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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,819 posts)
Fri May 30, 2025, 07:12 PM May 2025

Musk's SpaceX company town is reportedly notifying residents they may 'lose the right to continue' using their property

amid zoning push

The newly approved city of Starbase is apparently looking to ramp up development, telling some residents they “may lose the right to continue” using their property as a result of a proposed zoning ordinance for a mixed-use space, according to a memo published by CNBC. Starbase is home to SpaceX’s Starship launch site, and the majority of its residents are employees of Elon Musk’s company.

Starbase, the fledgling Texas city home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, appears to be making rapid moves to advance its development.

The city has notified some residents it is considering a new zoning ordinance that may require residents to lose access to their property, according to a city memo published by CNBC.

“The city of Starbase is holding a hearing that will determine whether you may lose the right to continue using your property for its current use, please read this notice carefully,” newly hired city administrator Kent Myers, the memo’s author, said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spacex-company-town-183156517.html

So did the state of Texas give Musk the right of eminent domain?
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Musk's SpaceX company town is reportedly notifying residents they may 'lose the right to continue' using their property (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 OP
Pardon my lack of knowledge, but does every resident of Starbase rent or does anyone own? fierywoman May 2025 #1
These are landowners. The newly incorporated city now governs land use and is required by law to notify them. Eugene May 2025 #3
Thank you for the info. God, how disgusting. fierywoman May 2025 #6
Ah, company towns ThoughtCriminal May 2025 #2
I used to live in Port Isabel. You had to use a swing bridge to get to Padre Island back then. pecosbob May 2025 #4
I have to wonder DFW May 2025 #5

Eugene

(66,793 posts)
3. These are landowners. The newly incorporated city now governs land use and is required by law to notify them.
Fri May 30, 2025, 09:39 PM
May 2025
https://www.kut.org/housing/2025-05-30/texas-elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-zoning-land

The landowners were there before Musk and his employees moved in, but SpaceX employees have now outnumbered them.

pecosbob

(8,308 posts)
4. I used to live in Port Isabel. You had to use a swing bridge to get to Padre Island back then.
Sat May 31, 2025, 12:02 AM
May 2025

Now Elon is shooting giant rockets over the beaches and has turned Boca Chica into a private enclave. Texas has turned into a cartoon of itself.

DFW

(59,730 posts)
5. I have to wonder
Sat May 31, 2025, 12:18 AM
May 2025

Do the local homeowners insurance policies cover damage by clouds of two thousand degree rocket exhaust?

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