Planning Commission Unanimously Approves Three Replats in Freeport

The Freeport Planning Commission unanimously approved three replats during its meeting, accepting staff recommendations that each replat met the city’s subdivision requirements. The replat approvals change the lot configurations for parcels in and near the city and clear the way for future permitted development on the newly combined parcels. Reggie Harris, the City of Freeport’s new building official, told the commission the first replat application—combining Lots 18 and 19 into a single parcel totaling 3.994 acres in the extraterritorial jurisdiction—“met all standards requirements of our subdivision requirements,” and that the city’s recommendation was to approve the replat. The commission opened the public hearing, received no objections, then approved the replat by voice vote. The commission then approved a replat combining Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 into Lot 6A, Block 505 of the Velasco Town Site. Harris said the submission had been reviewed and met the city’s standards. Commissioners voted to close the public hearing and unanimously approved the replat. A third replat—combining Lots 17 and 18 into Lot 17A, Block 68, a 0.143-acre parcel in the Velasco Town Site—also received staff recommendation for approval. Harris confirmed a slab remained on the site from a former house, and the commission approved the replat with no public opposition. All three items were presented as meeting the city’s subdivision requirements and carried without recorded opposition. Motions and seconds were made from the dais and each item passed by unanimous voice vote. The approvals only change lot lines; any future development on those parcels will be subject to separate permitting and code review by the City of Freeport.