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Planning and Zoning Commission tables Part 1, 4-3, and schedules a work session
Staff, now listing the City of Amarillo as applicant, recommended approval of Part 1 of the North Heights Rezoning Initiative. Speakers' concerns recorded in the minutes included property values, legal non-conforming status and the City rezoning without owners' consent. The commission voted 4-3 to table the item and asked for a work session, held June 21, at which staff said Part 1 would change 1,440 properties.[1][2]
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On June 14, 2021 staff recommended approval of Part 1 as presented and said 1,220 property owner notices had been sent inviting owners to workshops. Staff listed the main public concerns as "devaluing property values, legal non-conforming status, and questioning how the City of Amarillo is legally able to rezone without consent from the public." A motion to table passed 4-3. [1]
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At a June 21, 2021 work session, staff said Part 1 would change 1,440 properties: 21 non-residential properties, 768 residential properties (single-family homes, duplexes and apartments) and 472 vacant properties. A staff planner said about 39 properties would become non-conforming. A City attorney said lengthening the 12-month period for non-conforming uses only in North Heights would likely be a legal issue because zoning standards need to be the same across the City. [2]
