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Starbase, Texas: Residents May “lose the right to continue using” their property


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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-texas.html

Starbase, Texas, has notified some residents that they might “lose the right to continue using” their property as they do today, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.

The town, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is considering a new zoning ordinance and citywide map.

The notice, sent to property owners in a proposed “Mixed Use District,” would allow for “residential, office, retail, and small-scale service uses.”

Starbase plans to host a public hearing on June 23 about the proposed new zoning and map for the town. The notice was signed by Kent Myers, the city administrator for Starbase who recently accepted the job, according to ValleyCentral.com.

Representatives for Starbase and SpaceX did not respond to requests for further information on Thursday.

A “type-C municipal corporation,” Starbase was officially formed earlier this month after Musk’s aerospace and defense contractor prevailed in a local election. It is now run by officials who are SpaceX employees and former employees.

As of early this year, the population of Starbase stood at around 500 people, with around 260 directly employed by SpaceX, the Texas Tribune reported. Most other residents of Starbase are relatives of SpaceX employees.

The company town includes the launch facility where SpaceX conducts test flights of its massive Starship rocket, and company-owned land covering a 1.6-square-mile area

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44 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Good.  Fuck 'em.

I’ll be willing to bet that those most affected will not be employees but the holdouts of Boca Chica Village. Musk came to them. It’s utter bullshit. 

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1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I’ll be willing to bet that those most affected will not be employees but the holdouts of Boca Chica Village. Musk came to them. It’s utter bullshit. 

Look it is all in the name of progress.  Who else has the ability to irresponsibly blow up rockets but Elon?   Move fast and break things baby.   Too bad them pussy apollo guys didn't have billions and geniuses with all the computing power in the world.   

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I'm just going to tell you this: doing the kind of thing the City is proposing here is really very challenging under Texas constitutional and statutory law and could very well lead to expensive litigation.  And as a lawyer, I consider that to be a very satisfactory outcome.

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1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

I'm just going to tell you this: doing the kind of thing the City is proposing here is really very challenging under Texas constitutional and statutory law and could very well lead to expensive litigation.  And as a lawyer, I consider that to be a very satisfactory outcome.

Texas: Hold my beer!

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