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La Marque adopts heavy-industrial zoning after debate over west-side protections
Summary
La Marque — The La Marque City Council adopted ordinance O-2025-0003 on March 10, 2025, creating a heavy industrial zoning district after a public hearing and council debate over whether to add a boundary to keep heavy industrial uses east of Interstate 45.
La Marque — The La Marque City Council adopted ordinance O-2025-0003 on March 10, 2025, creating a heavy industrial zoning district after a public hearing and council debate over whether to add a boundary to keep heavy industrial uses east of Interstate 45.
The ordinance establishes a new zoning classification for heavier industrial uses; a separate second ordinance (O-2025-0004) on the same agenda rezoned property owned by Carter and Alexander LLC to Light Industrial (L-1) and was adopted on second reading. Proponents said the changes clarify where industrial uses are allowed; several residents urged limits to protect existing and planned residential neighborhoods.
Why it matters: The new heavy industrial district sets a framework that will be used if property owners ask to…
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