Public hearing held, discussion set for Aug. 12 on Fort Bend Christian Academy expansion CUP

The Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Commission on July 24 opened a public hearing and discussed a conditional use permit (CUP) application from Fort Bend Christian Academy to add an approximately 11,000-square-foot, single-story annex to its lower/middle school campus at 1201 Lakeview Drive. Staff presented the application, the commission heard four school representatives and three school employees during public comment, and the commission did not take formal action; consideration is expected at the Aug. 12 meeting.

The proposed annex is designed to provide eight classrooms and two administrative offices and would allow the school to host seventh- and eighth-grade students on the lower campus rather than continuing to house multiple middle grades on the existing second floor, the applicant said. Staff described the site as about 21.52 acres in the Brown and Belknap League A-15 and noted the property is zoned Business Office (B.O.) with surrounding uses that include churches, assisted-living facilities, a Fort Bend County library and a City of Sugar Land water plant.

Jessica, the planning staff member presenting the item, told…