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Council adds Ogden building permit to agenda after public comment; staff says proposal meets zoning
Summary
The council voted to expand the agenda to include a building permit application from Jay Ross Ogden for a property in the historic district; planning staff said the permit meets building and zoning requirements and is ‘approved by right.’
The Bastrop City Council voted to expand the meeting agenda to include a building-permit application from applicant Jay Ross Ogden for a property in the historic district.
Ogden spoke during public comment and asked the council to explain why the permit had been treated as a special-permit item at a prior meeting. He told the council he had been talking with staff and asked for clarification: “I've been talking with David and trying to understand the reason… it was on a special permit item.”
A staff member identified as David told the council the application meets building and zoning requirements and is “one that is within the zoning, text, and language, and should be approved as being, informed.” He said that normally an administrator could sign off on permits that are “approved by right,” but for a short time those decisions were being brought before the council during the administrative transition.
Councilmember Henry moved to expand the agenda to consider the Ogden permit; the motion passed by voice vote. Councilmembers then added the item as agenda item 9 for consideration that night.
The transcript does not include a final decision on the permit application itself in the excerpt provided; the record shows only that the council approved placing the permit on the agenda for action.
