Cleaning up language and shoring up missing items from former zoning and planning codes are issues 77 amendments to Lubbock’s Unified Development Code seek to address.
Here are the top two takeaways from the public hearing the Lubbock City Council hosted Thursday night.
Where did these amendments come from – City staff or private citizens?
One striking issue from the meeting was where these amendments came from. Jordan Wheatley, chair of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, noted during the meeting that the city’s staff did not discuss the amendments with the commission prior to Thursday’s meeting.
The city’s attorney said that this meeting was only a public hearing and that the amendments would be sent to the commission to discuss in detail at a later meeting.
However, Terry Holeman, a private citizen associated with the West Texas Homebuilder Association, presented the council and commission explanations of some of the amendments pertaining to landscaping he said the association worked with city staff to craft.