Committee split over leasehold threshold for council‑initiated rezoning
Members debated whether to limit council‑initiated rezoning to properties that are 100% leasehold or to use a lower threshold; a motion for 100% failed and members instead routed several parcels to planning review after amendments.
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A contested portion of the HOU deliberations focused on whether the council should limit county‑initiated rezoning to properties that are entirely leasehold. Member Rollins Fernandez argued the council should use a clean 100% leasehold criterion to avoid arbitrary inclusion of parcels where only a few units are leasehold; she said prioritizing residents “gives our residents that chance again” to reclaim housing stock.
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