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Monday, February 27, 2017
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Ben Vincent, past president of Greater Texoma Association of Realtors discusses the housing market in North Texas to a crowd gathered at the Howe Development Alliance office on Thursday evening. Enterprise photo
City approves and denies zone requests
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The Howe City Council denied two zone changes and approved two zone changes during Tuesday night's monthly council meeting.
Luna's real estate agent, Emily Wilkin told the mayor that the reason they requested the zone change was to make it more Rebecca Luna had three properties attractive to a buyer. listed on the agenda for rezoning. The first was to change from SF-2 Lowery said that since more letters (single family) to C1 opposed the zoning change than (commercial) at 101 E. Young favored it, she made the motion to Street. The property is located at deny the immediate change and told the corner of Young and Denny Luna that once she has a buyer that Streets. it could be brought up for a zone change at that time. The motion Luna stated to the council that she carried three to one with Sam Haigis had been to the city council the descending vote. meetings a number of times and heard discussions of needed The same motion was carried and commercial property. the same results were put forward on 105 E. Young St. However, the "I'm moving back to Dallas and council approved the zone change at this would be a good thing for 501 N. Denny St. from residential to Howe." said Luna. "Who knows commercial. The building is the if a doctor could come in or a former laundromat and had been CPA. I think it would be good for zoned residential because the the town." business existed before the time that the zoning was enacted. Typically Mayor Jeff Stanley said that the everything was zoned to single P&Z approved the zoning change family and then changed at the time. on Monday with 19 letters sent to The council approved the zone surrounding property owners and change to commercial for that the city received one approval and property. three protest letters. Stanley went on to ask Luna if she had a buyer The City Council will held a public interested in the properties. When hearing to consider a request from she said no, the mayor asked why Leland Bush for a zone change from she would request a zone change SF-2 (single family) to multi-Family without a buyer. at 512 Maple Street for a propused triplex on the site. Micah Belden "The people in front of my have spoke against the use of a triplex their business and the people catty and hoped that Bush would consider corner to me, it looks like the right a duplex, if any, due to the crowding spot for a commercial place to of the lot and the corner. be." said Luna. Bush told the council that he is a Stanley said that there is not custom home builder and that his enough parking space at 101 E. name and reputation would be on it Young for a commercial and it would be quality. He showed business. But Luna indicated that examples of a duplex for a general they were trying to sell the three idea of what he had in mind. properties as one package and indicated that there was enough The city received no approvals and parking at 105 E. Young St. and one protest. The council approved 501 N. Denny St. to serve parking the zone change three to one with a needs for the properties. motion by Haigis. Lowery opposed.
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