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Manvel planning commission rejects rezoning for gas station at Croix and Delbello; residents oppose over safety, wells and wildlife
Summary
The Planning Development Zoning Commission voted 0-7 against recommending an ordinance to rezone roughly 12.6 acres at Croix Road and Delbello Road for a gas station with a convenience store after extensive public opposition and staff said key studies were missing.
The Planning Development Zoning Commission in Manvel, Texas voted 0-7 not to recommend ordinance 2025-O-04, a request to rezone about 12.6 acres at the southwest corner of Croix Road and Delbello Road to Light Commercial with a specific-use permit to allow NAICS 447110 (gasoline stations with convenience stores).
Staff presented the proposal and said the site would be subdivided into multiple retail pads including a 1.27-acre tract planned for a gas station and convenience store and a roughly 3.8-acre detention and septic spray-field area. Staff told the commission it could not make a recommendation because required information — notably a traffic impact analysis, preliminary drainage study and other site-plan details — had not been submitted.
The lack of infrastructure and neighborhood compatibility were central to the debate. The proposal drew…
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