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Eagle Pass planning panel deadlocks on landscape-variance request for proposed 51,000‑sq‑ft warehouse
Summary
Developers sought to cut a city landscaping requirement from 39 trees and 78 shrubs to five trees and 10 shrubs for a 51,000‑square‑foot warehouse at 118 Industrial Boulevard; staff recommended denial and the commission took no final action after competing motions failed to pass.
The City of Eagle Pass Planning & Zoning Commission on March 5 heard a public hearing on a variance request from developer Paco Mondragon to reduce landscape requirements for a proposed 51,000‑square‑foot industrial warehouse on a 5.06‑acre lot at 118 Industrial Boulevard.
City planning staff presented the item and said the parcel is zoned industrial, served by public utilities and surrounded by other industrial uses. Planner Mister Madera said the commission’s recently amended ordinance requires 15% of impervious area be landscaped and, under the current tiered calculation, this project’s impervious area (about 177,000 square feet) translates to a requirement of 39 trees and 78 shrubs. “We would not recommend further…
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