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City leaders in 2010 used the Old Town Overlay to enable downtown area residential properties to be zoned for commercial purposes. Caught in the middle were homeowners who were not part of the process and did not want their homes zoned for commercial or retail use.
City Sta on Jan. 20 sent out letters to 93 letters property owners to give them the opportunity to retain the overlay zoning allowing single-family residences to be commercially zoned. Those who did not respond were rezoned for residential use.
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City Manager Wayne Reed said the process to rezone those residential properties consists of two steps. The first step is to rezone properties from commercial to medium-density single-family residential. The second step, Reed said, is to create a new defi- nition for medium-density single-family residential, or an exception for Old Town Cibolo where residential properties do not meet the requirements of the exist- ing medium-density single-family residential zoning. Planning and Zoning Commissioner Terry Hinze said the overlay zoning of commercial/retail, allows for commercially zoned properties to also be used as residential properties, which is not allowed for com- mercial zoning in other parts of the city. At the March 8 Cibolo Planning and Zoning Com- mission meeting, Hinze recommended denying the rezoning, because he said it was unnecessary. “The current Old Town Overlay zoning properly addresses all needs in the Old Town Cibolo District,” Hinze said. With a planning and zoning commission vote of 5-1 to deny the rezoning, the item went to City Coun- cil on March 28, where it was approved in a 5-1 vote. District 2 Council Member Randy Roberts voted against it, and District 7 Council Member Joel Hicks recused himself because he lives in the area. Community concerns Public hearings were held during City Council as well as planning and zoning meetings in February so community members could voice their concerns. Also, property owners were mailed letters on Jan. 20, informing them of an option to opt out of the rezoning to medium-density single-family residential.
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January],” Cunningham said. “That was because we received numerous complaints from residents who felt like they were being harassed by developers and businesses that wanted to buy their properties.” The process On Dec. 13, Cibolo City Council directed staff to give a presentation on how council could amend or remove the overlay district, and on Jan. 10, council members held the first discussion on rezoning res- idential properties in the district from commercial/ retail to medium-density single-family residential. Cunningham said the district—which falls within council districts 2 and 7—was created to align with the Downtown Revitalization Plan, which was approved in 2014 and implemented but not followed properly. The Downtown Revitalization Plan was created to attract businesses and other amenities to the down- town area, which would have fallen under the com- mercial overlay zoning. Cunningham said the district was created, but the city failed to use the revitalization plan, which led to an overlay that did not work for the area. “Because [the plan] went on a shelf and wasn’t utilized, the Old Town Overlay didn’t make sense,” Cunningham said. “The overlay and the Downtown Revitalization Plan were thought of together.”
KEY ZONING DESIGNATIONS Properties within the district fall within four zoning designations. The medium-density single-family designation is a new designation that will be added with the rezoning.
Commercial/retail/service Includes storefront retail, restaurants, lodging, etc. Medium-density single-family Allows up to four detached single-family dwellings per acre (subject to change) High-density single-family Allows for a mixture of di erent density neighborhoods Public facilities Public, semipublic and institutional facilities
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District 4 Council Member Katie Cunningham said residents have told her they want the overlay zoning removed. “I was the one who brought up the rezoning [in
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