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Waxahachie council delays vote on downtown haunted-house special-use permit after safety, parking concerns
Summary
After hours of public comment and new information from the applicant, the Waxahachie City Council voted to continue consideration of a special-use permit for an indoor haunted-house attraction to July 7 so the applicant and staff can address parking, lighting, pedestrian safety and other conditions.
The Waxahachie City Council on Monday voted to continue consideration of ZDC69-2025, a request for a specific-use permit to allow an indoor amusement (haunted-house) at a Light Industrial-2 zoned property downtown, after council members, neighbors and the applicant asked for more time to resolve parking, lighting and safety concerns.
Council members set the new hearing for July 7 to give the applicant and city staff time to produce a consolidated plan addressing off-site parking, pedestrian walkability and lighting, and to document agreements with property owners that would supply additional spaces.
Councilman comments and residents’ testimony focused on whether the streets and sidewalks around Madison and Patterson are safe at night and whether the applicant can reliably provide the 110 parking spaces required under the city’s zoning ordinance. Trenton, a city planning staff member, told the council that the ordinance’s parking calculation was based on the building’s total 11,000 square feet, not the roughly 5,000 square feet…
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