{"id":8205,"date":"2018-03-23T19:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2018-03-23T19:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:03:37","slug":"structure-along-highway-100-sees-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8205","title":{"rendered":"Structure Along Highway 100 Sees Demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Council Reviews Options for Regulations on Food Trucks Within City Limits<\/h3>\n
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A house along Texas Highway 100 was demolished by the property owner – something the city welcomes. Photo Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n

by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A dilapidated house along Texas Highway 100 is in the planning stages to be demolished and a public hearing to determine its fate has been set by Los Fresnos City Council.<\/p>\n

The empty structure on the western side of the city is practically falling apart, deemed unsafe and the city has notified its owner of the plan to tear it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sent a letter back in October, stating it\u2019s unsafe in condition,\u201d City Manager Mark Milum said during a March 13 meeting of the city council. \u201cThe building is in such a bad shape it needs to be taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he wasn\u2019t asking the council to take any action but to set a date for a public hearing and for it to be at the next council meeting on April 10.<\/p>\n

Milum said it takes time, money and legal requirements for the city to demolish a private property but it\u2019s something required in accordance to a city ordinance.<\/p>\n

By contrast, an old structure about a block west of that house has been demolished without the city involvement and Milum cited that as an example of what some property owners can do on their own.<\/p>\n

In other actions, the council approved a first reading on Ordinance 491 which calls for regulating mobile food vendors inside city limits.<\/p>\n

The action was prompted as several vendors selling meals on the so-called food trucks have a tendency to park their vehicles here and there and, since the city has no regulations on such practice, it\u2019s now planning to do so.<\/p>\n

Milum said he has looked at other cities with food truck parks such as Brownsville and Harlingen and would like to have something similar here in Los Fresnos.<\/p>\n

Under a plan in the works, a property owner could rent land to a minimum of three vendors, install a restroom and have three parking spaces for each food truck.<\/p>\n

Proposed locations are either along both sides of Highway 100 but out of the city business district.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to prevent them from coming here,\u201d the city manager said. \u201cIn fact, a food vendor started like that and it now has a restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Milum was referring to Taqueria El Cien – one of the city\u2019s busiest eateries today.<\/p>\n

The city council also approved two changes of order for the first neighborhood park named Montes-Castro.<\/p>\n

The order called for allocating a total of $5,170 in improvements and the city will provide the funds thanks to a healthy increase in property taxes and sales tax rebates of $50,000 and $10,000, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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