A Los Fresnos woman wants to make sure her home is protected for years to come.

The city is looking to rezone her property, and several others around her, from residential to commercial.

"It's our house. We bought it five years ago, almost six years ago, because we wanted to expand and we wanted to raise our family somewhere where it was safe and secure," homeowner Amber Arriaga said.

And they're some of the newer faces on this part of Highway 100.

"We are one of the youngest families on our block of Highway 100. Everyone else that's there has lived there for generations," Arriaga said.

She's worried that the rules for what can be built on the properties could change.

Los Fresnos wants to rezone properties on the north side of Highway 100 from residential to commercial.

City leaders said it's about making room for future commercial growth.

They said the change doesn't change anything for property owners.

"A lot of this growth is not going to be forced on anybody. People can have a home on that for as long as they wish," Los Fresnos Mayor Alejandro Flores said.

Arriaga isn't worried about someone taking her home. She's worried about what happens if a disaster damages it.

She says existing homes would be grandfathered in under the commercial zoning, but her concern is whether that protection still applies if the house is destroyed and has to be built again.

"We wouldn't be grandfathered in anymore because there's no building that could be under that clause," Arriaga said.

And that question also came up at city council.

Channel 5 News reached out to the city for a response to Arriaga's concerns.

In part, the city said it is reviewing its zoning rules to make sure existing homeowners are allowed to rebuild their homes.

The city also says the council will consider a grandfather clause during the second reading to give homeowners more protection.

Arriaga said she wants to see the city grow, but she's asking the city to consider rezoning the properties to mixed-use instead of commercial.

"So, where you can have a residential and a commercial business on the same property. It just creates a better opportunity, so that way if a business isn't able to move in there or choose not to move in there,  you're able to still have residential properties on it," Arriaga said.

The council approved the first reading of the rezoning ordinance last week. 

The change is not final, and before it is, Arriaga wants her family's right to rebuild put in writing.

"If they don't want to use the mixed-use overlay, I just really hope they put in the right to rebuild so that way we don't have to ask for special permission later on," Arriaga said.

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