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Residents clash over 6602 setback, allege selective enforcement and safety risks
Summary
Residents traded accusations during citizen input about a roughly 220-square-foot structure at or near 6602 Warwick Drive, with neighbors alleging selective enforcement and safety risks and the property owner saying the structure was permitted and inspected; speakers urged a written fire-safety finding and adherence to prior board of adjustment decisions.
Denise Aljuhi told the Rowlett City Council during citizen input that the city was showing "favoritism" to a neighbor who built roughly a 220-square-foot structure without proper oversight and in violation of a five-foot setback, saying the board of adjustments and planning and zoning had denied relief previously and warning the council it risked legal liability if it overturned those decisions.
"We are not following the law if we do this," Aljuhi said, urging the council to "follow the law" rather than craft an exception for one property.
A second commenter identified by the chair as Hassan Ojuni said the council would be creating a new rule to bypass a board of adjustment denial and cited Local Government Code…
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