Special minimum lot sizes to protect historic neighborhoods
Houston
Summary
Wichita Street in Riverside Terrace and Roxton Road in Southampton both seek minimum lot sizes to prevent lot-splitting and out-of-scale development; both advanced to City Council.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 29, 2026.
Impact analysis
Protects property values by limiting subdivision; one opponent on each block, including a developer-owned home on Wichita Street.
Homeowners wanting to preserve neighborhood character and prevent predatory subdivision of lots.
The protesting property owners and developers who would face limits on subdividing lots.
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