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Edinburg property owner urges council to investigate alleged code-enforcement lapses in residential areas
Summary
Maria Canto, a multi-property owner, told the council she provided nearly 100 photos and met city staff multiple times alleging an unpermitted beauty salon operating in a residential neighborhood and claimed the Unified Development Code's notice requirements were not followed for variances.
At the public-comment portion of the Nov. 15 Edinburg City Council meeting, property owner Maria Canto urged the council to conduct a full review of planning and code-enforcement practices after she said city employees allowed a commercial business to operate in a residential subdivision.
"We were totally ignored," Canto said, describing four meetings with city officials and delivering "almost a 100 photos" documenting what she called intense traffic and disruption caused by an illegal beauty salon in a residential area. She told the council the salon brings "15 cars every day" and contrasted enforcement actions against a homeowner's yard sign with what she described as tolerance of the commercial activity.
Canto accused Planning & Zoning of issuing permits in ways she said violate the city's Unified Development Code (UDC) and alleged that variances were granted without the neighbor notice required by the UDC. She asked the council to hold staff accountable and to use residents' knowledge of subdivisions to strengthen enforcement.
The transcript records Canto's request for a "full review of all components"; no formal staff response or follow-up action was recorded in open session. The council did not make a public motion or direct staff to a specific remedial action during the meeting.
