College Station residents to vote on three new amendments, Nov 2
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COLLEGE STATION, TX â The City of College Station will be asking residents to vote on three new amendments to the city charter this upcoming Nov 2.
During their meeting on July 8, the council approved the first amendment, which will ask voters if they want to move council elections to odd-numbered years.
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At 4 p.m. on Monday, April 19, the City of College Station held a special meeting to vote on enacting a Restricted Occupancy Overlay, or ROO, within specific communities of the city.
Following the call to order, Alyssa Halle-Schramm, the project manager for the ROO ordinance, gave an overview of the ordinance. Halle-Schramm said the city council began planning the ordinance early in 2020, workshopping with the Planning & Zoning Commission. After a meeting in August, the city council took time to review what the definition of family included.
Halle-Schramm said the council held meetings for public input and drafted a proposed ordinance. The proposed ordinance changes the current housing ordinance to where only two unrelated people may live in one household in certain zoning districts, opposed to the four unrelated people residing in a household which is currently allowed. For the ROO to be enacted within a zoning district, 50 percent plus one of the residents of a neighborhood must
The City of College Station is once again proving they are not fans of college students.Â
A little over a week ago, the City Council voted 6-1 in favor of redefining and expanding âfamily.â The new definition is: âA family is any number of persons occupying in a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are (1) related by blood, adoption, guardianship, or marriage, or (2) members are part of a group home for disabled persons, or an authorized caretaker, no such family shall contain more than four (4) persons.â
While at first glance, this definition may seem reasonable, itâs not, because who can and cannot live in your home is, in part, restricted by whom the government considers your family. If you want to live in a home occupied by more than four people but all of you are unrelated, youâre out of luck. If this seems like it could be you, I wouldn t be surprised, since most college students who live together are not related.