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Rockwall council rejects rezoning for 80.5-acre industrial site after residents raise safety and quality-of-life concerns
Summary
The Rockwall City Council voted unanimously July 21 to deny a request to rezone 80.5 acres along Justin Road from agricultural to light industrial after residents warned of noise, freight traffic, lighting and potential air-quality impacts and council members said the city should see a master plan first.
The Rockwall City Council voted unanimously July 21 to deny a request to rezone an 80.5-acre tract along Justin Road to a Light Industrial District, halting a proposal the applicant said would allow a metal-processing operations campus to relocate to Rockwall.
The proposal, presented by Dylan Adame of Kimberly Horne Associates on behalf of the property owner, would have permitted ‘‘clean modern industrial’’ uses and potentially supported the relocation of Coldmet (described in testimony as Colmet/Coldmet), a company the applicant said would…
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