Chapter 19, Revision #43

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Hello Everyone,

This weekend we read the Near Northwest Banner's cover story for the month of July regarding Chapter 19, Revision #43. It affects many of those (floodway owners) who own property or land near a bayou which includes Timbergrove, Shady Acres, Cottage Grove and surrounding Heights. It is an ordinance which was apparently passed very quietly. The ordinance will use floodway property owner's land for conveyance without compensation. This ordinance not only affects property owners but builders as well. The ordinance prohibits all new construction, repairs and improvements of existing homes and businesses. Appraisers estimate that all floodway lots may lose up to 95% of their value. An owner of a vacant lot cannot build on it or sell it for development.

For more information please visit the Floodway Coalition of Houston at www.houstonfloodway.org.

The FCOH encourages everyone that this ordinance affects to contact Mayor Bill White to voice your concerns.

Mayor Bill White

City of Houston

P.O. Box 1562

Houston, TX 77251

Phone: 713.247.2200

Email: mayor@cityofhouston.net

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Of all the sounds around West 21st Street in the Heights, perhaps nothing is as loud as neighbors are now.

Bruce Norcini is the first to sue the city over a controversial ordinance passed almost a year ago. Houston outlawed new construction on any property in a floodway.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/kho...y.1adfa1cb.html