Neighborhood Conservation District Status Sought

TYLER — The city of Tyler is letting people customize their own neighborhoods. It’s called “neighborhood conservation districts,” according to KETK — and for the first time, someone’s taking advantage of the idea. Minimum two-acre lots, homes set back from the roads, and roofs at a 20-degree pitch are just some of the restrictions that some who live on Cumberland Road want in an ordinance. One resident says it’s a way to protect the neighborhood and preserve what she calls its unique characteristic — “the country-like feel.” She says 81 per cent of her neighbors signed a petition to take the ordinance to city council. But one neighbor who refuses says, “It’s a free country,” and he’s not about to sign any paper that tells people to limit what they do with their homes.