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Frontier Estates residents petition to rezone area to single‑family, citing traffic and school capacity concerns
Summary
Residents of Frontier Estates submitted a petition (about 64.5% of property owners) seeking to rezone portions of Frontier Estates from R‑90 and CN to RS with a Flood Damage Prevention overlay to preserve single‑family, site‑built homes. The Planning Commission recommended approval and roughly 30 residents raised hands in favor at the hearing; the board added the item to its regular meeting agenda.
Property owners in the Frontier Estates area asked the Ware County Board of Commissioners to rezone parts of Frontier Estates, Dixie Oaks, Woodlands and Rolling Hills Estates from R‑90 and CN to RS and RS with a Flood Damage Prevention overlay to ensure single‑family, site‑built development.
Interim Planning Director Dustin Minchew said the petition—submitted by Patricia A. Lee—contained signatures from approximately 64.5% of property owners. Minchew said the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval. Patricia Lee told the board the current zoning allows duplexes, triplexes and multi‑family units; she said there are 220 physical addresses in the area and she obtained 142 signatures on the petition.
Residents who spoke in support said multi‑family development could change neighborhood character, increase traffic (compounded when trains block crossings) and strain enrollment at Wacona School, which residents described as already full. Patricia Lee said the rezoning would ‘‘protect the investments of their property and the character of their neighborhood.’’
Assistant County Attorney Jennifer Dorminey Herzog recommended streamlining testimony by a show of hands; Chairman Elmer Thrift counted about 30 residents present who raised their hands in favor. No one spoke or raised hands in opposition. Several officials—County Manager James Shubert and Commissioner Timmy Lucas—stated they would refrain from participating because they live in the area or own property there.
The board did not take a final vote at the hearing; the rezoning request was placed on the regular meeting agenda for formal consideration.
