Re: [Toobular-private] Zoning Ordinance

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

mjohnson wrote:
> 
> The new CH zoning ordinance was adopted at a regular council meeting on
> March 27, 2001.  Prior to this there were two public hearings held at
> the CH High School auditorium where the combined City Council and P&Z
> board received public input. There were two combined meetings held at
> the Community Center (just across the street from the subject property)
> where zoning issues were worked through by the council and board.  There
> were at least two opportunities for the public to submit written
> comments about the rezoning.  Alot of work was put into the rezoning and
> the subject property was left Estate.  I believe the comprehensive plan
> also shows the property Estate.
> 
> I do not know what the rules are for the sign posting of rezoning of a
> piece of property but the signs appear to be nonexistent along old
> Mansfield Road and the one on Belt Line is detached from the stake and
> difficult to see.

Well, there have been (as far as I know) two fliers left in everyone's
mailbox by local volunteers (Thanks guys!)...so everyone should be aware
of what's going on.

There was also an article in the "Today Cedar Hill" newspaper with
our side being well represented by Linda Dunlap (Thanks Linda!).

Hopefully, all this effort will be rewarded with a strong turnout at
the meeting.

When I looked today, there had been just over 100 distinct 'hits'
on the protest web site.

> Grand Prairie has a major development underway down the hill "generally
> located west of Lakeridge Parkway and north of Hangar Lowe Road" just
> south of the marina.  The initial phase is 443 lots on 399.74 acres with
> general retail and commercial.  The total plan calls for possibly 1300
> homes.  Anyone wanting GR and commercial should be able to find it by
> just coasting down the hill.  Ask GP planning department about Grand
> Peninsula.

Urgh!   I can't say I'm very keen on that change either.  My daily
commute from Arlington works out very nicely with a gentle drive
across the lake and through the countryside before I hit the horrors
of 360.

Of course the existance of commercial activity in South Grand Prairie isn't
necessarily a reason for Cedar Hill to kill our rezoning problems. Cedar
Hill won't get taxes from GP commercial activity - to the contrary, they'll
actually lose money from CH residents crossing the border into GP to
make their purchases.  Having a strip mall at the top of the hill would
tend to prevent CH residents from driving all the way over to Grand Peninsula
and thus keep the taxes local.

Oh well - I guess that's a separate battle.
 
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