordinance 2026-078 (first reading) to pursue a municipal-setting designation for about 7.178 acres described as Lot 2, Block 1 of the Hillcrest Baptist Center addition, ordinance 2026-079 (second reading) to require that fire protection system inspection, testing and maintenance documentation for commercial occupancies be submitted electronically through an approved third-party vendor, an abandonment of roughly 0.082 acres of alley (ordinance 2026-018), an amendment to the Cowen Village PUD allowing multifamily/commercial-flex uses on portions of a 10.54-acre tract (ordinance 2026-081), and a rezoning…
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