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Commission backs rezoning and nursery SUP at 7444 FM 42; applicant plans retail and wholesale nursery
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend rezoning about 4.3 acres at 7444 FM 42 to General Business and to recommend a specific use permit allowing a nursery major; the applicant said the business will be primarily wholesale but will offer retail and operate six days a week.
The Schertz Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of two linked requests affecting 7444 FM 42 (Comal County property ID 75307): PLZC20240317, a rezoning of about 4.3 acres to General Business, and PLSPU20240323, a specific use permit to allow a nursery major on the same site.
Senior Planner Samuel Haas told the commission the property is currently split-zoned M-1 (Manufacturing Light) and R-6 (single-family residential). Haas said the comprehensive plan designates the area as a mixed-use center and staff finds the rezoning to General Business consistent with the plan and compatible with nearby uses, which include a middle school, residences and other general-business parcels. Haas recommended approval of both the rezoning and the SUP; he also said Fire/EMS and police reviewed the requests and raised no objections.
Owner Jay Brown said a potential buyer, Trey White, intends to operate a nursery major at the site. White, who described himself as a 50% owner of Leaf Landscape Supply, said about 90% of his business is wholesale, roughly 10% retail, and that his existing operations in Austin are open to the public. White told commissioners his operation sells plants, bagged soils, mulch, steel planters and related accessories and that he does not sell chemicals; he said larger trees (200-gallon and 48-inch box stock) would be part of the inventory.
White said proposed hours are six days a week, roughly 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. He also discussed potential site-screening and an eight-foot masonry fence requirement adjacent to a neighboring parcel and said he would try to work with the property owner and the board-of-adjustment process on an agreeable screening solution.
For the rezoning (PLZC20240317) a motion to recommend approval was made by Commissioner McMaster and seconded by Commissioner Goldick. For the specific use permit (PLSPU20240323) Commissioner Wallace moved to recommend approval with staff conditions (a building permit must be approved within two years); Commissioner Hector seconded. Both motions passed unanimously with seven ayes and no opposition. Both recommendations will go to City Council for final action.
