Interactive Visuals

Land Use: Before & After Rezoning

A hypothetical 160-acre section in a growing Parker County community. Each square represents approximately 2.5 acres. Drag the timeline to see how incremental zoning changes reshape a community — often without a single comprehensive plan vote.

2010
Original Zoning
0 parcels rezoned from original
Land Use Breakdown
$42.1M
Est. Assessed Value
$210K
Annual Tax Revenue

Tax Base Impact Over Time

How shifting land use percentages compound into dramatically different fiscal outcomes. Based on a hypothetical 160-acre area at a blended tax rate of $0.50 per $100 assessed value.

Year Residential Commercial Mixed-Use Industrial Vacant Assessed Value Tax Revenue Rev / Acre
+350% revenue growth over 15 years — not from rate increases, but from land use decisions. Each rezoning vote is a policy choice with compounding fiscal consequences.
Hypothetical model for educational purposes. Assessed values and revenue figures are illustrative of general trends in growing Texas communities.
Interactive visual by The Citizen · Eastern Parker County & Willow Park, TX
Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
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