White Plains stops rezoning of Katipunan
by Roy Pelovello
HOMEOWNERS of the White Plains Subdivision have stopped the Quezon City government from carrying out a 2009 zoning ordinance that declares the Katipunan Avenue frontage a major commercial zone.
In an order dated Jan. 28, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96 issued an injunction against the city government pending the resolution of the homeowners’ petition challenging the legality of the zoning ordinance.
In issuing the injunction, Judge Afable Cajigal said the testimony of witnesses indicated that imposing the zoning ordinance would constitute a material prejudice and invade the rights of White Plains homeowners, causing them “grave and irreparable injury.”
On March 30, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte signed the ordinance designating both sides of Katipunan Avenue, from the boundary of St. Ignatius Village to White Plains Avenue, as a development area, changing its classification from
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