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Planning commission does not recommend rezoning for Michael Miller’s manufactured home after contentious hearing
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4–3 against recommending rezoning a Timber Wolf Estates-area lot to allow a manufactured home, after a public hearing in which the applicant said city guidance led him to place the home and opponents cited deed restrictions and ordinance prohibitions.
The Midland Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 15 declined to recommend a rezoning request that would allow a manufactured home on Lot 15 in Timber Wolf Estates, voting 4–3 against the applicant.
Staff planner Angelina Betzini told the commission the request from Michael Miller to change zoning from AE (Agricultural Estate) to MH (Manufactured Housing) was incompatible with adjacent land uses and the Tall City Tomorrow comprehensive plan and that staff recommended denial. Betzini also said the application generated 20 written objections, representing a 27.4% objection rate within the 200-foot buffer, which would require a supermajority vote at city council if the council were to consider approval.
Michael Miller, the applicant, spoke in favor. “I’m a 100% disabled…
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