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Council reviews ordinance updates to align with recent Texas laws, and considers new flag and flagpole standards
Summary
City staff outlined proposed changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Code of Ordinances to reflect House Bill 24 (rezoning protest criteria) and Senate Bill 1567 (definition of family), and proposed new, content-neutral rules for flags and flagpoles including height, quantity, setbacks and permits; council asked for clearer wording and a policy option for expanding courtesy notice radius.
City staff presented proposed amendments to Richardson’s Code of Ordinances and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance to align local regulations with state law and to add standards for flags and flagpoles.
Andrew (staff member) told the council that House Bill 24 increases the property-owner protest threshold for rezoning requests that allow more residential development from 20% to 60%, but requires only a simple majority vote of council (four of seven) to approve those rezoning requests. "House Bill 24 increased the property owner protest special from 20% to 60% for rezoning requests that allow for more residential development," Andrew said, and noted that other rezoning requests (commercial, industrial) would retain the 20% protest threshold and a supermajority requirement.
On occupancy rules, staff summarized the…
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