The Manor Planning and Zoning Commission advanced staff’s recommendation to deny a specific-use permit (SUP) for a proposed 10,000-square-foot medical office on a commercially zoned lot at 13400 E. U.S. Highway 290. Commissioner Stinson moved to advance the recommendation to deny and Commissioner Meyer seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.

City staff described the lot as currently occupied by a Presidential Storage building under construction and noted the parcel is commercially zoned and eligible for the city’s sales-tax capture policy for eligible properties. Staff and commissioners discussed that the existing self-storage use on the lot does not generate sales tax revenue, while a medical office would be a sales-tax-ineligible use for the city’s purposes; staff clarified which uses on the lot are sales-tax-generating and which are not.

Staff and the project representative (Mr. Knight) explained the site layout is preliminary. The proposed building footprint showed parking outside the lot area, with shared parking expected to be provided by the adjacent development. Staff also noted a lift station and a water/wastewater easement near the southwest corner of the lot; the building footprint will require further design work to resolve easement conflicts and the detention system behind the lot. Staff said approval of the SUP would allow the use but would not guarantee the tenant will occupy the site; the SUP, if advanced by the commission, still requires City Council consideration.

The commission voted to advance the staff recommendation to deny the SUP; the transcript records the motion and second but does not show a roll-call vote tally.