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P&Z Discusses Proposed Regulations for Home Businesses

The city’s Planning & Zoning commission continued to discuss new regulations for home businesses at its April 18 meeting. Two residents spoke at the beginning of the meeting and objected to certain provisions in the draft, such as city inspections of home businesses without any mention of reasonable notice.  Commissioners responded…

Shenandoah City Employee Salaries: A Comparison

In a recent report (2021), city employees’ salaries were listed as 10 to 22 percent higher than the national average and median respectively. During the same time period, The Woodlands Township average salary was 25 percent lower than the USA average and median salary was 69 percent lower than the…

Modern Day Treasure Hunt in Shenandoah

by Elliott Shirk If you and your friends and family are in search of something fun and adventurous to do in your spare time, geocaching might be what you’re looking for. Geocaching is like a scavenger hunt, but instead there is only one item that you need to find, a…

City Considers Changing Regulations for Home Businesses

At the March 21 Planning & Zoning meeting, the commission began preliminary discussions to update Section 4.2.9 of the city’s Integrated Development Code (IDC) as it pertains to home businesses and airbnb type rentals One of the issues is whether the city should get involved in permitting home businesses. Currently…