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Council fails to advance rezoning at 912 Blogg Street after residents raise cemetery, traffic concerns
Summary
Floresville City Council considered rezoning 912 Blogg Street from single-family (R-1) to multifamily (R-2). Neighbors cited impacts to a small, multi-generation block and a family cemetery; a motion to approve the ordinance died for lack of a second.
The Floresville City Council considered a request to rezone 912 Blogg Street from single-family residential (R‑1) to multifamily residential (R‑2) at its May meeting, but a motion to approve the ordinance failed for lack of a second.
Neighbors who live adjacent to the property told the council they oppose changing the block’s long-established single-family character. "We were against the actual rezoning from Zone 1 to Zone 2," resident Welles Martinez said during the public hearing, noting many properties are family‑owned and occupied by second- and third-generation residents.
The concern was echoed by Michelle Trevino, who said a duplex would not align with the neighborhood’s historical character and would increase parking and traffic on narrow streets. Several speakers also raised the presence of a family cemetery and a large historic oak tree immediately behind the parcel, and said they worried construction and additional residents would affect that site.
Property owner Jonathan Brandon told the council his proposal is a two‑unit duplex and that he did not plan to remove or disturb the tree or cemetery. "We're making a duplex ... we're not messing with it," Brandon said, adding the plan includes a front driveway and a private fence.
Council discussion referenced previous consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the required notifications to properties within 200 feet. A council member moved to approve an ordinance to rezone the lot, but the motion received no second and therefore failed; no ordinance was adopted.
The record shows the council did not vote to rezone the property and the application will remain at its current zoning status unless refiled or otherwise advanced in a subsequent meeting.
Residents’ concerns about cemetery preservation and traffic were part of the public hearing record and may be addressed in any future filing or by Planning and Zoning review.
