SAN ANTONIO — The impassioned pleas to City Council went on for more than an hour Thursday, as people who live near the Frost Bank Center argued to change the zoning classification for almost 500 acres of land near Gembler Road and Frost Bank Center Drive.

The move is called a Large Area Rezoning, and it includes a change to the Arena District / Eastside Community Plan.

The United Homeowners Improvement Association pushed the measure forward.

The goal of the effort was to phase out "I-2," or Heavy Industrial District zoning adjacent to their homes, in favor of more compatible land uses.

The group is made up of people who live in Willowwood Estates, Meadowview Park and Meadowview North neighborhoods.

Jacquelyn Ali, who has lived in the area for decades, told council they have endured h

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