The Aransas Pass City Council approved an ordinance on Oct. 20 reinstating a rezoning to MH (Manufactured Home) district and granting a three-year extension to allow construction of a planned recreational-vehicle park on a 12.07-acre parcel at the southwest corner of North Commercial Street and West Guile Avenue.

Tom Furlough, representing Aransas Pass Holdings LLC, presented the project alongside Brett Conlon of Spotter Realty. Furlough said he has assembled the property over 15 years and described plans for roughly 137–150 high-end RV stalls, a clubhouse with restrooms and laundry, a pool and amenities intended to attract tourism tied to the harbor. He said the development team has completed surveys and building permits in prior cycles and is seeking certainty to move forward with financing and construction.

Council and several residents discussed drainage and flood risk at length. Residents and other speakers, including Eric (last name not specified in transcript), said parts of the area have a history of significant flooding and expressed concern that raising and developing the site could change flows and increase flooding on neighboring properties. Council and staff noted the project will undergo the city’s permitting process, including third-party engineering review (HDR) for drainage, detention and elevations; Public Works staff said sewer mains run through the site and that prior engineering proposed sheet flow to detention facilities and an under-street outlet to an existing inlet near the harbor.

Council added a specific condition in the ordinance that, although the zoning is categorized as MH, the property may not be used for manufactured housing and must be used for an RV park; the ordinance language also states the rezoning will revert if construction does not begin within the approved three-year extension. Council members pressed the applicant for timing: the project team said they hope to break ground early in 2026 if financing and final plans are approved, with construction possibly completed during 2027 depending on schedules and weather.

At the vote, the ordinance to reinstate the MH rezoning with a three-year extension and the specified condition was approved. One council member recorded an opposition vote, citing ongoing water-supply uncertainty and the city’s current water-bill situation; the majority supported the reinstatement with the stated engineering and permitting conditions.

Ending: Developers said they will return with final engineering and construction plans for city and third-party engineering review. The council required that all standard permitting, drainage and public-works reviews be satisfied before any building or site work begins.