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Freeport planning panel approves three replats and backs rezoning to allow homeowner to rebuild

Freeport Planning & Zoning Committee · March 24, 2026
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The Freeport Planning & Zoning Committee approved three replat requests and unanimously recommended that portions of downtown be rezoned from C2 to R1 so a property owner can rebuild a home destroyed by fire; staff recommended approval on all items and will forward the rezoning to city council.

The Freeport Planning & Zoning Committee on March approved three replat requests and unanimously recommended that parts of downtown be rezoned from C2 (commercial) to R1 (residential) so an owner may rebuild a home destroyed by fire.

Reggie Harris, the city’s director of building code and the building official, told the committee the replat and rezoning requests either lie within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and "the staff does recommend approval of the reflat subject to compliance with all applicable city of Freeport ordinances and adopted codes." Harris said…

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